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Rethinking International Volunteering and Co-operation

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Policy engagement - issues and questions

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Working at home

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Influencing public policy through government is relationships

Political arm - incumbent; opposition; Ministers, Asst Ministers, back

benchers, committees, IPU, CPA

Bureaucratic arm (public service) - primarily AusAID

Whole of Government (WOG) - PMC, health, education, finance, police,

customs, Attorney-Generals, finance, treasury, agriculture, environment,

parliamentary support and liaison

Levels - federal, state, capital city, local

Host country reps - Diplomatic corps; High Commission

offices,embassies

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Variety of policy inputs

Reactiveinput - to current themes, White Papers, policy frameworks

eg. shift to WOG, doubling of ODA, volunteers on bilateral programs,

closer alignment to AusAID strategies, compliance with foreign

policy eg. land mobilisation, AusAID Volunteer policy

Proactiveadvocacy - to new directions, policy development eg

White Papers, budget rounds, strategy papers

needs confidence in dialogue, need for perspective on both sides,

depth and quality of input, breadth of connections, third party

advocates

Mechanisms peaks (ACFID) , parliamentary committees, public

consultations, public engagement and campaigns,media

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Influencing AusAID & program delivery

New environment is providing opportunities and confidence on bothsides for developing program boundaries eg. working in new ways with

partners (Engineers Without Borders, Spastic Centre); Innovation Fund

Performance management - needs realism, no surprises, joint work

new ODE

Program design - dialogue needed for joint work on delivery models

and design linkages, new models of engaging Australian organisations,

innovations - leads to government rethinking of value/need/benefits of

volunteering and its connections to development etc.

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Influencing wider development & societal changedialogue

ACFID peak body - joint engagements post tsunami honesty;MPH; Jubilee 200, MDGs

Other civil society dialogues Civil Society Think Tanks; Metropolis

2007; Lowy Institute; joint activity with AIG on vlimate change

Media ????

Corporate policy and program links AP HIV/AIDS Coalition; ANZ

Pacific; Threads Workshop

Vic Police and Social exclusion/DIMIA; Human Rights legislation ;

Reconciliation Action Plans and programs; Islamic issues

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Working in host countries

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Dialogue and relationships in host country two wayexchange

To whom do we listen? - priorities, sensitivities

Links to National and sub National and Department Plansand planning

Links to UN and aid agencies

Sensitivity / opportunities where volunteers are in govt policy roles -

Ministerial through to district adviser level; where volunteers are in peak

bodies, civil society roles

Social policy areas Indonesia and new legislation; Timor & disability,

environment & sport; PNG joint workshops

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What space are we in?

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Do we value our flexibility? Can we say no?

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Are we envisaging risks? mitigating policy dangers ?

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What is the future?