Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities

Events

Previous Events

25 June 2010: CCSHC Alcohol harms management program

Held in Melbourne this workshop focused on how councils can engage with their communities, key stakeholders and local media to discuss alcohol related issues. more>

2010: CSHC food sustainability national consultations

ICLEI Oceania’s Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities program completed national consultations as part of the development of our Food Sustainability program. more>

17 February 2010: NSW Planners Masterclass

Managing alcohol-related harms through land use and urban planning, Sydney.

6 November 2009: CSHC Toolkit Launch

Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities launched a Data Inventory Toolkit for local government in Sydney. more>

25 May 2009: Breakfast session at LGMA Conference, Darwin

Dr Sharon Friel, key author of "Closing the Gap" for the World Health Organisation's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, spoke at a breakfast session hosted by ICLEI Oceania at this year's LGMA National Congress and Business Expo. more>

15 May 2009: Foundation Council workshop

The second Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities workshop for Foundation Councils was held in Melbourne on 15 May 2009, focusing on finalising key elements of a data management strategy. Participants provided valuable feedback on a Data Inventory Tool, and worked together on a priority setting exercise to identify supports councils need to make use of this new tool. more>

29 April 2009: CSHC Introductory session, Sydney

This CSHC introductory session provided a chance for surrounding Sydney and regional councils to hear about the achievements of Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities, and to encourage participation in 2009/10.

April 2009: Advocacy supporting local government in alcohol harms management

ICLEI Oceania has been proactive in ensuring local government is considered in emerging policy responses to alcohol harm and binge drinking. Foundation Councils were invited to advocate for ICLEI’s role in supporting local government through Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities. more>

26 March 2009: Research presented to Healthy Cities Alliance

CSHC presented research from our desktop scan with 20 Foundation Councils to the Healthy Cities Alliance. This scan involved checking the current work of local governments in health and wellbeing: alcohol, tobacco, physical activity and food access, affordable housing, community wellbeing and climate change and health.

We also looked at local governments’ capacity to plan, their working definitions of sustainability, and the gaps and opportunities we can support in the years ahead. This research was crucial to our program design and it was exciting to check our findings with others interested in building healthy cities and towns.

30 March 2009: Informa Alcohol Policy and Consumption Summit

ICLEI Oceania spoke at the Informa Alcohol Policy and Consumption Summit in Melbourne. This high level gathering was opened by Senator Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Health speaking about government policy and action. Sharing this session was ICLEI Oceania’s Director Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities, Mark Boyd, who presented "From the National to the Local". Mark outlined the roles of Federal, State, and local governments, as well as community and business, and described how they can all work in unison to build socially sustainable communities.

This was a great opportunity for CSHC to showcase leadership examples from our Foundation Councils and seek to align other stakeholders so that our role as a capacity building organisation for local government can work effectively.

ICLEI Oceania negotiated a discount for all ICLEI members and councils involved in ICLEI programs to attend this event.

19 February 2009: Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association conference

CSHC presented on how local governments can use the Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities model to operationalise alcohol harms management at the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association annual conference. This was a great opportunity to describe the program and how it uses the best research evidence as well as our knowledge on local government practices to develop a program that can benefit all local governments – inner city, urban, growth corridor/interface areas, regional centres and rural communities.

9 December 2008: Recognition event and briefing breakfast

: Senator the Hon Jan McLucas presenting Brimbank City Council with its CSHC award.

Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Senator the Hon Jan McLucas recognised local governments’ leadership in health and safety planning at the ICLEI Oceania recognition event and briefing breakfast, held at the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) 2008 National General Assembly. more>

9 December 2008: Foundation Council workshop

Participants from Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities Foundation Councils joined together in this workshop to work through initial program design and data needs when managing alcohol-related harms at the municipal level. more>

21 November 2008: Liquor Licensing Workshop

The National Local Government Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee (NLGDAAC) held a workshop with local government stakeholders to provide comment on a submission to the National Preventative Health Taskforce.

4 November 2008: Operationalising equity and evidence in local government planning

ICLEI Oceania presented an overview of the Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities initiative at a seminar hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Cities at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. more>

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