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Identiying your community assets and strengths?
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01 Understanding governance
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02 Culture and governance
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03 Getting Started
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04 Leadership
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05 Governing the organisation
- 5.0 Governing the organisation
- 5.1 Roles, responsibilities and rights of a governing body
- 5.2 Accountability: what is it, to whom and how?
- 5.3 Decision making by the governing body
- 5.4 Governing finances and resources
- 5.5 Communicating
- 5.6 Future planning
- 5.7 Building capacity and confidence for governing bodies
- 5.8 Case Studies
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06 Rules and policies
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07 Management and staff
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08 Disputes and complaints
- 8.0 Disputes and complaints
- 8.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous approaches
- 8.2 Core principles and skills for dispute and complaint resolution
- 8.3 Disputes and complaints about governance
- 8.4 Your members: Dealing with disputes and complaints
- 8.5 Organisations: dealing with internal disputes and complaints
- 8.6 Practical guidelines and approaches
- 8.7 Case Studies
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09 Governance for nation rebuilding
- Governance Stories
- Glossary
- Useful links
- Acknowledgements
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Identiying your community assets and strengths?
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When you are looking to identify your nation, community or organisation’s assets and strengthes, it can help to think about:
Individuals | Men, women, elders, youth, leaders—their talents, strengths, experience and skills |
Informal associations | Ceremonial networks, extended families, artists’ collectives, land-care groups, special interest groups, widows’ camps and committees |
Informal associations for youth | School groups, youth groups and sporting clubs |
Organisations | Schools, local businesses, churches, health facilities, libraries, childcare and women’s centres, councils and training centres |
Physical resources | Land, bodies of water, parks, buildings, historical landmarks, transport and infrastructure |
Cultural resources | People’s knowledge and experience, country, cultural sites and stories, bush skills, language and kinships, laws and customs |
Program resources | Program funding and services |
Where do your strengths lie amongst this list?