Partners
CYP aims to work with public and
private agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive agenda
to achieve the fundamental structural changes necessary to enable
communities, clans, families, and individuals to move beyond passive
welfare, to effect a social recovery and to actively participate
in the economy. CYP has now developed partnerships with all sectors:
State Government:
 From
1999 the Queensland Premier Peter Beattie committed the Queensland
Government to develop partnerships in Cape York. Since then the
partnerships process has been well advanced.
Following a comprehensive response to the issues
raised by the Fitzgerald Cape York Justice Study, a partnerships
unit is now being established comprising CYP (Community) and CYP
(Government). The capacity now exists for whole-of-government
coordination in Cape York and for partnerships - based on negotiation
- to be developed between Queensland agencies and Aboriginal people.
Private and Philanthropic
Cape York regional organisations have been working
with the private and philanthropic sectors and an interface for
partnerships with these sectors has been established: Indigenous
Enterprise Partnerships (IEP).
A board comprising voluntary directors associated
with The Body Shop, Westpac, Boston Consulting Group, The Myer
Foundation, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Harvard
Business School as well as indigenous representatives runs IEP.
www.iep.net.au IEP allows for private sector and philanthropic partnerships to
be developed - and many partnerships projects are well advanced
in Cape York.
The Commonwealth Government has also announced
that it will be participating in the Cape York Partnerships process
through its Indigenous Partnerships Taskforce which is being trialled
in 8 sites across the country. Cape York is one of the 8 sites.
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
(DEWR) is the lead Commonwealth agency responsible for Cape York.
Again, this provides the opportunity for whole-of-government coordination
between Commonwealth agencies and for negotiated partnerships.
"Cape York Partnerships is not about presenting
pre-set solutions. It is important for everyone involved to understand
that these are suggestions and ideas only. ..Cape York Partnerships
is my Government's genuine effort to find a way forward." Extract
from Cape York Partnerships - Some Practical Ideas
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