The Australian Attorney-General’s Department, in partnership with the Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum and with the support of the Australian Taxation Office, is holding the third National Emergency Management Volunteers Summit from 30-31 May 2011.

Up to 450 emergency management volunteers from across Australia will attend the Summit, to be held at the Rydges Lakeside Hotel in Canberra. This event will coincide with the United Nations’ International Year of Volunteers plus 10, and the theme is ‘The future is in our hands – Partnerships · Experiences · Solutions’.

This year, there will be an emphasis on the younger generation, and social networking tools will be used during the Summit to encourage participation by those who are unable to attend.

The objectives of the Summit are to:

  • identify and discuss contemporary issues within the emergency management volunteer sector

  • showcase and discuss best practice in the emergency management volunteer sector

  • develop recommendations of significance to the emergency management volunteer sector

  • commit to working together to progress recommendations to further enhance emergency management capability and community resilience in Australia, and

  • connect government at all levels, non-government organisations and emergency management volunteers from across Australia.

The Summit will focus on:

  • partnerships—providing networking opportunities for emergency management volunteers, and those working with volunteers from across Australia. The Summit will also focus on developing and strengthening relationships across all levels of government and with Non-Government Organisations to attract, support and retain emergency management volunteers.
  • experiences—providing an opportunity for the Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum to report on their activities and achievements for the emergency management volunteer sector since the 2005 Summit.
  • solutions—providing recommendations based on issues identified at the Summit for use by agencies and organisations that engage emergency management volunteers.

 

 

 

 

The Summit program and associated registration information will be available in the near future. Please continue to check the website regularly for updates.

 

Previous Summit Reports can be downloaded at www.ema.gov.au/volunteers

For further information contact: National Emergency Management Projects,
Attorney-General’s Department (nationalprojects@ag.gov.au)