Key Policy Links

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Key Policy Links
Local Partnerships Program

• Part of the roll-out of Moving Forward
  the
  Governments Provincial Victoria Statement 28M
  over 4 years
• 20 million for arts facilities to be delivered
  through renewed Regional Infrastructure
  Development Fund
• 8 million for Growing the Arts in Regional
  Victoria initiative comprising
• 2 million additional funds in the Touring
  Victoria program for development of touring
  product by the flagship companies and
• 6 million to be delivered through the Local
  Partnerships Program to Local Government arts
  and cultural programs
• Strong alignment with Creative Capacity ,
  Growing Victoria Together and A Fairer Victoria.

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Arts VictoriaLocal Partnerships Program

• Elisabeth Jones, Senior Arts Officer and
• Ian Rogers, Manager Local Partnerships, Arts
  Victoria
• Proceedings of the Expanding Cultures
  conference, Melbourne, July 2007
• Hosted by the City of Stonnington,
  supported by the Cities of Yarra, Melbourne,
  Moreland, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Boroondara
  and Port Phillip and the Cultural Development
  Network www.culturaldevelopment.net.au/expandingc
  ultures

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A New Deal for Local Govt
Local Partnerships Program

• Funding agreements are being replaced by a
  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Local
  Government
• Existing recurrent operational funding for
  regional Performing Arts Centres and Public
  Galleries are being rolled into these MoUs
• Annual agreements are being replaced with MoUs up
  to 4 years to provide for long term planning
• Reduction in bureaucratic application and
  acquittal processes
• More effective monitoring and accountability
  processes that uses standard annual financial and
  program reporting
• Regular round table meetings held between Arts
  Victoria staff and key stakeholders in each
  municipality.

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Local Partnerships Program
The State-wide Network
Major Regional Cities group
Significant Service Providers
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Program Entry

• The process can be initiated by either the
  Council or Arts Victoria.
• Existing recurrent funding agreements are being
  progressively rolled into the new MoUs
• 15 Councils signed multi year MoU in 2006/07
  totalling funding support of 8.9million over 4
  years
• Councils that do not have an existing funded arts
  and cultural program are also invited to consider
  their capacity to develop such a program

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Program Priorities
Local Partnerships Program

• Local leadership and collaborative hubs
• Entrepreneurial and innovative programming
• Capital development

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ARTS IN THE SUBURBS

• A new capital works funding program
• Assistance for local councils and arts
  organisations in greater Melbourne
• To upgrade existing professional facilities

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ARTS IN THE SUBURBS

• Increase community access to high quality arts
  and cultural programs
• Work collaboratively with local government
• Identify suburban areas that most require
  cultural infrastructure
• Prioritise support for areas identified with high
  needs

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ARTS IN THE SUBURBS

• Program budget
• 10million over 4 years
• Commitments 2006/07
• Burrinja Theatre (3million)
• Lilydale Museum (400,000)
• Non-committed funds
• Approximately 6million

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ARTS IN THE SUBURBS

• Future Directions
• Link to content as well as infrastructure,
• Link to other Government policy directions (e.g.
  Melbourne 2030)
• Identify existing Metro Local government service
  providers and future projects
• Consolidate Arts Victoria funding arrangements

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Arts VictoriaLocal Partnerships Program

• Elisabeth Jones has been at Arts Victoria for
  seven years during which time she has managed a
  number of funding programs including the Regional
  Arts Fund (now managed by Regional Arts
  Victoria), Artists in Communities and the Public
  Galleries Program. She also played a major role
  in the development of the Indigenous arts
  program, Deadly Arts Business. Prior to joining
  Arts Victoria, Elisabeth completed the post
  graduate in Arts Management at Deakin University
  and freelanced in arts administration for over
  ten years working in the small to medium sector
  with a range of companies including
  Theatreworks, Gasworks, Next Wave Festival,
  Victorian College of the Arts Drama Department
  and Circus Oz. Last year Elisabeth took a years
  sabbatical to work with the Mornington Island
  Dancers (based in the Gulf of Carpentaria) who
  performed at the Commonwealth Games cultural
  festival.
• Ian Rogers has 40 years experience in the public
  sector and has been with Arts Victoria (and the
  former Ministry for the Arts) since 1989. Since
  1999, he has managed the capital works funding
  program under the Regional Arts Infrastructure
  Fund as well as the Creating Place and Space
  funding for the metropolitan area. He played a
  key role in the development of the Local
  Partnerships Program. His public sector career
  spans a diverse range of experience in areas
  outside the arts. This includes ten years as a
  Municipal councillor in regional Victoria
  including three terms as mayor, twelve years as a
  president of a Secondary School council,
  membership of a local water authority, river
  management board and, as is typical of active
  members of a regional community, on the
  committees of many volunteer and community
  organisations. He was for a number of years also
  a member of the Public Sector Unions state
  executive and served as a union representative on
  several industrial tribunals and union peak
  councils.