Consultations & forums: We hold regular consultations on settlement topics such as housing, employment, health and education. Discussions may take place in person or via teleconference. SCOA also hosts a series of regular forums: Policy Practice a regular teleconference which brings together settlement sector practitioners and academics to discuss emerging policy research and policy research issues. Humanitarian Settlement Service Providers forum: a regular teleconference specifically focussed on providers funded under the government refugee resettlement program CEO Think tank: A series of discussions on particular focus topics of relevance to CEOs working for our member agencies, covering issues such as human resources, media, international refugee issues and the federal government’s budget Settlement Policy Network: co-hosted with the Refugee Council, the Settlement Policy Network is a national teleconference focussing on specific policy issues relating to resettlement which brings together a wide range of people working in refugee resettlement to share information and promote discussion on settlement issues. National member consultations: each year SCOA hosts face to face consultations in each capital city for members and stakeholders. National consultations are an opportunity to strengthen engagement with members and discuss settlement issues from a regional or state based perspective. These consultations inform SCOA’s engagement and representation in the coming year. Representation: SCOA maintains relationships with a wide of government & non-government agencies and networks at local, state and federal levels. Regular meetings with key government departments facilitate representation of settlement sector policy perspectives and issues, enabling the settlement sector to have a unified voice with government. Meetings occur with federal government departments responsible for settlement programs and associated portfolio areas such as employment, housing etc. Meetings also take place at a state level with agencies responsible for supporting multiculturalism and social inclusion. Settlement issues: The issues SCOA addresses are diverse, covering the main areas and services which recently arrived migrants and refugees need most. These include services and programs in areas such as: Employment Housing Health Education English language SCOA has the scope to react flexibly to policy issues and situations which arise, based on our member’s requests or in response to events. SCOA has prepared policy discussion papers to support dialogue within the sector and government on specific policy issues, including: Housing Sport
Consultations & forums: We hold regular consultations on settlement topics such as housing, employment, health and education. Discussions may take place in person or via teleconference. SCOA also hosts a series of regular forums: Policy Practice a regular teleconference which brings together settlement sector practitioners and academics to discuss emerging policy research and policy research issues. Humanitarian Settlement Service Providers forum: a regular teleconference specifically focussed on providers funded under the government refugee resettlement program CEO Think tank: A series of discussions on particular focus topics of relevance to CEOs working for our member agencies, covering issues such as human resources, media, international refugee issues and the federal government’s budget Settlement Policy Network: co-hosted with the Refugee Council, the Settlement Policy Network is a national teleconference focussing on specific policy issues relating to resettlement which brings together a wide range of people working in refugee resettlement to share information and promote discussion on settlement issues. National member consultations: each year SCOA hosts face to face consultations in each capital city for members and stakeholders. National consultations are an opportunity to strengthen engagement with members and discuss settlement issues from a regional or state based perspective. These consultations inform SCOA’s engagement and representation in the coming year. Representation: SCOA maintains relationships with a wide of government & non-government agencies and networks at local, state and federal levels. Regular meetings with key government departments facilitate representation of settlement sector policy perspectives and issues, enabling the settlement sector to have a unified voice with government. Meetings occur with federal government departments responsible for settlement programs and associated portfolio areas such as employment, housing etc. Meetings also take place at a state level with agencies responsible for supporting multiculturalism and social inclusion. Settlement issues: The issues SCOA addresses are diverse, covering the main areas and services which recently arrived migrants and refugees need most. These include services and programs in areas such as: Employment Housing Health Education English language SCOA has the scope to react flexibly to policy issues and situations which arise, based on our member’s requests or in response to events. SCOA has prepared policy discussion papers to support dialogue within the sector and government on specific policy issues, including: Housing Sport
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