MAV STRATEGIC WORK PLAN 2008-09 ACTION ITEMS The MAV’s strategic work plan includes issues of a long-term and focus. Accordingly, many issues identified in previous strategic work remain, while issues that have been resolved in 2007-08 are replaced by new priorities. To clearly document the flow of actions in the strategic plan, the following table illustrates those issues from the Strategic Work Plan 2006-07 will be incorporated in the Work Plan for 2007- 08, the completed issues, and priority issues identified through the regional planning meetings that will be incorporated into the Work Plan. Strategic objectives have been defined for each policy domain following the widespread planning and consultation process undertaken by the MAV. All items in the subsequent action plan for each area have been aligned to the achievement of the relevant objective. As outlined previously, the work plan of the MAV will evolve throughout the year as new issues emerge. The MAV Board of Management and the State Council will guide this evolution. 1. Finance Strategic Objective: To strengthen government funding and finances to ensure long-term sustainability for the sector Complete Ongoing New National Funding    Support the ALGA Continue to support the Work with the ALGA and Federal Election Local tranche of funding campaign for the Government Association Continue to collect and establishment of a (ALGA) in its campaign analyse and report to the community infrastructure for an improved sector at least annually fund escalator for the the financial of Financial Assistance Victorian Grants, the government  establishment of a community infrastructure councils on a position for fund, and a continuation federal funding of of Roads to Recovery councils with the new beyond the current Federal Government Government    Prepare a submission to Seek to identify Provide advice to Revenue Raising the Productivity alternative sources of councils the Commission (PC) review taxation for local implications of the PC of local government government review and its effect on revenue raising on  the policy behalf of the sector the campaign for better implications of the funding support to capacity to pay rates government research undertaken by the MAV 6
MAV STRATEGIC WORK PLAN 2008-09 ACTION ITEMS The MAV’s strategic work plan includes issues of a long-term and focus. Accordingly, many issues identified in previous strategic work remain, while issues that have been resolved in 2007-08 are replaced by new priorities. To clearly document the flow of actions in the strategic plan, the following table illustrates those issues from the Strategic Work Plan 2006-07 will be incorporated in the Work Plan for 2007- 08, the completed issues, and priority issues identified through the regional planning meetings that will be incorporated into the Work Plan. Strategic objectives have been defined for each policy domain following the widespread planning and consultation process undertaken by the MAV. All items in the subsequent action plan for each area have been aligned to the achievement of the relevant objective. As outlined previously, the work plan of the MAV will evolve throughout the year as new issues emerge. The MAV Board of Management and the State Council will guide this evolution. 1. Finance Strategic Objective: To strengthen government funding and finances to ensure long-term sustainability for the sector Complete Ongoing New National Funding  Support the ALGA  Continue to support the  Work with the ALGA and Federal Election campaign for the establishment of a community infrastructure fund  Local Government Association (ALGA) in its campaign for an improved escalator for the Financial Assistance Grants, the establishment of a community infrastructure fund, and a continuation of Roads to Recovery beyond the current tranche of funding Continue to collect and analyse and report to the sector at least annually the financial of Victorian government councils on a position for federal funding of councils with the new Federal Government Government Revenue Raising  Prepare a submission to the Productivity  Seek to identify alternative sources of  Provide advice to councils the Commission (PC) review of local government taxation for local government implications of the PC review and its effect on revenue raising on behalf of the sector  the policy implications of the capacity to pay rates the campaign for better funding support to government research undertaken by the MAV 6
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