Why the government is preparing Five Year Plans region and respond to the The Victorian Government has released Plan Melbourne 2017-2050, particular challenges and priorities the government’s long-term plan to accommodate Melbourne’s raised with future population and employment. Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 sets government by the Metropolitan out the strategic policy directions required to manage the city’s Partnerships. The Five Year Plans will growth and not duplicate or overlap existing change towards 2050. In addition to this, the government wants to strategies or policies, but better understand and respond to the particular challenges and complement them, with a focus on opportunities faced by communities in different parts of Melbourne. establishing and supporting a more The Government has identified six new metropolitan regions: inclusive, localised and coordinated Inner Metro, Inner South East Metro, Western Metro, Northern Metro, approach to policy development, Eastern Metro and Southern Metro. These regions provide the basis for investment and service delivery. a new, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordinated planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure. regions provide To facilitate increased collaboration at this regional level, the the basis for a new, government has established six Metropolitan Partnerships, bringing together experts and leaders from all levels of government, business more and the community to identify and progress issues that matter in their collaborative engagement region. They will provide advice to government on priorities for with communities and projects, programs and services that better meet the specific needs of better coordination of their regional communities. planning and delivery of To support the conversation with the new Metropolitan Partnerships, jobs, services and the government will produce rolling Five Year Plans for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure for each of the six metropolitan regions. The plans infrastructure. will provide a breakdown of the government’s investment in each 8 Western Metro Region Five Year Plan
Why the government is preparing Five Year Plans The Victorian Government has released Plan Melbourne 2017-2050, the government’s long-term plan to accommodate Melbourne’s future population and employment. Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 sets out the strategic policy directions required to manage the city’s growth and change towards 2050. In addition to this, the government wants to better understand and respond to the particular challenges and opportunities faced by communities in different parts of Melbourne. The Government has identified six new metropolitan regions: Inner Metro, Inner South East Metro, Western Metro, Northern Metro, Eastern Metro and Southern Metro. These regions provide the basis for a new, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordinated planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure. To facilitate increased collaboration at this regional level, the government has established six Metropolitan Partnerships, bringing together experts and leaders from all levels of government, business and the community to identify and progress issues that matter in their region. They will provide advice to government on priorities for projects, programs and services that better meet the specific needs of their regional communities. To support the conversation with the new Metropolitan Partnerships, the government will produce rolling Five Year Plans for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure for each of the six metropolitan regions. The plans will provide a breakdown of the government’s investment in each region and respond to the particular challenges and priorities raised with government by the Metropolitan Partnerships. The Five Year Plans will not duplicate or overlap existing strategies or policies, but complement them, with a focus on establishing and supporting a more inclusive, localised and coordinated approach to policy development, investment and service delivery. regions provide the basis for a new, more collaborative engagement with communities and better coordination of planning and delivery of jobs, services and infrastructure. 8 Western Metro Region Five Year Plan
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