Community Jobs Summit

The Community Jobs Summit, held in Melbourne on 1 May, 2009, aimed to explore strategies to maximise the economic and social impact of the Australian Government’s Community Jobs Fund. The summit was auspiced by the Australian Government, in partnership with the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul Society and Mission Australia.

The summit considered:

• the identification of effective models of employment creation by community organisations and local government, with particular focus on the contribution to be made by social enterprises
• the identification of opportunities in the current environment and any implications for policy and service delivery relating to the implementation of the Community Jobs Fund
• the dissemination of a wider range of innovative strategies to engage the community sector to maximise the impact of the Community Jobs Fund.

Presentations included:

Bruce Chapman, Australian National University, Long term unemployment  (PDF file, 52 KB)

Reem Tekhle Medhan, Eritrean Australian Women and Family Support Network, Mu'ooz Eritrean restaurant and catering case study (PDF file, 1.9MB)

Nick Hannett, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Investing in community: City of Yarra street cleaning enterprise case study (PDF file, 278 KB)

David Hetherington, Per Capita, Community Jobs Forum (PDF file, 62 KB)

Steve Lawrence, Australian Social Innovation Exchange, Seizing the opportunities that arise from turbulence (PDF file, 510 KB)