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Collaborative Approaches to Regional Governance – Lessons from Victoria
Author(s) -
Wear Andrew
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12002
Subject(s) - collaborative governance , corporate governance , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , public administration , political science , regional policy , scale (ratio) , regional science , public relations , sociology , management , geography , economics , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , archaeology , law
Victoria's Regional Management Forums were established in 2005 to facilitate collaboration between Victorian Government departments and local government in each of Victoria's eight administrative regions. At the time they were established, Regional Management Forums were a pioneering experiment in collaborative governance. Seven years after their establishment, this paper examines the Regional Management Forums to consider how they have evolved, what role they now serve, and what lessons can be learned. This paper finds that Victoria's Regional Management Forums have been able to adapt to an evolving policy and governance context. While not without their challenges, Regional Management Forums have given rise to regional‐scale thinking and collaborative relationships .