Contents
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Participation Policy and Strategy Introduction
3
Scope
3
Application period
3
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
3
Relationship to the City Plan
4
Relationships to other corporate strategies
5
Policy and strategy development process
5
Policy and strategy review
5
Participation Policy
6
Our policy commitment
7
Policy statement
8
Key directions
8
Principles
8
Council’s role
8
Evaluation and monitoring progress
8
Background
9
Rationale for the Participation key directions
10
Policy Context
15
Participation Strategy
16
Key presenting issues
17
Our Objective for Participation
21
Key Directions
21
Structure
24
Strategic framework for the Participation key directions
24
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