Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP)
In 2013 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's Community Services Directorate (CSD) initiated a suite of projects designed to address the not-for-profit (NFP) community services sector's capacity to adapt to a rapidly changing policy and operational environment. In common with...
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| description | In 2013 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's Community Services Directorate (CSD) initiated a suite of projects designed to address the not-for-profit (NFP) community services sector's capacity to adapt to a rapidly changing policy and operational environment. In common with other Australian governments, the ACT relies upon NFP organisations to deliver a wide range of community-based human/social services. The procurement of services rendered to, or on behalf of, government by a third party provider under contract accounts for about 94% of the CSD's investment in the NFP community services sector. The ACT government, therefore, has a vested interest in ensuring that NFP providers are operationally capable, financially viable, and economically sustainable. Accordingly, the government launched a Community Sector Reform Program (CSRP) focussing on red tape reduction, sector development, and the establishment of a community sector outcomes framework. What lessons might the CSRP offer for other jurisdictions? This article describes a set of policy initiatives of the ACT government aimed at building not-for-profit sector capacity. It argues the need for comparative studies of similar initiatives across Australian jurisdictions. Australian Journal of Public Administration |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-547982017-10-30T08:36:24Z Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) Butcher, John In 2013 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's Community Services Directorate (CSD) initiated a suite of projects designed to address the not-for-profit (NFP) community services sector's capacity to adapt to a rapidly changing policy and operational environment. In common with other Australian governments, the ACT relies upon NFP organisations to deliver a wide range of community-based human/social services. The procurement of services rendered to, or on behalf of, government by a third party provider under contract accounts for about 94% of the CSD's investment in the NFP community services sector. The ACT government, therefore, has a vested interest in ensuring that NFP providers are operationally capable, financially viable, and economically sustainable. Accordingly, the government launched a Community Sector Reform Program (CSRP) focussing on red tape reduction, sector development, and the establishment of a community sector outcomes framework. What lessons might the CSRP offer for other jurisdictions? This article describes a set of policy initiatives of the ACT government aimed at building not-for-profit sector capacity. It argues the need for comparative studies of similar initiatives across Australian jurisdictions. Australian Journal of Public Administration 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54798 10.1111/1467-8500.12196 Blackwell Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | Butcher, John Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title | Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title_full | Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title_fullStr | Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title_short | Investing in Not-for-Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) |
| title_sort | investing in not-for-profit sector capacity: the australian capital territory's community sector development program (csdp) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54798 |