Projects

Centroc has eight project teams delivering outcomes in advocacy, information sharing and reducing costs. Whether it is the supply team offering cheaper regional contracts, Centroc's training staff coordinating cheaper training , the OH&S team tackling corporate risk or the environmental team reducing costs and environmental impacts, it is clear that Centroc is making a difference at the operational level in Central West Councils.

Centroc's services:

Centroc Projects

Project teams are an important component of Centroc's operation and vital to its success. Project Teams are formed to allow cross-collaboration and the sharing of knowledge, expertise and resources.

The Centroc Board, which consists of delegates from each of the member councils, determines which project teams need to be established and the objectives of that project team.

Team Leaders from the projects assist the Executive Officer to set agendas and advise the General Managers Advisory Committee (GMAC) on the activities of the team.

The project charter for all of the regional project teams includes sharing information for best practice for all the Centroc members. This results in significant cost savings and efficiency improvements.

 

Centroc Regional Training Service

The Centroc Regional Training Service is a division of Central NSW Councils. Centralised coordination of training results in significant cost savings and development opportunities for all Centroc members and their staff. The training service acts as a training broker for member and associate member councils and supports the engagement and development of the training industry in the central NSW. Government agencies, private and public organisations are encouraged to attend training courses offered by the Centroc Regional Training Service. Click on the heading above to find out more.

 

Supply Management

Supply Management offers three significant benefits to the region:

  • Aggregated purchasing offers cost savings
  • A regional forum for new products and servcies to be analysed
  • Information sharing among members to develop best practice

 

Centroc OHS & Risk Management Team

The OHS & Risk Management Team facilitates the continual improvement of OHS Management for member councils. The OHS & Risk Management team meet quarterly to address issues common to all members. The team members undertake annual Peer Audit reviews to assist all member councils in mainting and improving their OHS management systems.

 

Central West Human Resources Managers Group

The Central West Human Resources Managment Group are a network of HR professionals. The group meet quartely across the Centroc region. The HR group share resources and focus on addressing common issues such as industrial relations, training and skill shortages and strive to deliver the best HR practices and services for their employees.

 

filmcentral NSW

filmcentral provides a fast and effecient service to filmmakers planning productions in the region, and provides a framework that maximises the economic and other community benefits that occur from film productions.

 

Environmental Sustainability

 


Live Issues

Water

As part of the Federal Government's commitment to the regions and a promise before the NSW State election in March 2011, Centroc is seeking funding for the first steps in feasibility for the infrastructure components of the Centroc Water Security Study (the Study).

Centroc has been successful in accessing funding for a water security study. The Study has been developed in response to the worst drought on record in the region and local communities seeking a higher level of water security. From the advice within this Study, Centroc will work on ways to improve water security in the region including seeking funding for appropriate infrastructure solutions.

This Study is the first of its kind in the nation as it considers a regional approach to water security as a result of climate change for urban communities in the context of other water users such as irrigators, the environment and industry such as mining.

In November 2009 the Centroc Board unanmiously adopted the Study including emergency infrastructure such as the pipelines to Lake Cargelligo and between Orange and the Macquarie River

The Study has won four awards including national recognition as one of the 6 best engineering projects in Australia.

All Central NSW Council's members form part of the Murray Darling basin and have been experiencing the exigencies associated with the combination of over allocation of water and the worst drought on record. The Study provides advice on the way forward for water secutiry in the region to 2059 includng giving consideration to climate change. This new advice will have impacts on strategic work including funding. Therefore assistance will be sought from other levels of government.

The Study provides advice regarding policy and infrastructure augmentation in Central NSW to improve water security for the communities served by 17 member local government authorities. For a copy of the summary brochure, click here.

For a copy of the options paper, click here. 

Centroc is progressing work in understanding the carbon impact of the Study with a view to its amelioration. This work is being funded through the Strengthening Basin Communities Program, part of the Federal National Water Initiative.

Members are also collaborating on projects to reduce water consumption and deliver best practice in water management across the region.

Centroc seeks support from the State and Federal governments to assure an adequate level of water security as advised in this important regional strategy.

Link to the NSW Office of Water website www.water.nsw.gov.au

Upcoming Training Events

Thu Feb 23
Centroc Board Meeting

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Atmospheric CO2 data

 

Did you know that atmospheric CO2 was 364 parts per million (ppm) during the Earth Summit in June 1992? In the past decade, atmospheric CO2 has been rising about 1.9 ppm per year. This is the fastest rate since scientists started using high-precision instruments to take CO2 measurements directly from the Earth's atmosphere.

To find out what Centroc is doing about Climate Change, click here.