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Maroondah Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2018-2020

The Maroondah Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) was endorsed by Council on 29 April 2019.

Council has a strong commitment to promote and work towards greater reconciliation in the City of Maroondah. This is evidenced in part by Council’s decision to undertake the first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) for the municipality and seek endorsement by Reconciliation Australia. The RAP program guides organisations in developing a strategic action plan that identifies practical actions and measures for building respectful relations and creating opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander peoples.

Council has worked closely with a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members in the development of the Maroondah Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

The Maroondah Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2018-2020 sits within the overall Maroondah Integrated Planning Framework which is underpinned by the shared long-term vision outlined in Maroondah 2040: Our Future together.

Council, together with its partners, is committed to making a meaningful and measurable contribution to reconciliation within Maroondah. All activities in the Plan will be undertaken in a positive and mutually beneficial and respectful manner.

There are three key focus areas in the RAP. They are: