Committee for Ballarat’s core business is effecting change to achieve our vision and being proactive in taking on challenging issues facing Ballarat and its region.

The main vehicle for this is our projects which target priority issues in key areas, prompted through the networking forums provided by Round Table Dinners, and members’ surveys.

Committee for Ballarat believes its members should drive our strategic direction. Our inclusive processes mean that all members can be influential in stimulating and contributing to discussion and action about the region’s big-picture issues.

Members, in turn, benefit by having a direct line of communication to government decision makers at all levels, and they can achieve results by working as part of the Committee that they can’t achieve on their own. As a by-product, they get to work in an environment that provides appropriate infrastructure and otherwise facilitates business wellbeing within the region.

The Committee recognises that, without the high level of support from members for these processes, we would not have a mandate for our projects, and we are grateful to members for this commitment.

Our Key Issues process, conducted early each year, is the means through which we set our strategic direction and priorities for the following 12 months. Members drive this process by nominating their three key issues.  

Strategies for action in 2009-10

Revised and enhanced strategies have been formulated to ensure the Committee effectively addresses its key issues for 2009-10 - Secure and Sustainable Water and the Ballarat West Growth Zone.

The strategies were formulated from Committee-wide input during the Key Issues process and finalised and approved by the board.

While secure and sustainable water is a challenge for Ballarat and its region in 2009 - 10, it is also fundamental for future growth, making these two key issues and the strategies around them complementary and consistent.

The Committee's task teams dealing with the two projects are already in full flight, working towards outcomes which will ensure a strong future for Ballarat and its region. See the Projects section of this website. 

Click here to download the Key Issues Outcomes: Action Plan 2009 - 10.