Finalist - The City of Greater Geelong Supporting creative industries through collaboration – Geelong Design Week Geelong Design Week is a 10-day community event celebrating Geelong ’ s global recognition as Australia ’ s only UNESCO City of Design . The event highlights Geelong ’ s creative industries and the role design plays in supporting economic , social , cultural and environmental sustainability .
Starting as a partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria as part of Melbourne Design Week , the event has evolved into a stand-alone program which ( after COVID disruptions in 2020 ) officially launched in 2021 with the theme , ‘ Unpredictable ’.
WINNER - The Town of Victoria Park , City of Canning and City of Gosnells . The Simplified Trading Partnership Permit- a red tape reduction collaboration Mobile food vendors add vibrancy and diversity of offerings at events across each local government area ( LGA ). However , the transient nature of their operations mean they must repetitively complete a set of forms and provide documents to be permitted to trade at events in each LGA they visit , which is a red tape burden .
planning laws assessed , data shared and fees and revenues standardised .
Since its launch , 247 mobile food vendors have applied for the Simplified Trading Partnership Permit with the data proving success and satisfaction amongst vendors and customers .
:// www . canning . wa . gov . au / residents / living-here / health-services / simplified-trading-partnership
CATEGORY 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES - REGIONS UNDER 15,000 RESIDENTS This award recognises programs or projects that have stimulated economic development activity in smaller regions . Entrants were invited to show how their contributed to economic development in the region .
Finalist - Dubbo Regional Council # BuyLocalorByeLocal Wellington Dubbo Regional Council ’ s # BuyLocalorByeLocal Wellington initiative was specially designed to support and reinforce the ‘ Buy Local ’ in Wellington message .
Over 6000 people were inspired , challenged and delighted by 69 events , in collaboration with more than 50 local designers , artists , small businesses , organisations and community groups . The event connected people from diverse backgrounds and across several industries , boosting business capacity and providing an inclusive and accessible platform to highlight our region ’ s design excellence .
Economic development teams from the City of Canning , Town of Victoria Park and City of Gosnells sensed an opportunity to streamline this process- providing benefit to businesses and local governments . Collaborating with their respective Environmental Health teams , the complex processes were simplified , different local
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