Community Engagement Strategy
A Community Engagement Strategy is a strategy designed to provide opportunities for a community to participate in a municipality's decision-making processes with a view to ensuring outcomes that benefit the community.
National Asset Management Assessment Framework
The National Asset Management Assessment Framework suggests that Councils should have a community engagement strategy to reach and advanced level of asset management competency.
It also notes that the development of a Council's Strategic Longer Term Plan should include community engagement and reflect community needs.