A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a community with an interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences.
Topics
The following topic pages contain links to or contact information for special interest groups. If you would like to connect with other local government employees interested in the topic, these pages are a good starting point.
- Aged and Disabled Resident Support
- Arts Development
- Asset Management
- Capital Works Programming
- Community Consultation
- Community Development
- Community Facility Provision
- Community Safety
- Corporate Planning
- Customer Service
- Development
- Engineering
- Family Support
- Festival and Events Management
- Fleet Management
- Geographical Information System
- Home and Community Care
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Inter-Council Collaboration
- Local Government Future Technology Special Interest Group
- North West Region Central Enrolment Network
- Northern Councils Asset Management Forum
- Parks and Open Space Provision
- Procurement
- Project Management
- Records Management
- Risk Management
- Road Safety
- Social Planning
- Sustainability
Challenges:
The following 'Special Interest Groups' related issues have been identified as challenges for some councils via the local government collaboration project survey and/or added directly.
- Finding sufficient members in rural areas
If you have any thoughts on how to best meet these challenges, please feel free to share them by clicking on the 'discuss' button below and starting a conversation or by contributing to this page directly.
Related Pages
- Asset Management Special Interest Group
- Community of Practice
- Local Government Web Network
- Local Government Communities of Interest, Groups and Forums
- Special Interest Group List