Disaster management for local government conference 2010

The LGAQ was enormously encouraged by the great success and positive feedback from last year’s conference. Once again the important disaster management questions for councils are raisen, as well as shared solutions, innovative activities and answers to the complex and evolving issues that councils face. 

The theme of this Conference, “Disasters Just Happen! – But Building Community Resilience Doesn’t!” recognises the reality of our exposure to disasters and hazards and also recognises our responsibility to help our local communities – and indeed our own councils – to build resilience, resistance and self-reliance. 

Key areas of discussion at this year’s Disaster Management conference  include:
- The disaster management landscape - to successfully manage in this period of major adjustment and reorganisation, we must first
understand the current landscape and how it is changing
- Lessons from the field – important lessons from those who have been involved in recent events here in Queensland and interstate, 
- Planning & policy, systems & tools – get the most recent information, hear about the solutions other places have implemented, and think
about whether your council could adopt similar approaches. 

Importantly, a key outcome of the Conference will be a “Communiqué” that will identify the long term issues for councils in building community resilience, guide LGAQ’s policy formulation process and articulate a way forward in building stronger partnerships with Government and other key stakeholders.