Implementing the Principles of Multiculturalism Locally

In late 2003 the NSW Government requested the Department of Local Government and the Community Relations Commission For a Multicultural NSW to work together to assist and assess the effectiveness of NSW local councils in observing the principles of multiculturalism in the conduct of their affairs. This Kit is a result of that collaboration.

This kit aims to provide advice and resources to all NSW councils, regardless of the size or demographic makeup of their local government area, to assist them to implement the principles of multiculturalism in a way that is best suited to the needs of their local communities and to their existing planning and reporting processes.

Councils are encouraged to use the kit and its primary tools, the Local Councils Multicultural Planning Framework in Part Three and accompanying Local Councils Multicultural Planning Guide in Part Two, to do this. Many councils will use the Framework and Guide to identify and integrate relevant multicultural strategies within existing statutory plans. A number of councils may additionally choose to use these resources to develop or review stand-alone multicultural plans.

Click on the links below to download the toolkit in pdf format.

• Cover
• Part 1
• • Message from the Honourable Morris Iemma MP
  • Foreword by the Minister for Local Government
  • Contents
  • Information Kit
• Part 2
• • Local Councils Multicultural Planning Guide
• Part 3
• • Local Councils Multicultural Planning Framework
  • Appendix: Legislative and Policy Framework and Roles of Key Agencies