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Youth Advisory
Panel
22 February
2016
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Te Ohu Mana
Rangatahi Update and Community Summit Update
File No.: CP2016/02275
Purpose
1. To receive an update on two key
items on the Youth Advisory Panel’s work programme, including progress on Te
Ohu Mana Rangatahi and the community summit plan.
2. To approve the proposed community
summit plan.
Executive
Summary
3. This report
provides a progress update on two main items on the Youth Advisory Panel’s work
programme; specifically the progress of Te Ohu Mana
Rangatahi, which was presented to the Community
Development and Safety Committee on 3 February 2016, and the proposed Youth
Advisory Panel community summit plan for 2016.
4. The Youth
Advisory Panel’s Community Summit Working Party has developed a draft Youth
Advisory Panel 2016 community summit plan and seeks the approval of the panel
for this plan and associated budget expenditure to support it.
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Recommendations
That the Youth Advisory Panel:
a) receive the update on Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi.
b) approve the community summit
plan.
c) delegate authority to finalise
a run-sheet for the community summit to the Community Summit Working Party.
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Comments
Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi
5. On 3 February
2016, Savanna Steele and Jason Mareroa of Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi presented to
Auckland Council’s Community Development and Safety Committee on the
development of the organisation.
6. Te Ohu Mana
Rangatahi was derived from goal seven, Rangatahi tū rangatira, of
the ‘I am Auckland’ strategic action plan, which focuses on supporting
rangatahi to thrive. The project was a rangatahi-led initiated by a Youth
Advisory Panel sub-working group established in the 2014/2015 financial
year.
7. The
presentation included an update on the progress of establishing a formal entity
and the potential services Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi will offer to the council and
other organisations. Youth Advisory Panel member, Tony Sua, also attended to
support the presentation on Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi.
8. This work is well aligned with
the strategic direction of I Am Auckland and resolutions passed by the Youth
Advisory Panel on this initiative. A report back on the outstanding resolution
requesting ‘a report from council staff investigating the practicalities
surrounding the addition of two positions on the Youth Advisory Panel,
specifically allocated to Rangatahi Roopu representatives’ (YOU/2015/24) is
programmed for the April 2016 meeting of the Youth Advisory Panel.
Community
Summit
9. The Youth
Advisory Panel established a community summit working party (working party) to
develop the panel’s community summit in 2016. The working party members are
Flora Apulu, Alex Johnston, Antony Kapeli-Sua and Mosa Mafile’o. The working
party proposes a one day event with two main topics including community
empowerment for youth voices and the local government 2016 elections. The two
themes are also focus areas detailed in the Youth Advisory Panel’s adopted work
programme for 2015/2016. A draft run-sheet for this summit is attached to this
report (Attachment A). The community summit event is currently scheduled for 30
April 2016 and is aiming for 300 youth voices members to participate.
10. The Youth
Advisory Panel is entitled to organise or host a community summit in each
financial year to engage with and hear the voices of young people in Auckland.
Themes and topics of a community summit must be aligned with the Youth Advisory
Panel’s work programme. As per the Terms of Reference for advisory panels, the
Youth Advisory Panel can negotiate with the council for any resources and
services required for community summit in advance of any decision making. The
community summit plan and resources must be approved by the Youth Advisory
Panel.
11. The first theme
for the summit will focus on community empowerment for youth voices. The Youth
Advisory Panel is made up of the representatives from 21 local youth voices,
supported by Auckland Council’s Community Development and Safety unit.
Following its establishment in October 2015, a new Community Empowerment unit
has taken over this function. This unit is in the process of developing a new
set of community-led practices based on the Thriving Communities Action Plan.
The proposed Youth Advisory Panel community summit will provide an opportunity
to discuss how local youth voices and the Youth Advisory Panel can effectively
work together based on the principles of community empowerment.
12. The second main
theme will concentrate on a plenary session for young people’s participation in
the 2016 local government elections. The 2016 local government elections will
be held on 8 October 2016. Aucklanders are encouraged to participate in the
local government elections with a targeted voting rate of 40 per cent. Auckland
Council’s election team has committed to providing resources for this plenary
session and Rockenrol (a youth designed initiative aimed
at building and activating political power for young people in Aotearoa New
Zealand) has also been confirmed as a speaker for this
session.
13. The Youth Advisory
Panel has a budget of $20,000 specifically for community summits. The Youth
Advisory Panel can approve a community summit budget when the purpose of a
community summit is in line with the work programme. This report seeks approval
from the panel for the proposed summit plan and associated budget costs from
this budget.
Consideration
Local
Board views and implications
14. The Youth Advisory Panel’s
community summit in 2016 will offer an opportunity to discuss with local youth
voices how to strengthen collaboration between Youth Advisory Panel and local
youth voices.
Māori
impact statement
15. The
Youth Advisory Panel’s work programme includes ‘build and strengthen a
relationship with Rangatahi Roopu as per Goal 7 of ‘I am Auckland’. The Youth
Advisory Panel will continue to work closely Te Ohu Mana
Rangatahi to support leadership of Rangatahi Roopu. The
report back on these topics provides an update on progress on this work to
date.
16. Specific engagement with Te Ohu Mana Rangatahi was not undertaken
for this report but will be undertaken for the specific report back on this
topic due at the April 2016 Youth Advisory Panel meeting.
17. No
specific consultation with Maori was undertaken in the development of the draft
summit plan.
Implementation
18. The community summit plan may
have minor changes pending discussions with wider council departments and other
partners to make the event more successful. The Youth Advisory Panel’s
community summit working party will be authorised to have meetings with
relevant stakeholders to finalise the plan.
Attachments
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No.
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Draft Youth Advisory Panel Community Summit Timetable
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Signatories
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Authors
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Austin Kim - Principal Advisor Panels
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Authorisers
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Mara Bebich - Stakeholder Liasion Manager
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