Apologies from
Deputy Mayor B C Cashmore, Mayor P Goff, Deputy Chairperson Cr E Collins, Cr R
Hills and Cr W Walker have been received.
2 Declaration
of Interest
Members are
reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a
conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other
external interest they might have.
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
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That the Community Development and Safety Committee:
a)
confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting,
held on Thursday, 20 June 2019, as a true and correct
record.
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4 Petitions
At the close of
the agenda no requests to present petitions had been received.
5 Public
Input
Standing Order
7.7 provides for Public Input. Applications to speak must be made to the
Governance Advisor, in writing, no later than one (1) clear working day
prior to the meeting and must include the subject matter. The meeting
Chairperson has the discretion to decline any application that does not meet
the requirements of Standing Orders. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes
is allocated to the period for public input with five (5) minutes
speaking time for each speaker.
At the close of
the agenda no requests for public input had been received.
6 Local
Board Input
Standing Order
6.2 provides for Local Board Input. The Chairperson (or nominee of that
Chairperson) is entitled to speak for up to five (5) minutes during this
time. The Chairperson of the Local Board (or nominee of that Chairperson)
shall wherever practical, give one (1) day’s notice of their wish
to speak. The meeting Chairperson has the discretion to decline any
application that does not meet the requirements of Standing Orders.
This right is
in addition to the right under Standing Order 6.1 to speak to matters on the
agenda.
At the close of
the agenda no requests for local board input had been received.
7 Extraordinary
Business
Section 46A(7) of
the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states:
“An item that
is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
(a) The local
authority by resolution so decides; and
(b) The presiding member
explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-
(i) The
reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
(ii) The reason why the
discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”
Section 46A(7A) of
the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states:
“Where an
item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a) That item may be discussed
at that meeting if-
(i) That item is a minor
matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member
explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the
public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution, decision or
recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to
a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”
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Community
Development and Safety Committee
09 July 2019
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Youth
Advisory Panel Joint Committee Discussion - transport accessibility, affordability
and safety with a youth lens
File No.: CP2019/12560
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
support the Youth Advisory Panel item to the Community Development and Safety
Committee. This will take the form of series of presentations to bring a youth
lens and perspective on the topic of transport accessibility, affordability and
safety.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
Background
2. The
demographic advisory panels are one of council’s engagement mechanisms
for hearing from diverse communities. They provide advice to the governing body
and council staff on regional policies, plans and strategies and any matters
which are of concern to those communities.
3. The
Youth Advisory Panel is made up of 21 members representing the areas of each of
the wards and boards of Auckland Council. Their priorities are shaped by the
goals of I Am Auckland: Auckland’s Strategic Plan for Children and
Young People.
4. In
July 2017, the Youth Advisory Panel agreed on four priorities area that they
wanted their work programme to focus on:
· Environment
and Sustainability
· Transport
and Accessibility
· Homelessness
· Youth
Engagement and Civic Participation.
5. One
of the seven goals of the I am Auckland Plan is ‘Connected: Children and
young people can get around Auckland and get connected’. As part of its
transport and accessibility outcome area the Youth Advisory Panel has been
strong in this advocacy and feedback in regards transport accessibility,
affordability and safety from a youth perspective.
6. The
Community Development and Safety Committee is hosting a series of themed
individual hui throughout 2019 with advisory panels to hear and understand
their priorities. It has been agreed that the respective panel will co-host the
item and suggest the theme, focus and speakers/presenters.
7. The
Youth Advisory Panel have agreed, in discussion with the committee chair, that
the theme for this session will be transport accessibility, affordability and safety-
a youth perspective.
Committee Discussion
8. Ahead
of the committee meeting attendees are invited to use public transport to make
their way to the meeting and come prepared to share any insights on their journey.
9. The
committee and panel have agreed for presentations and speakers to commence a
conversation of the topic of transport accessibility, affordability and safety
from a youth perspective as follows:
· Introduction
from Chair of Youth Advisory Panel – Veisinia Maka
· Video
– Selection of youth speaking about their experience on public transport
· Dr Alex
MacMillan, Senior Lecturer Environmental Health, University of Otago
· Kramer
Hoeflich, Youth Advisory Panel Member for Maungakiekie-Tāmaki, on
accessibility issues that young people face. or a young person themselves
– Kramer Hoeflich
· Opportunity
for committee and panel members to share their public transport stories and
discuss common themes and opportunities.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendations
That the Community Development
and Safety Committee:
a) thank
the Youth Advisory Panel for organising and participating in this joint
session.
b) forward
the issues raised in relation to youth transport accessibility, affordability
and safety to Auckland Transport and relevant council departments to inform
future planning for this functions and operations.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Authors
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Mara Bebich - Stakeholder Manager, Infrastructure
& Environmental Services and Lead Officer for the Youth Advisory Panel
Amanda Kelly, Principal Advisor, Arts, Community and
Events and Deputy Lead Officer for the Youth Advisory Panel
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Authoriser
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Ian Maxwell - Director Community Services
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Community
Development and Safety Committee
09 July 2019
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Convention on the Elimination of all
forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - monitoring report
File No.: CP2019/08906
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. This
report provides an update on council work programmes that align with and
support the goals of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. CEDAW
promotes the equality of women and requires signatory countries to end all
forms of discrimination against women. The New Zealand government ratified
CEDAW in 1985 and provides regular reports to the United Nations on NZ’s
progress with CEDAW commitments.
3. On 15
November 2018 the Community Development and Safety Committee endorsed the CEDAW
goals as providing a strong framework to advance political and economic
equality for women in New Zealand. The committee endorsed a number of Auckland
council work programmes as aligning with, and helping to deliver on, CEDAW
goals and requested monitoring reports on these work programmes.
4. This
report, and Appendix B, provide a progress update on work programmes that align
to the following CEDAW articles:
· Guarantee
of Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Article
3)
· Political
and Public Life (Article 7)
· Employment
(Article 11)
· Health
(Article 12)
· Economic
and Social Benefit (Article 13)
5. On 13
August 2019, the Māori Women’s Welfare League and Pacific
Women’s Watch are hosting the Ministry for Women's International Caucus
in Auckland. The agenda will include discussion about the government’s
response to the United Nations CEDAW committee recommendations; and the
Ministry for Women’s programme to increase awareness of CEDAW goals and
encourage other councils to commit to these goals. Auckland Council’s
commitment to the CEDAW goals will be highlighted at this meeting.
Horopaki
Context
6. The
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) promotes the equality of women and obligates signatory countries to end
all forms of discrimination against women. The three
core elements of CEDAW are:
· Affirmation
of women’s civil and political rights
· Protecting
women’s reproductive rights and ensuring they are not a basis for
discrimination
· Challenging
discriminatory stereotypes, customs and norms for women,
7. Appendix
A provides a summary of the CEDAW provisions.
8. The
New Zealand (NZ) government ratified CEDAW in 1985 and reports to the United
Nations (UN) Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Violence against
Women on NZ’s progress with CEDAW commitments,
most recently on 12 July 2018.
9. On
15 November 2018 the Community Development and Safety Committee endorsed the
CEDAW goals as providing a strong framework to advance political and economic
equality for women in NZ. The committee also endorsed a number of Auckland
Council work programmes as aligning with, and helping to deliver on, CEDAW
goals.
10. The
committee requested monitoring reports on these work programmes, in the context
of CEDAW goals, and also requested that officers seek to identify other work programmes
that may align with and help deliver on CEDAW goals
11. The Chair
of the Committee wrote to the Minister for Women, to express council’s
commitment to CEDAW and support for the Government’s work programmes to
achieve CEDAW goals.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
12. Appendix B of
this report provides an update on progress (since the last report in November
2018) on council’s work programmes that align with CEDAW goals.
Guarantee of Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
(article 3)
Inter-cultural Cities Audit
13. The
Auckland Plan Belonging and Participation outcome identifies that taking steps
to pro-actively foster relationships between different communities in Auckland
is critical for strengthening Auckland’s social cohesion. Intentionally
building relationships between different communities is the underlying
principle of ‘inter-culturalism’.
14. To
support this Auckland Plan outcome, we completed the Inter-cultural Cities
Index audit in 2018. The Inter-cultural Cities Index audit
assess cities on a wide range of policies and practices indicators which
support inter-culturalism. A summary of Auckland’s results are:
· Auckland
is ranked 14th among the 94 cities that have completed the audit, with an
aggregate inter-cultural city index of 74%
· Auckland
is ranked 8th among cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants and 11th among
cities with more than 15% of residents born overseas.
· Auckland
scored higher than average in indicators for commitment; welcoming; governance;
media; international outlook; intelligence/ competence; education; public
service; neighbourhoods; business and labour market; and public space.
· We scored lower
than the city sample average in indicators for: mediation, language, and
cultural and civil life. These findings will help inform
council work programmes to foster social cohesion in Auckland.
Thriving communities
15. Council
is updating the Thriving Communities Action Plan to align with the Auckland
Plan and provide direction for council’s investment in supporting
thriving, inclusive and resilient communities, fostering intercultural
connections and understanding to support social cohesion in our
communities.
Investing in
Aucklanders – social inclusion, belonging and participation
16. In
2017-2018 our community engagement process on inclusion, belonging and
participation generated insights into what makes Aucklanders feel they
belong. Using these insights, we will develop pilots to test
interventions to support increasing participation and inclusion. This is likely
to particularly involve women in our communities.
I am
Auckland - council’s strategy for children and young people
17. Council
recently approved a new implementation plan and evaluation framework for I am
Auckland, council’s strategy for children and young people, with a
greater focus on delivery, monitoring and measuring the impact of what we
do. This work will deliver benefits for young women in Auckland.
WHO Age-friendly
Cities and Communities Network
18. A part of
the process to join the WHO Age-friendly Cities and
Communities Network, Auckland Council and partners are developing a
region-wide cross sector age-friendly action plan to improve the wellbeing of
older Aucklanders. An age-friendly Auckland will benefit women who tend to live
longer than men, with significantly more women than men in the over 85
age-group.
Safe
Communities
19. Auckland
Council has obtained Safe Communities accreditation - the largest local
government authority in Australasia to obtain accreditation. The Safe Community
model is backed by the World Health Organisation and internationally recognised
as an effective intervention that provides a consistent platform for
collaboration on projects that deliver evidence-based safety and injury
prevention strategies at a local and regional level.
Political and Public Life (article 7)
20. In November 2018,
Auckland Council became the first Council in New Zealand to commit to
supporting the CEDAW goals. This Committee will receive regular reports on
progress with Council work programmes that align with the CEDAW goals.
21. The
local government elections will be held in October 2019. Auckland
Council’s election team has engaged with a wide range of community
partners to reach Auckland’s diverse communities and to encourage
Aucklanders to consider standing for election and to vote.
22. Council is
committed to seeking diverse talented applicants for Council Controlled
Organisations (CCO) board roles. In May 2019, council signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Ministry of Pacific Peoples to support this initiative.
We are also progressing discussions with the Ministry for Women and Office of
Ethnic Communities on this work. We are gathering demographic data about the
make-up of our CCO boards as a baseline to track progress on this work.
23. Council partners
with the State Services Commission and other government agencies to co-deliver
the very successful Auckland Women in Public Sector Leadership summit –
the third summit will be held in October 2019.
Employment (Council staff) (article 11)
24. In November 2018,
council set targets for diverse representation at our enterprise leadership
level (tier three and above) taking an intersectional lens of gender and
ethnicity. Council’s executive leadership team has approved changes to
our recruitment process to help achieve these targets.
25. Council has
committed to enable all roles in council to be worked flexibly and we are
trialling implementation pilots across the organization.
26. In 2019, we are
piloting He Ata - our Female Accelerated Leadership programme - to support
emerging female executive leadership talent.
27. We recently
launched our Women’s Leadership Network to recognise and develop diverse
talented women across the organisation. Council’s International
Women’s day celebrations attract significant numbers of women staff each
year.
28. We are the first
Council in New Zealand to receive both the YWCA Gender Tick accreditation and
Rainbow Tick accreditation
29. Auckland
Transport’s Women's Network was established in 2018 with the vision of
‘confident women navigating their career with ease and purpose’.
Health (article 12)
30. Council delivers
the Ministry of Health Community Action on Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) programme,
aiming to reduce harm for young people from alcohol and other drugs. This
includes raising awareness of alcohol and drug harm during pregnancy and
supporting young women, community leaders and families to lead harm reduction
strategies.
Economic and Social Benefits (article13)
31. The
Southern Initiative (TSI) is leading several work programmes which actively contribute
to this goal. More details are provided in Appendix B. These work programmes
include:
Social
Procurement
32. TSI is at
the forefront of leading social procurement practice to create employment and
enterprise opportunities for South and West Aucklanders.
33. Only 14%
of construction industry employees are women and it is estimated that women
‘on the tools’ could be as low as three per cent. There is a high
degree of horizontal segregation, and gender patterns in the industry have
remained, more unchanged for many years.
34. Key
performance indicators for this work include targets for 30 per cent of women
as new recruits as well as aiming to close the gap between Māori and
Pacific Peoples’ wages to the rest of Auckland.
Shared Prosperity & Youth Connections
35. TSI’s
Shared Prosperity and Youth Connections programmes are designed to
intentionally seek out the best opportunities with the greatest potential for
personal, whanau and community transformation. In 2019, TSI’s Employment Brokers & Coaches are focused
on working with young people and adults who are experiencing the highest levels
of inequity in South and West Auckland.
36. To date,
TSI’s Employment Brokers & Coaches have worked directly with 32 youth
and adults. Of this group, 15 (or 47%) are women, and 9 of these women are now
in quality employment.
37. The
Brokers & Coaches are also working with community partners to grow
expertise and capacity in the community. Our community partners are working
with 36 people, of whom 11 (or 30%) are women. Five of these women are now
in quality employment and 1 has transitioned into higher education.
UPtempo
38. UPtempo
is a collaborative project between TSI, the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment (MBIE), employers and employees to help transition
Māori and Pacific workers in low skilled, low paid jobs into higher
skilled, higher paid jobs in sustainable industries. UPtempo has
a cohort of 25 people, including several women, who have been in the workforce
for more than five years. The end goal is to increase earning potential and job
security, reduce poverty-related stress and improve socio-economic outcomes for
families.
TSI’s Māori and
Pasifika Trades Training consortium
39. The TSI
team lead a consortium of private training establishments delivering the
Māori and Pasifika Trades Training programme in construction,
infrastructure and allied trades, funded by the Tertiary Education Commission.
TSI’s goal is 30% female participation, which is endorsed by the Ministry
for Women. Last year, 27% of Māori and Pasifika Trades Training learners
were women – the highest in the country for non-traditional trades. The
Ministry for Women advises that 30% is generally understood as the tipping
point for female participation to be normalised in male dominated work spaces.
Te Haa o Manukau – a
new innovation hub and co-working space
40. Te
Haa o Manukau opened on 16 October 2018 in the heart of the Manukau CBD.
TSI partners with Ngahere Communities, a local social
enterprise founded by a group of young Māori and Pacific creative
entrepreneurs, to operate Te Haa o Manukau. The Hine Boss Māori Women
business workshops has run several events at Te Haa.
Kootuitui Trust collaboration
project
41. TSI, in
collaboration with Kootuitui Trust, supports a group of (mainly) women in
Papakura to create solutions to day to day challenges. As a result of this
collaboration, a group of Papakura families have developed a low-cost home
intervention kit to create warmer, drier and healthier homes. The families
involved report that they experienced greater social connectedness, built a
network of authentic and trusting relationships, learnt how to implement their
innovative ideas and grew their self-confidence and basic DIY skills. They have
also expanded their knowledge of tenancy rights, learnt budgeting skills and
transferred what they learnt to whānau across the community.
Nuku
42. TSI is
supporting the social-impact storytelling project NUKU to create 100 profiles
of Māori and indigenous women to change the perceptions of indigenous
women and the way indigenous women perceive themselves. This work aims to
empower indigenous women to be agents of change in their communities, sector
and society.
Auckland Tourism Events and
Economic Development
43. Auckland
Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED) is a regional partner in
Auckland’s Jobs and Skills Hubs network. Employment and progression
opportunities for women is a priority for jobs and skills hubs. Over 150
women have been placed into employment through the hubs since 2017. Māori
(37%) and Pasifika (36%) peoples comprise a large share of people employed
through the hubs.
Housing First
44. Auckland
Council is a partner in the Housing First initiative, with government and other
agencies. This initiative has placed 964 people (512 adult participants and 452
children) into permanent homes across the Auckland region since March 2017. 50%
of all adults housed are women.
Engagement
45. Overall,
the proportion of submissions from women in all of Council’s major
consultations has increased every year since 2016, when demographic information
began being recorded.
46. In
general submissions on our major strategies (Annual Budget, 10 Year Budget,
Auckland Plan, Local Board Plans) are fairly balanced in terms of gender. Over
the past three years, the proportion for women submitters has ranged between
46% and 58% for these consultations.
47. Consultations
on other strategies and bylaws have attracted a greater proportion of women
submitters e.g.
· Notice of Motion to
prohibit the sale of fireworks to the public (73%)
· Public Safety and
Nuisance Bylaw (68%)
· Dog Policy and Bylaw
(68%)
· Waste Management and
Minimisation Bylaw (67%)
· Regional Pest
Management Plan (67%).
48. As
part of Auckland Council’s commitment to becoming a leader in diversity
and inclusion we are working to ensure that our consultation and engagement
reaches all of Auckland’s diverse peoples. Through partnerships with
trusted community groups we are seeing increasing engagement from communities
that were previously under represented.
49. We have
also experienced growth of submissions from people in the 25-44 and 45-64 age
brackets and a reduction in the over 65 age group, which is broadly in line
with the latest Auckland census data on age.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
50. This report
provides a summary of programmes that align with the CEDAW goals and includes
information from Auckland Transport and Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic
Development.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
51. In 2018, four
local boards passed resolutions in support of Council supporting the CEDAW
goals. This report provides an update on council’s work programmes that
align with CEDAW goals.
52. A number of these
work programmes respond to local board priorities. Local board views have not
been sought for this report but were sought during the development of the work
programmes referred to in this report and summarised at Appendix B.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
53. The Māori
Women’s Welfare League actively supports the CEDAW goals and is working
in partnership with the Ministry of Women to encourage greater awareness and
take-up of these goals. This report provides a summary of Auckland Council work
programmes, including some with a particular focus on Māori outcomes, that
align with the CEDAW goals.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
54. There are no
financial implications arising from staff recommendations.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
55. There are no
risks arising from staff recommendations.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
56. This Committee
will receive update reports on Council work programmes that align with the
CEDAW goals.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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a⇩ 
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CEDAW update July 2019 Appendix A
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b⇩
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CEDAW update July 2019 Appendix B
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Deborah James - Head of Diversion and Inclusion
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Authoriser
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Ian Maxwell - Director Community Services
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