Bulloo & Paroo Shires Migration Readiness Assessment

The Regional Partnerships Project – Migration Readiness Assessment is a Pilot Project is a three year, $900K undertaking by Queensland Multicultural Affairs across three Shires in far south west Queensland – Balonne, Bulloo and Paroo Shires. Each of these Shires are experiencing recruitment stress with a large number of potential positions remaining unfilled. Each of the Shires could see that migrant labour held possibilities to relieve some of this recruitment stress and also to help arrest a declining population and service base. Sixty by Twenty was engaged to manage the project across the Bulloo and Paroo Shires. The role of Sixty by Twenty has included;

• Project Management
  
  • Total responsibility for funding management, budget allocation of $600K over the three years.
  • Responsibility to work within Queensland Government and individual council WHS, HR and other policies and requirements.
  • Working within media protocols of Queensland Government and the individual councils.
• Project Execution
  • Consultation with the funding body and councils, and then individuals to form a Steering Committee for each shire consisting of a mix of Council staff and executive, community leaders, business people and migrants.
  • Extensive stakeholder engagement – in person, by telephone and by survey to understand the key issues in each community, identification of service providers and community influencers.
  • Strategic subject workshops and reporting to both tiers of government – housing, sporting, connecting.
  • Grant applications for specific output components of the project.
  • Website design and build – content management, video production, ongoing maintenance – developent of MOU to provide for ongoing management and  maintenance.
  • Facilitation of community activities – video and website launches, multicultural events, indigenous art opportunities