Community infrastructure is critical to ensuring we create places that support communities to thrive. Population growth, community needs, ageing infrastructure, density/land pressures, changing trends, capital costs, and financial capacity are just some of the challenges facing practitioners when thinking about how to plan for future community infrastructure.

At the end of this hands-on-course, participants will be able to understand and identify the high level community service and infrastructure needs of their communities. Participants can use these learnings to support in developing community infrastructure needs assessments or plans, development contribution plans, structure plans, service planning, and future capital works programs. 

Designed For

 This course will be useful for anyone involved in planning and delivering community facilities and services - strategic planners, social planners, community infrastructure planners, asset owners and managers.

Learning Outcomes 

The course will answer 6 key questions:

1. Community Infrastructure – what is it and why is it important?

2. Stakeholders – who provides, manages, and uses it?

3. Provision Standards – how much and where should community infrastructure be provided?

4. Best Practice Trends – how do contemporary trends and innovative delivery models differ from traditional models?

5. Needs Assessment – how do you conduct a community infrastructure needs assessment?

6. Delivery Pathways – how can you increase financial sustainability of community infrastructure?

Presenters

Jo Noesgaard MPIA, Principal and National Lead Local Government, SGS Economics and Planning Jo is a social and land use planner with a drive to shape communities that are accessible and equitable for all. Jo is currently working with local governments across NSW to support in developing infrastructure contribution plans, needs assessments, and options for how current and future infrastructure could be delivered and operated more effectively.

Aliza Levy, Associate, SGS Economics and Planning Aliza is a strategic urban planner. She is passionate about open space, community infrastructure, public spaces and community connection. She works to support the sociability and resilience of communities – of which community infrastructure plays a key role. She has worked nationally with Local Governments, State Governments and the private sector to articulate the current and future needs and benefits of community infrastructure.

Terms & Conditions

Registrations cancelled more than 14 days prior to the event date will not incur any fees and a full refund will be granted.

If you cannot attend and you are within 14 days of the event date, you can transfer your ticket to another person.

In all other situations we cannot issue a refund or credit.

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