The Promoting Better Practice program aims to assist in strengthening the local government sector by assessing council performance, promoting continuous improvement, facilitating self-assessment, and sharing better practice.

Promoting better practice includes:

• working with councils to identify, share and promote better practice with an emphasis on:
  • strategic community planning
  • efficient and effective service delivery
  • quality governance and ethical conduct
  • financial sustainability.
• working cooperatively with councils to promote strong relationships within the sector.
• providing councils with feedback on areas requiring improvement or further development, and assisting them in developing solutions.
• identifying trends and issues arising from council reviews to support policy and legislative changes for the local government sector.
• encouraging and facilitating innovation by responding creatively to identified trends and issues.