News and Upcoming Events

News

ANGOA is politically non-partisan. ANGOA is hosting discussions with all political party spokespeople for the sector. Speeches they make to the ANGOA Roundtable are published on this page as they become available.

05 June 2009		Hon Tariana Turia' speech at ANGOA Handover of the “Good Intentions” Report to Government
20 May 2009		Hon Paula Bennett's Speech at the Launch of the Community Response Fund
28 April 2009		Knowledge Exchange — A web-based resource for the mental health sector
25 March 2009		NFP course run by Institute of Chartered Accountants
25 March 2009		'Cultural Identities in a Globalising World' Workshop
12 March 2009		Hon Tariana Turia's speech at the Centre for Global Development
09 March 2009		"Good Intentions" — An Assessment of the Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community-Government Relationship
01 March 2009		ComVoices Update on the Job Summit - Social Infrastructure Campaign
19 February 2009		Prof Gerard Quinn's Speech at the ComVoices Parliamentary Breakfast
06 January 2009		Open Forum and Annual General Meeting

Archive

03 October 2008		Make Your Mark For Mental Health
24 July 2008		ANZSTR Conference in Auckland — Deadline for submissions extended
18 December 2007		Inland Revenue Discussion Document on Payroll-giving
14 December 2007		Counting for More: A report of the Value Added by Voluntary Agencies (VAVA) Project
14 December 2007		Crisis in Bali Climate Talks
26 November 2007		Civil society and active Citizenship in a global society
01 November 2007		Sustaining Social Innovation - PLAN as an example
10 October 2007		Tariana Turia's speech to the ANGOA Community and Voluntary Sector Roundtable
07 October 2007		Wesley Community Action and Te Rununga O Raukawa co-host Strengths Based Gathering
21 July 2007		Foreshore and Seabed Repeal Bill
20 July 2007		Community Sector Taskforce announces new era in the future development of the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector
12 July 2007		MECOSS: Reviewing the Role of Funding Agencies in the Not-for-Profit NGO Sector
09 July 2007		Electricity Disconnections and the Hardship They Cause
21 June 2007		Community-Government Forum a positive dialogue
11 May 2007		Sue Bradford: A wish list for the sector
02 May 2007		Victoria University, Institute of Policy Studies: Invitation to a seminar
27 March 2007		Joakim Palme: Balancing Social and Economic Policy
12 February 2007		Government engages in one-way "partnership"
12 February 2007		Community Sector Taskforce Press Release
22 November 2006		The CommunityNet Aotearoa monthly newsletter: New Zealand Digital Content Strategy
18 October 2006		Proposed Changes to the Tax Rebate Regime for Charities
18 October 2006		COmVOiceS Update: Charity Tax Discussion Document Released
07 September 2006		Social Policy, Research and Evaluation Conference 2007 — Call for Abstracts
30 May 2006		Eve Burnett: E-forum on employment and decent work
17 May 2006		From the desk of the Secretary-General: Special Invitation to the CIVICUS World Assembly

Upcoming Events

05 January 2009		ANGOA Events Schedule for 2009
08 July 2009		Roundtable
26 August 2009		Wellington Research Forum
23 September 2009		Christchurch Research Forum
22 October 2009		Auckland Research Forum

"Good Intentions" — An Assessment of the Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community-Government Relationship

The Statement of Government Intentions (SOGI) was signed in December 2001 by then Prime Minister Helen Clark and then Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Steve Maharey.

In mid-2008, the then Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Ruth Dyson, made funding available to ANGOA for the review of the Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community-Government Relationship.

The economic environment prevailing then was rather better than the circumstances in which we now find ourselves. This makes it even more important that the Recommendations which have emerged from the review of the Statement are eminently implementable; they build on structures and processes that are already in place. They do not require radical structural change or vast amounts of money. What they do require is good will and government recognition of the role of the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector in all our communities, and the role we will be required to play - are already playing - in addressing the fallout from the current and worsening economic situation.

	ANGOA Foreword and Recommendations
	Review of the Statement of Government Intentions, by Len Cook and ANGOA (Full Report. Note: this version has an expanded introduction to Recommendation 6, giving more explanation of the reason ANGOA considers the issue to be important.)
	Literature Review by Chris Holland for ANGOA
	Hon Tariana Turia' speech at ANGOA Handover of the “Good Intentions” Report to Government on 5 June

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