Australian Local Government Association

Regional Co-operation and Development Forum

The Regional Co-operation and Development Forum is held each year and convenes just prior to the ALGA General Assembly of Local Government. The Forum brings together local government representatives and economic development practitioners to examine the performance, prospects and policies for Australia's regions. Each year the Forum reflects on the findings of the latest State of the Regions report and looks in depth at particular themes and their influence on regional economic performance.

2006 - Infrastructure: Innovations

The 2006 Regional Co-operation and Development Forum will focus on regional innovations designed to assist in addressing the immense fiscal pressures facing Australia's 700 Councils. It will include the launch of the State of the Regions Report 2006–07, the final in a three-part series on Infrastructure that will focus on the drivers of local government revenues and expenditures and will look at the current and future issues for local government financing.

2005 - Infrastructure: Superhighways to super regions

The 2005 Regional Co-operation and Development Forum will continue its focus on infrastructure, with a special feature on telecommunications. Mr Garry Weaven, Executive Chair, Industry Fund Services, will give the keynote presentation. The State of the Regions Report 2005–06 will be launched and National Economics will also present the findings of a council survey on infrastructure conducted earlier in the year.

2004 - Infrastructure: Foundations for the future

The 2004 Regional Co-operation and Development Forum brings together local government representatives and economic development practitioners to examine the performance, prospects and policies for Australia's regions. This year's forum will focus on infrastructure resourcing across the regions and analyse the impact of the absence or presence of infrastructure to a region's development patterns and prospects.

2003 - Population impacts: Old age or new age regions?

The 2003 Regional Co-operation and Development Forum looked at the implications for regional development of an ageing population, in particular the effect of an ageing population on the fiscal position of local government.

2002 - Economic governance

The theme for the 2002 Regional Co-operation and Development Forum was regional economic governance. This Forum examined how councils work together in partnership with other tiers of government, business and the community to improve economic outcomes at the regional level.

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