As the number and scale of natural disasters, seasonal and local stressors are captured and assessed, the impact these events have on councils and their local communities becomes larger and more readily visible.
Many communities are already facing challenges in how to adequately respond and recover. At the same time, governments at all levels are investing more and more often into recovery and rebuilding, at an ever increasing cost.
By deliberately and consistently collecting data and information from the ground up, this new layer of knowledge can help guide strategic planning and investment that supports improved and longer-term resilience building.
This program is built to encompass local knowledge, collecting and harmonising data and information, and providing this back in a form readily usable for decision making.
Lens on Local Government
- Identification and collection of harmonised data across all states/territories.
- Taking qualitative information from local government and turning it into quantitative data.
- Engagement with every local government (537 councils) to build local, regional, state/territory and national profiles.
- Ability to aggregate and benchmark local government’s vulnerability risk profile.
- Capacity to measure and monitor investment in mitigation to support and build resilience.
- Better informed strategic and financial planning decisions to guide investment in natural hazard mitigation.
- Informed engagement with governments and insurance sector and build confidence and trust in investment decisions.
As resilience is a process rather than a destination, participation in the program will be ongoing. It is available to be re-conducted after natural hazard events, as required, and/or at regular intervals. The data and information and the benefits compound.
Councils are encouraged to register in the program. Find out more