Nominations open for Deloitte IPANZ Awards
Nominations open for Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 2016
Nominations for New Zealand’s
longest-running and most prestigious public sector awards
are open. The awards have been running since 2008.
The
Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) is
calling on all public sector organisations, big and small,
to put forward successful projects for consideration for the
Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 2016.
The
awards are open to central and local government, district
councils, DHBs and tertiary institutions. They recognise
outstanding achievements and innovations by organisations
and teams across the public sector.
There are nine award
categories:
· Building Trust and Confidence in
Government
· Crown – Maori Relationships
· Improving Public Value through Business Transformation
· Digital Government
· Achieving Collective Impact
· Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence
· Public Sector Engagement
· Excellence in Regulatory Systems
· Young Professional of the Year
An overall Prime Minister’s Award for Public Sector Excellence is also awarded to one of the category winners (excluding the Young Professional award).
The 2015 winner of this award was ‘the Canterbury District Health Board for ‘The Canterbury Clinical Network’. Its alliance framework established ways to provide health care in the community, closer to people's homes. In 2014, 30,000 people who would previously have been admitted to hospital with acute conditions were treated and cared for at home.
“The Network was a great example of collaboration and integration of services,” says Institute of Public Administration NZ (IPANZ) President John Larkindale.
“It has transformed the way health services operate in Canterbury with astonishing results.”
“This year we are
looking forward to seeing nominations from agencies of all
sizes for projects or initiatives that promote excellence in
terms of vision, innovation and the achievement of
results,” Mr Larkindale says.
“We are especially keen to receive nominations for initiatives delivering services directly to their communities.”
Deloitte
partner and public sector lead Dave Farrelly says Deloitte
is looking forward to its first year as lead sponsor of the
awards.
“We are committed to supporting excellence in
public policy, administration and management in the sector.
Public sector agencies make a huge impact on the lives of
all New Zealanders, and publically recognising successful
initiatives is vitally important,” he says.
“We look
forward to celebrating with the nominees, finalists, and
ultimate winners, next July.”
Nominations close on 1
March 2016, and the Awards Ceremony will be held on 6 July
2016 at the TSB Arena, Wellington.
More information about the awards, including last year’s finalists and winners, can be found at www.ipanz.org.nz/excellenceawards
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