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Looking Forward - Achieving Our Vision
The following six Strategic Domains provide the framework for achieving our mission and vision over the next five years.
1. Community Engagement
Provide a forum for members of the profession to engage more directly in partnership with our communities on issues of concern to them
Key Indicators:
- Promulgation of a framework for engagement
- Degree of community engagement
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2. Body Of Knowledge And Professional Development
Provide a forum to advance the science and practice of engineering to the highest standards
Key Indicators:
- Reputation for relevance and quality of our engineering body of knowledge
- Ease of access for members - metropolitan, regional, remote and overseas
- Incidence of members making voluntary contributions
- Perceived professional development value as indicated by quantum of take-up
- Higher acceptance of the value of Chartered Status
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3. Leadership and Influence
Provide a respected voice for the profession to influence leaders and decision-makers on public policy and wider community issues
Key Indicators:
- Reputation for valued advice and engagement
- Incorporation of proposals into government policies and legislation
- Regulation of the profession in more Australian jurisdictions
- Progress with international mutual recognition agreements
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4. Recognition, Promotion and Membership
Inform our members and our stakeholders about the contribution of the profession in ways that promote its image and standing
Key Indicators:
- Enhanced perceptions and understanding of the profession in the wider community
- Admissions and retention across our diversity of members
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5. Education and Qualification
Promote engineering as an attractive career option for young Australians of all backgrounds, and for others seeking to practise as engineers
Key Indicators:
- Enrolments in tertiary engineering studies
- Numbers seeking to practise engineering - through graduation, assessment, and articulation
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6. Internal Structure and Administration
Ensure that our members and our staff have the best possible organisation, structures and support for them to work together to achieve our vision
Key Indicators:
- Incidence of use of our online services
- Increased interest among members to take up office bearer roles
- Unity of purpose between members and staff
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Looking Forward
Download the Strategic Plan
Planning Forum Documents
- National President's Letter of Invitation (PDF)
- Part 1: Results of earlier Planning (PDF)
- Part 2: Progress against our Current Strategic Plan (PDF)
- Part 3: Environmental Scan Workshops in Divisions (PDF)
- Part 4: Report of Benchmarking Sessions with College Boards and other National Groups (PDF)
- Part 5: Stakeholder Strategies developed by Congress Focus Groups (PDF)
- Part 6: Other Submissions (PDF)
