For co-locations to continue to be successful, it’s important to have strong processes in place.
These processes should support:
What’s right for your co-location will be dependent on the overall size and number of agencies that are part of it. Mandated agencies can contact us at info@gpg.govt.nz if you need help developing the right sized governance framework for your co-location.
There are a number of operational and strategic decisions that co-locations are faced with. We’ve grouped them together here, in a way that could represent logical working groups. However, you could combine decision making groups or redistribute delegations as appropriate to the scale and makeup of the co-location.
During the engagement process, staff will identify activities or aspects of the current organisation’s culture that are important to them. This offers an opportunity for the co-locations to combine activities or resources.
Agencies may also have other groups that, if made cross-agency, could provide useful networks to help manage the co-location and positively support a sense of community.
Examples include: