Vic Branch AGM & Presentation Using the National Restoration Standards in contract management – a Council’s perspective

Do you use the National Restoration Standards for your contract management? Craig McGrath,  City of Yarra’s Biodiversity Officer does, and he’ll be sharing how he aligns his awarded contracts with the National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration.

Inspired by the SERA National Standards, the City of Yarra overhauled its bushland maintenance contract to incorporate the Six ‘key principles’  underpinning strategic assessment of urbanised bush sites. Ongoing refinements of a customised phone/field app has provided real-time feedback supporting contractor responses and expanded monitoring detail to align with 6 main spokes on the Progress evaluation ‘recovery wheel’.

Craig’s 20 minute presentation will precede the AABR Vic AGM, and all are welcome to attend the AGM and the presentation.

AABR Vic is the Victorian branch of AABR that formed in 2020. The group has been actively progressing projects such as

• Building local membership and local networks, there are currently 228 Victorian members, 8 businesses and 5 councils.
• Progressing the establishment of the accreditation program, the first cohort of accredited practitioners and assessors will be in early 2022.
• Developing educational resources with videos on hand-weeding and site assessment in production
• Facilitating a traineeship program to support agencies and business with skilled workers
• Developing reconstruction guidelines for the restoration industry
• Coordinating an action-packed calendar of proposed walks and talks planned for 2022

If you’re interested in becoming an active member of AABR Vic contact Rob Scott the Chair of the group to talk about potential activities, and/or fill in a nomination form for the AABR Vic committee and return  2/12/21.

Rob’s contact details are m: 0412 865 027 or vicbranch@aabr.org.au,

The agenda for the AGM

1. Welcome
2. Guest presentation
3. Attendance
4. Minutes of previous AGM 30/7/20 
5. Chair’s Report
6. Election of Committee
   1. Chair
   2. Secretary
   3. Committee members