Auckland strategy and governance
[ Last Updated 17 May 2007 ]
Auckland's international and national connections, its growth rate, and its social and environmental challenges all put much pressure on the decisions made by public leaders. Many of these decisions are significant, long-lasting, and interrelated, and yet need to be made quickly. Having one agreed vision and plan for Auckland will be vital for its acceleration to world-class city status.
The Ministry will play a major role in developing a single, overarching action-focused plan for Auckland (One Plan). It will work with other government departments and Auckland's councils to produce a well-designed plan, which will help Auckland develop the key characteristics of a world-class city.
The One Plan is a coordinated, aligned, prioritised, and funded single plan focused on regionally-significant issues, and given effect by implementation agreements between relevant parties. The One Plan was the key recommendation of the final report from a joint policy process undertaken by Government and Auckland council officials in 2007 (Strengthening Auckland's Regional Governance). Cabinet agreed to support the proposals in this report on 30 July 2007.
The report identified a lack of a single vision and coordinated regional strategy, along with fragmented responsibility for the decision-making and funding required to achieve regional goals. It saw these as key impediments to the successful development of Auckland into a competitive world-class city-region. The One Plan aims to address these impediments.
The plan will be developed by a Regional Sustainable Development Forum comprising elected members from each of Auckland's eight councils and senior officials from the Department of Internal Affairs, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Social Development, and Ministry of Economic Development. A draft will be developed by May 2008, and the final plan by September 2008, for consideration in the budget processes of central government and local authorities.
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