Role of the Progress Board

The Progress Board has a major role in raising awareness of the goals and benchmarks and encouraging community involvement in their achievement.

The Progress Board reports on progress towards achieving the benchmarks, annually for the first three years and then biennially. Major reviews of Tasmania Together are conducted by the Progress Board every five years. These involve extensive community consultation.

The Progress Board also assists in the development of coalitions of interest around key benchmarks and maintains a partners program where business, and community sector organisations adopt particular goals and benchmarks and incorporate them in their business plans.

How the Board manages changes to the Benchmarks

The Board is able to recommend changes to the benchmarks to Parliament. Under the functions identified in the Tasmania Together Progress Board Act 2001,  the Board coordinates the process of further developing, refining and revising the goals and benchmarks.

Following Parliamentary approval of Tasmania Together 2006, the Board has focussed its attention on achieving greater community awareness and commitment to Tasmania Together.

Board activities are detailed in the annual reports.

Values and Principles

The Tasmania Together Progress Board will:

• vigorously promote the adoption of Tasmania Together goals and benchmarks State-wide.
  
• honestly, independently, and accurately report on progress towards the goals and benchmarks.
  
• champion and further develop the Tasmania Together process.
  
• act to encourage a consultative, collaborative and cross-sectoral way of working.
  
• be inclusive, consultative and transparent in reviewing, revising and refining the benchmarks.
  
• provide regular and publicly accessible reporting of Board activity to all Tasmanians.
  
• be accountable to the community through the Parliament.