Stronger Region. Stronger Councils.
Our mission is to make our region stronger and make our councils stronger.
As a group of councils working together, there are four main ways SHOROC delivers on this mission:
- Develop and coordinate delivery of strategic regional plans and projects to address major issues for the region now, and challenges to come, such as population growth and climate change, based on a clear understanding of the issues facing each local council area and the region.
- Leverage our united voice to lobby for more investment in regional infrastructure and services, with a key focus on transport and health.
- Work together to improve the way things are done within and between councils such as driving efficiency and cost savings in council services, then investing savings gained back into the region.
- Partner with other levels of government and local businesses to deliver priority projects.
Read the Frequently Asked Questions to find out more.
Some of our major projects outlined in the latest work section of our site, include:
- Shaping Our Future
- Advocacy for transport and hospital funding
- Regional Sustainability Action Plan
- Cost Savings and Efficiency Program
- Working toward a common waste collection system
- E-Waste Ban to reduce Landfill
Our 2010-11 Annual Report is also now available.
The goal of the organisation is to provide value for our member councils, their communities and the region through strategic regional coordination and collaboration, by finding ways to do things more efficiently and by providing innovative community-focused ideas and solutions.
Research widely shows that resource sharing and collaboration provide value to local government in fact the SHOROC councils have some excellent examples of how working together produces results, such as the formation of Kimrbiki Environmental Enterprises, our e-waste ban and our regional strategy Shaping Our Future.
Through collaboration and regional ideas sharing we can reduce costs by avoiding duplication, saving through economies of scale and cost efficiencies or delivering projects that might otherwise be too big or too small for a single council to deliver.
