APS 200
About the APS 200
The APS200, comprising the Secretaries Board, SES Band 3 and selected agency heads (equivalent to SES Band 3), has been established as the new senior leadership forum for the Australian Public Service. The APS200 has a leading role in communicating the vision of the future APS and building the understanding, engagement and commitment of staff to the reform agenda. As well as undertaking specific policy or change management projects commissioned by the Secretaries Board, APS200 members will bring forward ideas and proposals for consideration and provide feedback on the progress of the reform agenda and APS culture, attitudes and beliefs. APS200 members are encouraged to flag emerging issues or concerns.
Seven APS200 projects have been commissioned by the Secretaries Board so far. They cover:
- Innovation: examining how to facilitate innovation across the APS. The project will oversee immediate initiatives such as ongoing development of the Innovation Toolkit. It will identify how each of the recommendations of the report Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service can be implemented and monitored, as well as develop options for progressing specific recommendations such as mechanisms of challenge and a collaborative experimentation program. The project will also examine and share current innovative practices and identify opportunities for future innovation across the APS.
- Mental health: exploring the evidence base underpinning government involvement in mental health service delivery, the current service gap, the needs of particular groups with mental illness and developing a conceptual framework within which to take reform forward.
- Vulnerable Youth: exploring the evidence base underpinning government involvement in assisting disadvantaged youth, particularly those not in education, employment or training; leveraging existing initiatives and investigating gaps in policy and services; considering new ideas and approaches and exploring opportunities for better collaboration across governments, the third sector and business; and developing a whole of government position on the issue of disadvantaged youth with recommendations, acknowledging budgetary processes and the fiscal environment, for consideration by the Commonwealth government.
- Location: developing options to address location information policy, governance, and investment.
- Commonwealth Engagement With Major Resource And Infrastructure Projects: identifying current performance and best practice models for regulatory engagement with major projects
- Place Of Science In Policy Development In The Public Service: reviewing the ways in which scientific research is used to inform the development of policy in the APS
- Promotion Of A Longer Working Life In The APS: examining barriers to work in the APS and propose an integrated, whole‐of‐government model within which to take action.
For information on the APS200 and APS200 projects or to advise on membership, contact aps200@apsc.gov.au or Isi Unikowski, Director, Whole of Reform Reporting, APSC on 02 6202 3913.
Contact the APS 200
For information on the APS200 and APS200 projects or to advise on membership, contact aps200@apsc.gov.au or Isi Unikowski, Director, Whole of Reform Reporting, APSC on 02 6202 3913.
APS 200 Events
For information on APS200 Events held in 2011 or future 2012 events, please contact Thushanthee Wickramasekera, Event Manager, APS Education, Program and Events on (02) 6202 3560 or thushanthee.wickramasekera@apsc.gov.au
