PAST FORCED ADOPTIONS IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI)
The Minister for Community Services, the Hon Julie
Collins MP has asked the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services
and Indigenous Affairs to invite EOIs from people with an interest in the
implementation of the Australian Government’s response to the
recommendations of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiry
into past forced adoption policies and practices.
Following the National Apology by the Prime
Minister to people affected by forced adoption or removal policies and
practices on 21 March 2013, the Government response to the recommendations of
the Senate Inquiry was announced. As
part of this response, a national consultation group involving people affected
by forced adoption practices will be established – the Past Forced Adoptions Implementation
Working Group (the Working Group).
This Working Group will perform a key advisory role
to the Government on services and projects related to the implementation of the
Government’s response. At least three
meetings are proposed per year, which may be face-to-face or conducted via
tele/videoconference. Working Group
members will be appointed until 30 June 2014, with an extension of term if
required and agreed. Terms of Reference
will be developed and agreed by the Working Group. Professor Nahum Mushin, the Chair of the
former National Apology Reference Group, has been appointed by the Minister for
Community Services, the Hon Julie Collins MP as the independent chair of the Past
Forced Adoptions Implementation Working Group.
If you would like to be considered for membership
of the Working Group, please provide an outline of your interest in no more
than 2 pages.
The following questions may be used as a guide
in preparing your EOI:
- What is your interest
in being a member of the Past Forced Adoptions Implementation Working
Group?
- What
skills/knowledge/experience can you bring to the Working Group?
- What do you see as the
particular challenges for past forced adoptions stakeholders working
collaboratively and how would you address them?
As part of your application, please provide your
contact details, confirm your availability to participate in three meetings a
year, state your involvement with any advocacy or support groups, and declare
any real or perceived conflicts of interest.
Please submit your EOI to forcedadoptions@fahcsia.gov.au by 5.00pm
on 10 June 2013.
Enquiries can also be sent to the above email
address.
Please note that membership of the Working Group
will be in a voluntary capacity.
Reasonable travel and accommodation costs will be met by the Department.
Further information about the National Apology, the Senate Inquiry
report and the Government response can be found at http://www.ag.gov.au/About/ForcedAdoptionsApology/Pages/default.aspx.
