Goals & Actions
Our goals and subsequent actions have been segregated into three categories:
- Organizational Level
- Community Level
- Statutory Level
Develop and enhance the Forum’s profile & operations to a level that is compatible
to our mission.
- Develop and launch a profile building campaign through utilising the print &
electronic media i.e. print, publish and circulate promotional material like newsletters,
periodicals, pamphlets & videos etc. to share the forum’s vision at all levels
of the community. Furthermore, to utilise local and national broadcast platform
to apprise the community about forum’s activities, performance and future plans
- Develop networking at organisational as well as at personal level to increase membership
- Develop and launch programmes to create awareness regarding diversity, multiculturalism
and growing need to live and work together in modern times.
- Develop and launch an official web-site of the forum
- Develop an organisational structure based on the functions that are in line with
implementation of the strategic plan
- Induction of suitable staff/professionals in order to develop a team that would
insure smooth operation
- Training and development of the team members in order to enhance their capabilities
and skill levels
- Develop quality processes and work procedures in line with International Quality
Standards (ISO)
- Organise and enhance the level/scope of services already being delivered e.g. advocacy,
counselling, asylum/immigration, general & social advice, appeal- hearing &
casework, interpretation & translation, IT & English language classes, drop-in
centre etc.
- Encourage benchmarking for service delivery using acclaimed National & International
models
- Develop and launch ‘Fundraising’ activities at organisational as well as personal
levels
Devise an effective mechanism through which the forum can:
- Provide the statutory and other agencies with information (based on research) in
regards to changing needs/priorities of the diverse ethnic population, to be used
as the basis in developing suitable programmes and services
- Involve, advise and assist the statutory and other agencies in formulating policies
so that the ethnic population have equitable access to the community resources and
services
- Play an active and meaningful role in improving collaboration between the statutory
agencies and the ethnic community towards building mutual trust
- Develop an efficient and effective channel to engage the statutory to ensure appropriate
reception to consider forum’s views
- Develop consistent means to recommend needs of emerging communities to the appropriate
authorities
- Participate actively in existing governmental programmes in this regard and keep
them informed of the impact of the current policies
- Seek governmental assistance in acquiring grants and funding
- Assist statutory and other related agencies in undertaking research projects and
develop mechanism to relay the findings
- Put forward ideas and assist statutory authorities to encourage ethnic minority
neighbourhoods to promote employment resulting from increased business opportunity
and economic activity in the region
- Develop and promote appropriate multiethnic cultural-events in collaboration with
various agencies and try to ensure governmental participation in such events to
augment trust between the two
- Bring together in conferences, seminars, dialogues etc. the members of the community
and statutory officials for better communication on issues of common interest
Plan, organise and launch programmes to:
- Educate the community about the value of diversity and the necessity to support
a multi-cultural environment
- Promote collaboration between diverse groups with in the community and various local
and national organisations to resolve issues Encourage peoples from diverse cultures
to participate in educational and social activities conducive to meaningful citizenship
- Collaborate with like minded organisations / groups at national and international
level for development of effective educational & promotional material
- Construct and maintain means of regular communication with multi-cultural communities
to identify areas of concern
- Promote and assist in organising regular cultural activities among various ethnic
communities
- Work closely with the communities to identify and access various services and resources
available to meet their needs
- To identify resistance to change towards transformation to a harmonious multi-cultural
society and develop mutual initiatives to counter any socio-economic discrepancies
- Facilitate community participation in need-based policy development and service
design