The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) conducted consultations on strategies to increase culturally diverse employment in local councils across Victoria. The consultations uncovered an intergenerational fissure over the benefits of diversity for Human Resources (HR) managers. A group of HR managers from a range of local government councils including inner urban and outer growth...

With a view to extending this literature, the current paper examines how intercultural encounters in public space are influenced by built form in the culturally diverse suburb of Bankstown, Sydney

FECCA is pleased to announce the release of a special edition of Australian Mosaic. Issue 42, is a snapshot of the FECCA 2015 National Biennial Conference: Building a better future for all Australians, held in partnership with Ethnic Communities Council of NSW (ECC NSW). This years' Conference incorporated Multicultural NSW's (MNSW) annual symposium, with the...

ECCV recognises that culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD) are often adversely affected by exploitative labour hire practices based on our consultations with CALD communities, service providers and regional Victorian ECCs. While labour hire and insecure work affects many communities, the ethno-specific dimension of exploitation and insecure work remains consistent in certain sectors such as...

The Strategic Framework to Strengthen Victoria's Social Cohesion and the Resilience of its Communities (the Framework) outlines: why strengthening social cohesion and building community resilience are important; Key principles for working together; and high level objectives, priority themes, activities and indicators.