Invitation to participate in the development of the Engineers Australia Reconciliation Action Plan
2011 is the Year of Humanitarian Engineering and we are committed to making the year meaningful and sustainable. We recognise that Indigenous Australians are at a significant disadvantage compared to non-Indigenous Australians and the gap has not decreased over the past decade or more. Australia has a Closing the Gap strategy that aims to reduce Indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational achievement and employment outcomes. A Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will be Engineers Australia's commitment and response to 'closing the gap'.
Engineers Australia's RAP will be a document that details steps and priorities that an organisation can undertake to assist in achieving Indigenous equality and to help build positive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Engineers Australia has begun the process of developing a RAP. The actions in the RAP will be closely aligned to the business of Engineers Australia.
Engineers Australia invites members to participate in the development of the RAP and to propose actions.
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