partners & stakeholders

The project partners for the Cooks River Sustainability Initiative are Ashfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, City of Sydney, Hurstville, Marrickville, Rockdale and Strathfield Councils. These Councils have committed to the goals of the Initiative and have been involved in the Initiative’s development since its inception.  Monash University is also a project partner and will fulfill a research and evaluation role with the appointment of a Doctorate student for 3 years.

The various roles of stakeholders in the project are as follows:

• Participating in and promoting community meetings;
• Sharing local knowledge and expertise;
• Participating in subcatchment forums and regional governance working groups;
• Facilitating youth involvement;
• Participating in local and regional visioning and planning activities;
• Assisting with implementation and maintenance of on-ground works and actions;
• Promoting the project and its outcomes;
• Providing professional advice, expertise, qualitative and quantitative information, land access and potentially future funding.

The key stakeholders for this project are those people / agencies / organisations who make decisions that affect the catchment on a day to day basis such as residents, businesses, churches and schools. Their participation is completely voluntary. They will have the opportunity to be involved in the planning and implementation of the Subcatchment Strategies for their sub-catchment.

The stakeholder groups who will be involved in the project, and those intended to be engaged as the project progresses are as follows:

• The residents, businesses and industries from the Cooks River Initiative subcatchments;
• Aboriginal Groups (regional or local groups e.g. Marrickville Aboriginal Consultative Committee);
• Botany Bay Coastal Catchments Initiative;
• Cooks River Foreshore Working Group;
• Cooks River Iron Cove Greenway Project Working Group;
• Cooks River Valley Association;
• CREW – Volunteers from Periodic Detention;
• Industry Associations;
• Inner West Environment Group;
• Landcare;
• Mainstreet Committees;
• NSW Department of Planning;
• NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change, including NPWS
• Parramatta River Group of Councils;
• RailCorp;
• Riverlife Tour Guides;
• South West Enviro Centre;
• Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority;
• Sydney Water Corporation;
• The Mudcrabs - Cooks River Eco Volunteers;
• Western Region of Councils (WESROC);
• Wolli Creek Preservation Society;
• Other – Consultants and/or subcontractors as required.