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The Statewide Mutual Risk Management Excellence Awards (RMEA) acknowledge excellence by NSW councils in implementing risk management initiatives. The awards are open to all member councils and exist to:

• Promote recognition of proactive risk management practices.
• Raise awareness of risk management challenges across NSW local government.
• Identify opportunities through innovation in risk management.

Council Categories

In recognition of the different resources and staff effort available between councils two (2) overall winner categories have been established. These are as follows:

1. Large Regional Councils (population over 30,000) / Metropolitan Councils
2. Rural/Regional Councils (population less than 30,000) / County Councils

Project Categories

1. Strategic/Enterprise Risk Initiative – excellence for a risk initiative which promotes improvement at a higher/organisational level, addresses risks impacting the organisation as a whole, or relates to organisational decision-making or management planning.
2. Operational Risk Initiative – excellence for a risk initiative relating to the continuous improvement of operational risk exposures experienced by Council.
3. Technological Innovation – excellence for a risk initiative utilising technological innovation to foster risk improvement.

Councils who nominate within each category will receive recognition for their entry and commendations will be presented to category winners.

Questions

• Risk?
• Treatment?
• Measures of Success?

Scoring Criteria

• Risk?
  – relevance of risk to Statewide
  – emerging v current risk
• Detail of resources and improvements utilised to treat the risk
  – development of reusable resources
  – use of innovative technology and techniques
  – opportunity for continuous improvement
• Measurements to prove success
  – measurements of reduced impacts from risk.
  – allows for resources to be redistributed to other areas.
  – has not created greater potential risks.

Terms & Conditions

• Only online applications are accepted. The RMEA submission form is available via the Member Centre.
• There is no entry fee charged
• Applications with a primary focus on WHS risk initiatives will not be accepted.
• Applicants must:
  • Include an Initiative title;
  • Nominate the relevant submission category;
  • Ensure that all fields are completed
  • Include a readily identifiable and electronically reproducible council logo;
  • Ensure that all relevant supporting documents are attached.
• The judging panel will consist of members of the Statewide Mutual Board and the Regional Risk Management team.
• The judges’ decision is final.
• Entries close Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 5pm. No entries will be accepted after the published deadline.
• These awards are limited to individual members of Statewide Mutual. Group applications are not accepted.
• Winners to be announced at the Statewide Mutual Conference: August 24 – 25.
• Initiatives, ideas, concepts and programs submitted become public property unless specifically protected by legal condition and notified to us at the time of lodgement.

Please contact your Regional Risk Manager with any questions or requests for support regarding this year’s RMEA.

Please enter below. Entries close 5pm Wednesday 31 May 2023.