About State of the Region Summits  
 

State of the Region Summits are an exciting new initiative in response to demands from regional stakeholder for locally focussed regional forums to:

  • Discuss and assess regional economic development, social and environmental issues and trends
  • Showcase regional business successes
  • Promote new products for business
  • Connect regions to key national and international trends
  • Speak up for regions
 

  Who Runs State of the Region Summits?  
 

State of the Region Summits were developed and are registered and trade marked by Policy Solutions.

About Policy Solutions

The partners of Policy Solutions developed the successful Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) national conference that has been running for eleven years.
Policy Solutions pioneered Policy Skills workshops and training and have successfully introduced many Queensland and Australian public servants to the practical issues in policy development, project management and program delivery.
Policy Solutions is now one of the few firms that specialises in providing policy advice and analysis, practical policy training skills and effective consultancies that assist senior managers and practitioners to manage successfully important policy issues and problems. 
The Principals and Associates of Policy Solutions bring both practitioner based experience, academic research and rigour to the projects, training and consultancies they do.

Policy Solutions provides an array of skills based workshops on:

  • Regional Economic Development Policy Skills
  • Essential Policy Skills
  • Advanced Policy Skills
  • Effective Writing Skills
  • Preparing Briefs
  • Marketing Policy for Implementation
  • Evaluating policy
  • Policy and Project Management
  • Focus Groups
  • Essential Management Skills
  • Leadership Skills
  • Understanding Statistics for Policy
  • Maximising the Census