Latest Advocacy News: April 2026
The latest Advocacy Update from Marion Short, CEO, Engagement Institute is live — covering key submissions, partnerships and policy work shaping engagement across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Welcome to the
Engagement Institute
The Engagement Institute (formerly IAP2 Australasia) champions the world’s largest community of engagement professionals and seeks to promote and improve the practice of community and stakeholder engagement globally. As the home of engagement professionals, our mission has always been clear: to drive change through meaningful engagement – building trust, improving decisions and shaping better futures.
Skill up with the
Engagement Institute
The Engagement Institute provides skills-based learning to people and organisations on what they need to know and do, so that they can successfully develop, deliver, and lead authentic engagement processes.
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From the '90s to Now: How Engagement Institute Helped Engagement Evolve
What did community engagement look like in the...
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience: What Local Government Must Do to Reduce Disaster Risk
Insights from the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience...
What’s Keeping Health Engagement Professionals Up at Night?
We recently asked our network a simple question: What will be the biggest engagement challenge in health in 2026? The answer was clear. System reform and policy change came out...
Lived Experience in Mental Health: Are Organisations Ready?
What began as a push to include lived...
Tasmania Transmission Project Advances as Energy Transition Accelerates
A major transmission development in Tasmania has moved...
New Resource Explores Community Co-Ownership in Renewable Energy
Community Power Agency has released a new resource, Power in Partnership: A guide to developing a community stake in renewable energy, aimed at supporting a shift from consultation to genuine...
Introducing
EngageMark
Australia and New Zealand’s first certification and maturity assessment tool for the engagement sector developed by the sector to meet contemporary engagement standards.
Join us at our
Annual Conference
The Engagement Institute’s Annual Conference will be held in Melbourne and brings together engagement practitioners, community development practitioners, communications and marketing professionals and academics to engage, learn, share and network.
When: Monday 27 October – Wednesday 29 October 2025
Where: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
Engagement
Methods Tool
If you have completed one of the IAP2 Australasia Certificate of Engagement key training modules –Engagement Methods – then you might know and regularly use the Engagement Methods Tool. The Engagement Methods Tool is available for engagers.
