NEW DATE FOR ASIA PACIFIC THIRD SECTOR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

The Asia Pacific Third Sector Leadership Summit has come of age. After successful Summits in 2001 and 2004, which provided third sector leaders with a
unique opportunity to access high level international leadership teaching and development, it was agreed that in order to build on the momentum of these
events and respond to the interests of third sector leaders throughout Australia and the wider East Asia region, the logical next step was to forge a partnership with a major Australian University. We have very recently achieved this goal!

We are delighted to announce that we have established a partnership with Macquarie University (Institute for Innovation). Macquarie University has an established reputation in developing leaders, encouraging innovation and research. We believe this partnership will mean that the Summit will certainly prosper into the future. The principal objective of the partnership is to continue to enhance the leadership capability of the Third Sector in the Asia Pacific region. This will in turn impact through every level of the wider community, with leaders who are better equipped to deal with ongoing challenges in a shifting non profit
environment. Resultant enriched programs and services for clients of third sector agencies are an obvious subsidiary benefit.

Along with the transition of some key staff, this partnership has taken longer than envisaged. Therefore the decision has been taken to reschedule the Summit until June/July of 2007. We believe this will allow us to maximize the advantage of the breadth of the partnership with Macquarie University, Corporate Australia, and more importantly the growth potential of the demands and
interests within the Third Sector. Already we are delighted with the interest from overseas speakers, government and the leaders of Australia for Summit 2007.

Furthermore, in addition to the Summit becoming part of the calendar of Macquarie University, it is also raising its direct and indirect contribution to developing leaders and research opportunities in building the capacity and capability of the Third Sector of Australasia.

Video - 'What you need to know about the Summit'

Video - 'Highlights from Summit 2004'