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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 2 Hansard (11 March) . . Page.. 600 ..

.Fran Barry - Voting Panel Member - Health Strategies Development Unit, DHCC.

.Megan Rive - Voting Panel Member - ACT Justice and Community Safety, Corrective Services

.Carol McNiven - Non-voting Member (Industry Expert)

Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia.

Tania Shaw, Community Services Purchasing, DHCC was also in attendance as scribe for the panel.

The panel made a unanimous recommendation to the delegate, Mr Gordon Lee Koo, who subsequently granted the preferred provider status to the Canberra Injector's Network.

Both organisations have publicly expressed their satisfaction with the probity of the tender process, as reflected in The Canberra Times, Letters to the Editor, 5 March 1999 from ADDinc, and The Canberra Times page 12, 10 March 1999 from CIN.

The successful organisation, Canberra Injector's Network, is an incorporated organisation, and as such is guided by the rules of incorporation. The organisation has a management committee of 6 members who are responsible for managing the organisation. A reference group of relevant ACT community organisations will be established to advise the organisation.

CIN is currently developing a number of relevant policy and procedural guidelines for their workers which will ensure that the workers have a clear understanding of their roles, limitations and expectations. CIN will also be required to submit quarterly reports on their performance and expenditure to the Department, as is a requirement in all funding contracts over $10,000 per annum. The contract with CIN will be managed by staff in the Financial Management and Contracting section of the department, who manage other contracts funded by the AIDS funding program.

CIN will offer a range of services relevant to their target group, including education and support in a range of venues, peer training, a needle and syringe exchange program, and outreach to IDUs not living or accessing the Civic based service.

An evaluation of the service will be initiated after it has been in operation for 12 months. This evaluation will be commissioned by the Department of Health and Community Care using an external consultant.

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