City of Courtenay Official Community Plan - 2026 update

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2. COMMUNITY EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS The OCP is a comprehensive policy document established by and for the community. Therefore, all members of the community have roles to play in its implementation. Ongoing community engagement will be critical to the success of this Plan. Part A – How We Work Together – establishes the policies directing the City’s approach to public engagement which reflects and builds upon the City Communication Strategy and Engagement Framework to ensure that appropriate communication and participation methods and partnership approaches are used for each project, and that engagement is accessible, culturally safe, and equitable. The OCP policies and these documents shall be followed whenever engaging on specific projects to ensure the appropriate engagement, partnership approaches, and methods are used for the task at hand. invest in order to achieve a number of the OCP’s most ambitious goals. These include partnerships with neighbouring jurisdictions, with other levels of government including K’ómoks First Nation, youth, interest holders, academic institutions, and private and non profit organizations. As a defining principle Partnerships are a critically important consideration in which the City must

of OCP implementation, partnerships will be explored wherever opportunity exists to make maximum use of existing capacity, coordination opportunities, and social capital. Public education and communications will be an essential component in all public engagement to ensure that the OCP directions, vision and goals are guiding, and are reflected in, community decision making. To support the OCP goal of 'Investing in Relationships', creativity and additional resourcing in public education and engagement will form a foundation to the implementation of the OCP.

PART D Implementation