G21 healthy region project part 1 : business plan

<b>Executive Summary</b><br /><b>Background</b><br />G21 Geelong Region Alliance (G21), through the partnership activities of the<br />G21 Health & Wellbeing Pillar, seeks to position health and wellbeing as a<br />central element to all regional planning processes and outcomes. As a result, G21 wanted to explore the potential application of the World Health<br />Organisation’s (WHO) ‘Healthy Cities’ approach across the region to provide a comprehensive framework and set of principles to inform future planning and decision-making.<br />With this aim, G21 commissioned Deakin University to undertake a 6-month<br />independent research project. The research project involved two stages:<br /><b>Part 1</b>: A Healthy Region Research Report involved scoping and determining:<br />- The suitability of the World Health Organisations (WHO) ‘Healthy Cities’<br />approach to the G21 region; and<br />- The capacity of G21 Geelong Region Alliance to be the organisation to<br />facilitate this approach across the region.<br />