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Two Way Governance: Presentation 25
You can then talk about how the
agenda came about.
In writing to your protocol, you’re
making it clear that:
• you expect guests to behave and
contribute in a good way for the
meeting.
• you are prepared to work
cooperatively and respectfully and
you expect visitors to do so as well.
• you expect visitors to engage
respectfully with your community,
country, language and culture.
If you have a Cultural Orientation or
Cultural Awareness program, you could
invite the visitors and their staff to take
part in the program.
‘Our practice is to write to departments asking for presentations and business items to be sent to
the Government Engagement Coordinator (GEC) and the Indigenous Engagement Officer (IEO) two
weeks before the meeting date.’
‘Taking part in our Cultural Orientation program will give you a better idea
of our community and how we feel about culture and country.’