Connection across communities does not happen by itself.
Council policies, programs, grants, places and engagement can create opportunities for people to come together - or leave communities where they don't feel they belong.
Are people meeting and building relationships?
Who do you see sitting, walking and talking together in public places?
Who has fewer opportunities to participate?
Who attends council events?
Who doesn't? Why? Who should?
Is Council's cross-organisation work strengthening or weakening community connection?
Mosaic helps councils turn these questions into practical policies, programs and community action.
Intercultural work focuses on what happens between first, second and 3+ generation Australians, and First Nations Australians. Interaction creates trust, inclusion, participation and social cohesion. No interaction creates fear, resentment and fertile ground for populism.
Practical ways to strengthen social cohesion
Intercultural policy and program design
Build belonging and interaction across difference into Council policies and programs.
Executive and Councillor briefings
Build shared understanding and prepare leaders for difficult community conversations.
Community co-design workshops
Bring residents and Council together to shape practical strategies, policies and solutions.
Hear, here community listening
Private interviews reveal experiences and concerns that ordinary consultations may miss.
What councils gain
Stronger policies and programs
Better value for money
Greater success for belonging and interaction built into Council's work.
Duplication of policies and programs reduced across Council.
Earlier awareness of community concerns
Better recognition of intra- or intercultural conflict before it's more difficult to resolve.
Access to lots and lots of expertise!
Confident, skilled and empathetic facilitators, dispute resolution practice, intercultural policy, strategy, action planning and program designers.
Why choose Mosaic?
More than 35 years work across community and government in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
Internationally recognised intercultural expertise
Specialist intercultural social cohesion knowledge applied in an Australian context.
Practical, project-ready outputs
Clear actions, tools, reports and recommendations Council can implement.