Aqwest's 'Innovate' RAP
Aqwest's 2023-2025 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is our second RAP which builds on our commitments to promoting and contributing to reconciliation.
We recognise that reconciliation is an integral part of our role within our wider community and, in this RAP, we have outlined meaningful actions that we will be undertaking to further develop the relationships we have formed and opportunities we are developing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our operating area.
Our RAP Working Group meets regularly to discuss new and innovative ways to contribute to reconciliation in our community and grow our cultural competence within our organisation, guided by our RAP Principles to SHARE Custodianship, BUILD Connections and EMPOWER Community.
Our Innovate goals include developing opportunities to provide local schools and community groups with a place to learn about water, sustainability and cultural connections to water.
Our Reconciliation Journey
Aqwest started its reconciliation journey in 2019 and since then, has worked with the local community to develop a RAP that helps create employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Aqwest’s RAP Working Group, chaired by Board Director Rhonda Norman, a proud Noongar Wilman woman, is overseeing the implementation of the action plan.
The RAP is underpinned by three reconciliation principles - Sharing Custodianship of water, community, land, flora and fauna, Building Connections in the community and culture, and Empowering Community through activities which foster progress towards reconciliation.
