How to sign up to the Protocol
Who can sign up?
Any organisation or company involved in some aspect of planning, designing, building, managing or influencing New Zealand’s towns and cities, can sign up to the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol. Organisations can apply to become signatories at anytime.
What does signing up mean?
Benefits
There are numerous benefits in becoming a signatory to the Protocol. These include:
- Exclusive access to the Urban Design Champions' Network - a valuable forum for sharing information and experience with others directly involved in urban design.
- Free subscription to the Urban Leader, a monthly newsletter on New Zealand and international urban design information and trends.
- Design champions and Protocol signatories can attend specially designed training sessions and workshops.
- Access to the package of resources being developed to support implementation of the Protocol.
Commitments
All signatories are required to develop, monitor and report on a set of actions they will undertake to implement the Protocol. The web pages on action plan information provide answers to frequently asked questions, a set of resources including the Action Pack and Protocol monitoring information.
Becoming a signatory will require your organisation to:
- Appoint a Design Champion
- Select and implement a set of actions to demonstrate your commitment to the Protocol
- Provide action plan information, during monitoring surveys carried out by the Ministry for the Environment, every two years starting from August 2012
What is the process?
Any new organisation wishing to sign up to the Protocol needs to write a letter to Ministry for the Environment (MfE) confirming their commitment to the Protocol. This letter should be signed by someone authorised to represent the organisation on this matter.
The letter needs to include within it the following statement:
"I confirm that <<title of organisation>> will become a signatory to the Urban Design Protocol. <<title of organisation>> is committed to creating quality urban design and we recognise our role and responsibility in achieving this. We have appointed <<name>>, <<title>> as our urban design champion. Within three months of signing we will develop a set of actions to implement our commitment. We will provide action plan information during monitoring surveys every two years, starting on 31 August 2012, to the Ministry for the Environment. <<title of organisation>> is aware that your champion and other urban design contacts can receive an e-newsletter the Urban Leader on a monthly basis, which they can unsubscribe from at anytime."
Letters should be addressed to:
New Zealand Urban Design Protocol
c/o Resource Management Practice
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10362
Wellington
Where do I get further information?
If your organisation is interested in becoming a signatory and you need further information, please contact the Resource Management Practice Team at the Ministry for the Environment:
Email: urban.design@mfe.govt.nz
Phone: Yvonne Weeber (04) 439 7564
Last updated: 18 November 2010
