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Thursday, 13 November 2008
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PiCC

Partners in Cultural Competence (PiCC) is Queensland's only one-stop shop for cross cultural training and consultancy services.

For more information about PiCC click here, or alternatively visit http://www.picc.org.au


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The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ) was established in 1976 to represent the interests of the many people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) who are part of the broad social community of Queensland, and to promote multiculturalism. It is a not-for-profit, community-based State peak organization. ECCQ contributes to national policy and debate on all matters concerning ethnic communities and multiculturalism through its affiliation with the Canberra-based Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA).

ECCQ's Mission is to ensure "that all people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds have equal access to services and can fully participate in all aspects of a cohesive and harmonious Queensland". ECCQ's activities and services encompass advocacy; community development initiatives; statewide health programs; support groups; cross cultural training; multicultural policy development and research and a resource and reference library.



State Election Workshop

Within the next twelve months there will be a state election in Queensland.

ECCQ is holding a workshop so members of the community can tell us what issues you think should be highlighted in the lead up to the election, as part of our work in advocating for migrants and people from refugee background communities.

The workshop will be held on Saturday 22 November.

Further information about the workshop is available here

Effective Leadership Workshop

ECCQ is holding a free community information session on "Effective Leadership of a Community Association".

The information session will help you understand how to provide good leadership for your association; what you need to function effectively and what support and resources are available to help you.

The workshop will be held on Wednesday 26 November

Further information is available here.