Regional Victoria
Regional ethnic communities’ councils and ECCV members provide vital advocacy and support services for migrant and refugee communities across the state.
ECCV works closely with our regional and rural partners, who provide insights across our policy and project work.
We help build community capacity and coordinate statewide responses to issues impacting migrant and refugee communities across Victoria. We coordinate monthly regional CEO network meetings, convene workshops, and help advocate for regional and rural multicultural communities through meetings with the state and federal governments.
Greater collaboration and connections with the regions enabled a more coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are working together to improve emergency preparedness for floods, fires and other natural disasters.
We are committed to working with the regions to identify priorities and opportunities, strengthen statewide collaboration and community resilience and support stronger outcomes for regional migrant and refugee communities.
Projects
Multicultural Emergency Management Initiative
Building on work that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, ECCV is helping to improve emergency response outcomes for multicultural communities.
Multicultural Regional Emergency & Preparedness Response Program
ECCV supported multicultural communities in regions affected by the Victorian October 2022 floods.
News & Events
Joint report on the needs of regional aged care providers
ECCV has partnered with the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing – PICAC VIC, the National Ageing Research Institute, and Icon Agency, to produce a joint report exploring the needs of aged care providers in regional Victoria.
ECCV hosts regional leadership gathering in Bendigo
Strengthening collaboration and coordination among the regions to provide a stronger voice for Victoria’s regional multicultural communities was a...
Submission on Multicultural Communities Experience of the 2022 Victorian Floods
Our joint submission with Neighbourhood Collective Australia and Regional Victorians of Colour to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria is based on interviews and focus groups with 31 multicultural community members.
Our Regional Partners
Victoria’s regional ethnic communities’ councils play a vital service and advocacy roles for migrant and refugee communities across the state’s eight regions.
Each council operates as a peak body in their local region, as affiliates of ECCV.
Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council, Wodonga
Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council Inc, Ballarat
Cultura (Formerly Diversitat-Geelong Multicultural Services)
Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District Inc, Shepparton
Gippsland Multicultural Services, Morwell
Gippsland Ethnic Communities’ Council, Moe
North East Multicultural Association, Wangaratta
