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The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) is the peak
body of the social and community sector in Victoria.
VCOSS advocates for an equitable and sustainable society in which every Victorian has a fair share of
the community’s resources and services.
We pursue just and fair social outcomes through policy development and public and private advocacy;
raising awareness of the existence, causes and effects of poverty and inequality.
VCOSS is a powerful voice for the Victorian community sector to pursue social change that creates
greater equality, eliminates poverty and overcomes disadvantage
VCOSS plays a key liaison role in communicating emergency management policy changes, emerging directions and challenges between government and the community sector, as well as across diverse parts of the sector.
VCOSS works to provide the community sector with information about emergency management, and to inform state government policy and program development for future emergency management. In particular, VCOSS aims to complement existing emergency management policy evaluation with perspectives from the community sector and disadvantaged and vulnerable people, by documenting experiences that will inform and improve approaches and processes.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.