2015 Resilience Roundtable: co-working as a way of enhancing collaboration in post-disaster environments

In 2009 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to adopt a whole-of-nation resilience-based approach to disaster management. COAG later released the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience in 2011. The strategy acknowledges that 'non-government and community organisations are at the forefront of strengthening disaster resilience in Australia' (COAG 2011). Since 2012, Australian Red Cross has been hosting annual Resilience Roundtable events as a way to explore the themes identified in the strategy. The 2015 Resilience Roundtable was held in September with the theme of co-working as a way to practically enhance collaboration in disaster recovery. A full report of the 2015 Resilience Roundtable is available on the Australian Red Cross website (www.redcross.org.au).