The Strategy and Coordination Division provides strategic policy, planning, coordination and Ministerial services to and for the Department. It is organised into three groups:
Strategic Policy Branch provides the strategic policy context for the Department and leads and coordinates the Department's research and policy agendas and activities.
Strategic Planning and Ministerial Services Branch drives the integrated planning cycle, including preparation of the Department's strategic and business plans, the annual budget strategy and the evaluation framework, and provides and coordinates Ministerial support to all DIIRD Ministers including through the Cabinet and Parliamentary processes.
Climate Change Unit provides expert advice on and coordinates the Department’s engagement with the Victorian Government's climate change agenda.
Strategy and Coordination Division is integral to driving the Department's and the State's economic development agenda, the coordination of the whole-of-Department policy agenda, management of the Integrated Planning Cycle, the Ministerial interface; and developing the Department's strategic and business planning, budget strategy, governance and evaluation processes.
The Division has primary responsibility for:
