Tuesday, 10 December 2024 (IST News)
The NSW Government continues to champion social cohesion and empower young people with an
investment of $12.2 million to expand the proven Multicultural NSW Community Partnership Action
(COMPACT) Program.
The latest funding round sees 20 innovative projects involving 65 partner organisations across New
South Wales welcomed into the state-wide COMPACT Alliance, a network of community collaborators
dedicated to fostering understanding and resilience.
The successful projects include:
Institute for Economics and Peace’s peacebuilding for conflict-affected youth: A local initiative
offering young people from conflict-affected backgrounds tools to mitigate the impact of global
events on their communities.
Catholic Missions’ faith-based school alliance: Connecting Year 10 and 11 students from eight
faith-based schools to foster cross-cultural bonds while equipping educators with tools to
enhance learning and wellbeing.
All Together Now’s digital resilience against extremism: A co-designed youth-led project creating
innovative solutions to counteract hate and divisive online influences.
Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre’s training young leaders of the future: Empowering
diverse youth in south-west Sydney to foster social cohesion through safe spaces for cross-
cultural, multi-faith dialogue.
This week, the successful partners joined young leaders, digital industry experts, and fellow COMPACT
Alliance partners at the COMPACT X DIGI Engage Summit.
Over two days, attendees workshopped solutions to current challenges to social cohesion and
collaborated on strategies to counter online hate, build resilience, and amplify the voices of young
leaders across NSW.
Since its launch, the COMPACT Program has reached more than 80,000 young people, inspiring a new
generation of leaders and strengthening the social fabric of our multicultural state. Its proven success
lies in its ability to forge meaningful connections across diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious
communities.
For more information on the COMPACT Program, visit multicultural.nsw.gov.au/community-
resilience/compact.
Multicultural NSW CEO Joseph La Posta said:
“The COMPACT Program demonstrates the power of young people to shape a stronger and more inclusive society.”
“By equipping them with the tools to lead with empathy and resilience, we are fostering a generation that
is not only prepared to tackle hate and division but to build enduring bridges of understanding.”
“The COMPACT Summit isn’t just a meeting of minds; it’s a celebration of unity and a declaration of our
collective commitment to a more harmonious future.”
“Under the umbrella of the COMPACT Alliance, we are building a united force for social cohesion that
leverages the strength of our diversity.”
