Hort Innovation review submissions close tomorrow

Hort Innovation has engaged GHD Pty Ltd to conduct an Independent Review of Performance in accordance with the requirements of Hort Innovation’s Deed of Agreement 2014-18 with the Commonwealth Government (Statutory Funding Agreement) to conduct an independent review every four years. 

The survey and submissions are open until tomorrow, April 6. The site says it takes between five to 10 minutes. 

According to GHD, the purpose of the Review is to provide an independent assessment of Hort Innovation’s performance, particularly with regards to:

The review looks at the company's compliance against the SFA, as well as how it has performed against its strategic objectives. 

No information entered on the site will be available to Hort Innovation in its raw form. GHD will be collating the feedback and it will be incorporated in a non-identified format in the reporting.

GHD is hosting a purpose-built webpage for the review where participants can complete a survey. 

Those who do not wish to give feedback online can make a written submission by e-mailing it to: hortreview@ghd.com or posting it to: 

”Hort Innovation is the grower-owned research and development corporation for Australian horticulture, therefore it is imperative that the views and insights from our key stakeholders are gathered and used by the Australian Government to inform the levy system operations,” a Hort Innovation e-mail said. 

The Review process is expected to conclude in early May.

There is a period of time whereby the Review is considered by both Hort Innovation and the Australian Government.

A final copy of the Review is then published for public viewing.