{"id":4024,"date":"2023-06-21T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T04:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dca.org.au\/?page_id=4024"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:44:47","slug":"di-councils","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dca.org.au\/resources\/di-planning\/di-councils","title":{"rendered":"D&I Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A D&I Council serves as an advisory board to an organisation and is made up of employees and\/or external experts who lead, advocate for, coordinate, inform, and\/or monitor the organisation\u2019s diversity and inclusion (\u2018D&I\u2019) strategy.<\/p>

D&I councils can be\u00a0internal<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g. headed by a CEO and made up of senior executives and staff at all levels of the organisation) or\u00a0external<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g. made up of community partners, businesses, government, academia or D&I practitioners), so that they can offer a broader perspective, best practices and accountability for diversity.<\/p>

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