Centre for Australian Community Organisations & Management website

The Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM) aims to enhance the Australian community sector and its management through research, training, publications, seminars and conferences.

To achieve its goal, CACOM pursues seven objectives:

• To promote a better understanding of the Australian non profit sector by undertaking research on its size, management practices, sources of funds, history, its relations with other sectors and the associated phenomena of giving and volunteering.
• To assist the development of community sector management skills by providing and developing training programs and educational material.
• To assist the community or the third sector and governmental agencies address policy issues. 
• To facilitate debate and disseminate research through public seminars and publications.
• To become a leading centre in the voluntary and nonprofit sector research for Asian countries (see Asian Third Sector Research Unit - opens in a new browser window) 
• To form links with centres across Australia and overseas.
• To ensure relevance and visibility as a university based research centre for the community (or the third) sector.

The Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM) was established in 1990. It is located within the UTS:Business Faculty but operates independently of any teaching program.

Follow this link to the CACOM website (opens in a new browser window)

CACOM produces a Newsletter “Community Cooperatives Connections” which continues the tradition established by ACCORD News (the newsletter’s former incarnation) reporting on the latest cooperative information from around Australia and the world as well as providing a springboard for discussion on the merits of cooperative and mutual enterprise.

Follow this link to “Community Cooperatives Connections” newsletter (opens in a new browser window)

For further information

Contact	:	Kirstie Brown, Centre for Australian Community Organisations & Management
Address	:	PO Box 222 Lindfield NSW 2070
Phone	:	02 9514 5104
Fax	:	02 9514 5583
Email	:	cacom@uts.edu.au