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Coalition of National Nursing & Midwifery Organisations (CoNNMO)

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The Coalition of National Nursing and Midwifery Organisations represents a diverse group of nursing and midwifery organisations. Since an informal forum in 1991 sponsored by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, the National Nursing Organisations (NNO) have been meeting regularly. The membership includes 61 national nursing and midwifery organisations, each focusing on a different area of specialist nursing or midwifery practice. The coalition includes groups of diverse organisational structures: organisations are variously titled as colleges, associations, universities; societies, councils, confederations, a federation, congress, networks and institutes. Some are incorporated but many are not. They vary in size - some are very small, and may have as few as 20 members, while the largest represents over 320,000 members - over half the nursing and midwifery workforce. Some are set up to be principally networks for dissemination of information; others indicate a broader range of functions and purposes including: to promote and/or provide education; promote the profession and specifically their individual specialty through professional representation; promote scholarship; advance knowledge; provide a forum for collegial support; maintenance and improvement of professional standards; initiate and support research; communicate with colleagues; provide leadership; promote public confidence and professional recognition; provide advice; participate in policy development; develop and promote new health care initiatives; advocate for members; enhance clinical expertise; develop and publish educational materials; develop partnerships and strategic alliances; provide and facilitate professional development; consult with government; and raise community awareness.

In 2007, a new governance structure was determined which included a name change to the Coalition of National Nursing Organisations (CoNNO) followed by the election of an inaugural Council in 2008. The establishment of the Governance Framework represented a new, more formalised phase in the life of the Coalition. CoNNO aims to include all member organisations in the processes leading to decisions and have a consensus process for achieving outcomes.
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