Capire is proud to be a leading voice in community engagement practice

 

About Us

Capire Consulting Group is Australia’s largest specialist community engagement consultancy. Our name comes from the Italian word ‘capire’ – meaning to listen, understand – which defines what Capire is about and what we help our clients achieve.

 
 

We design and deliver tailored engagement strategies for policies, projects, and places across Australia and beyond. Since 2007, our pioneering engagement strategies have led to positive outcomes on thousands of projects – strengthening relationships, informing decision-making, and building knowledge.

Small enough to be flexible, but large enough to offer full project services, we are a team of over 25 diverse and driven people that share a genuine passion for the work we do. Our team combine their industry-leading engagement skills, with technical backgrounds in planning, government, communications, community development, social science, health, environment, design, and infrastructure.

A certified B-Corporation, we strive to make a positive difference for our clients, our community, our practice, and our planet. We are proud to be a leading voice in engagement practice in Australia.

Our areas of expertise

  • Urban and regional planning
  • Planning approvals
  • Public policy
  • Infrastructure (transport, water, property, housing, energy, and renewables)
  • Environment and natural resources
  • Organisational development and training
  • Health
  • Education
  • Community development and social impact

We help our clients understand their communities, to create positive social outcomes through their projects and decision making.

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Sandra Jerkovic, CEO

 

Our Values

Capire’s values underpin everything we do and how we do it.

To Understand
We explore the unique needs of our clients and their communities to design and deliver tailored, effective engagement strategies.

Be Flexible
We adapt our way of working to respond to changing needs and build from our learnings. We find innovative ways to engage in changing environments.

Bring Everyone Along
We model inclusiveness by reducing barriers, creating connections and engaging in meaningful and supportive ways. We share our learnings and celebrate our success. We build trusted relationships through our empathy, integrity and our authenticity.

Make An Impact
We create positive impacts for our clients, our team, our community, our practice and our planet. We find new ways to lead engagement practice.