Provision of Communication and Media Specialist Services to Build Community Knowledge and Engagement on Hydrogen Projects

OHPSA is seeking specialist communication, media and engagement organisations to collaborate with a cross-jurisdictional group to collate various sources of hydrogen information from across Australia.

The successful provider will develop a comprehensive resource package / toolbox accessible to all jurisdictions, serving as a centralised resource for ensuring agreed uniform messaging and language to educate the community about hydrogen and its positive impacts, with an emphasis on safety.

The successful provider will engage with identified stakeholders to consolidate existing communication and engagement resources from Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and:

• identify information gaps and opportunities.
• provide strategic advice on the creation of a communication and engagement toolbox.
• develop an agreed communication and engagement toolbox for use by all jurisdictions.

The focus is expected to be on renewable hydrogen due to the large number of renewable hydrogen projects in the pipeline across Australia.

The resource package / toolbox will provide advice to foster social license that garners support from Traditional Landowners, landholders and communities for renewable hydrogen infrastructure developments.

Given the importance of clean, green energy perceptions and environmental benefits embedded in the social license for developing hydrogen, its overarching goal is to increase awareness and acceptance of renewable hydrogen within communities to facilitate the attainment of social license.