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Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) Evaluation Work Plan

5 January 2023

The NIAA has moved to a dynamic version of the IAS Evaluation Work Plan to make it accessible to a broader audience, and to improve the timeliness of the information presented. Previous versions of the IAS Evaluation Work Plan (2017–18 through 2020–21) are still available.

In this dynamic version of the work plan, users can find information on past and current evaluations, and enabling activities, according to IAS Program areas in the tables below. New evaluations and enabling activities are added to the work plan as they come on line and updates to the status of evaluations are made as they progress through the different stages to completion.

NIAA’s evaluation and enabling activities are focussing on the early stages of the evaluation cycle – getting performance reporting and monitoring activities in place early to facilitate high quality, robust evaluations in the future to inform decision making.

Program 1.1 - Jobs, Land and Economy
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Evaluation of the Indigenous Business and Employment Hubs program Underway Evaluation 29 September 2023
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) - Business Solutions Program Publication pending Evaluation 30 March 2023
Indigenous Business Research Project –‘Making Indigenous Friendly Businesses’ Underway Enabling activity: Data improvement 5 October 2021
Indigenous Employment Programs (IEPs) Completed Evaluation 5 October 2021
Indigenous Procurement Policy Completed Monitoring and evaluation strategy 19 August 2022
Indigenous Protected Areas Program Underway Evaluation 3 October 2023
Long-term outcomes for Indigenous participants of employment programs Underway Enabling activity: Data improvement 5 October 2021
Native Title Representative Bodies and Service Providers Completed Review 21 March 2022
New Remote Jobs Program Underway Enabling activity: Research 26 June 2023
Northern Australia White Paper: Land Tenure Reform Pilots Completed Evaluation 30 June 2023
Northern Australia White Paper: Township Leasing and Land Administration Completed Evaluation 30 June 2023
Prescribed Bodies Corporate Capacity Building Evaluation Underway Evaluation 30 March 2023
TAEG-School Based Traineeship (SBT) Completed Evaluation 5 October 2021
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) – Native Title Research Underway Enabling activity: Research 20 December 2023
Time to Work Employment Service (TWES) Completed Evaluation 16 December 2021
Program 1.2 - Children and Schooling
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Away from Base Completed Evaluation 3 March 2022
Girls Academies Completed Evaluation 15 September 2023
IAS Secondary School Scholarships Not continuing Evaluation 26 September 2022
Indigenous Girls STEM Academy Underway Evaluation 5 October 2021
Program 1.3 - Safety and Wellbeing
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Adult Through Care and Youth Through Care Programs Evaluation Publication pending Evaluation 28 March 2024
Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services (phase 2) Publication pending Evaluation 30 March 2023
Allied Health in Remote Schools Project Completed Monitoring and evaluation strategy 28 June 2022
Australian Bureau of Statistics’ National Health Survey Completed Enabling activity: Data improvement 5 October 2021
Believe Inquire and Respond to Disclosure (B.I.R.D) – Monitoring and Evaluation Underway Monitoring and evaluation strategy 26 June 2023
Building the Data Capability of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Treatment Services Not continuing Enabling activity: Data improvement 28 March 2024
Custody Notifications Service Evaluation Publication pending Evaluation 29 September 2023
Developing and Implementation of an Adult Corrective Services Data Collection Underway Enabling activity: Data improvement 21 December 2021
Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse Completed Enabling activity: Research 20 December 2023
Indigenous Mental Health First Aid Training review Not continuing Review 21 March 2022
Indigenous Suicide and Data Mapping Project Completed Enabling activity: Research 20 December 2023
Indigenous Youth Connection to Culture Not continuing Evaluation 20 December 2023
Link-Up Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy Phase 3 Underway Monitoring and evaluation strategy 20 December 2023
Link-Up Services Program Completed Monitoring and evaluation strategy 19 August 2022
Strong Culture, Strong Place, Strong Families Underway Enabling activity: Research 5 October 2021
Supporting Healing for Families Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Underway Monitoring and evaluation strategy 21 December 2022
Testing Community Safety and Justice Outcomes using Randomised Controlled Trials Not continuing Evaluation 29 September 2023
The Dog Operations Unit Not continuing Evaluation 29 September 2023
Workforce Development Support Units Publication pending Review 29 September 2023
Program 1.4 - Culture and Capability
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Empowered Communities Partnership Lessons Learned Planned Enabling activity: Lessons learned 20 December 2023
Program 1.5 - Remote Australia Strategies
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme (AACAP) lessons learned Completed Enabling activity: Lessons learned 26 June 2023
Indigenous Housing Data Mapping Project Planned Enabling activity: Research 20 December 2023
Northern Territory Remote Housing National Partnership Agreement Not continuing Evaluation strategy 5 October 2021
Program 1.6 - Research and Evaluation
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
AIATSIS Ethics Project Completed Enabling activity: Capability development 30 March 2023
Closing the Gap Community Data Projects Planned Evaluation 19 August 2022
Closing the Gap Priority Reform Four Completed Monitoring and evaluation strategy 20 December 2023
Development and implementation of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation planning for the NIAA’s Policy and Strategy stream Completed Enabling activity: Capability development 20 December 2023
Governance of Indigenous Data Lessons Project Publication pending Enabling activity: Lessons learned 20 December 2023
Indigenous Data Network Community Data Projects Planned Evaluation 19 August 2022
Martuwarra Fitzroy River Keepers Research Project Underway Enabling activity: Research 28 March 2024
Priority Reform Two - Sector Strengthening Plan: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Planned Monitoring and evaluation strategy 28 March 2024
Support for Emerging Indigenous Australian Evaluators to Attend Australian Evaluation Society Conferences in 2019 and 2022 Completed Enabling activity: Capability development 21 December 2022
Supporting Emerging Indigenous Evaluators: AES Conference Attendance Underway Enabling activity: Capability development 28 March 2024
Other
Evaluation/enabling activity Status Type Last updated
Strengthening Organisational Governance Policy Completed Evaluation 6 November 2023