Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) Evaluation Work Plan

October 2021

NIAA has moved to a dynamic version of the IAS Evaluation Work Plan. 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 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 has moved to a dynamic version of the work plan to make it accessible to a broader audience, and to improve the timeliness of the information presented.

In prioritising evaluations and enabling activities to be undertaken, NIAA draws on the evaluation gap analysis conducted in 2020–21 and the evaluation prioritisation tool. The choice of activities is also guided by the Commonwealth Closing the Gap Implementation Plan, the NIAA Corporate Plan and, going forward, gaps in the evidence base identified through implementation of NIAA’s Policy and Investment Framework.

Consistent with the Policy and Investment Framework, 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.

NIAA is currently progressing 10 enabling activities and there are 17 evaluation activities planned or underway. COVID 19 has delayed expected completion dates for some evaluations.