Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 December the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, TIS Team was visited by NBPU to conduct TIS training. We were very lucky to conduct this in Desert Park in Alice Springs surrounded by the mesmerising ranges and beautiful bushland. During our time with the TIS team we worked through introducing the new starters to TIS, program purpose, impacts of smoking/vaping, partnerships and monitoring and evaluation.
On day 1 we worked through various activities which gave the team the opportunity to collaborate amongst their colleagues around creating calls to action, look at what goes into planning a TIS event, using techniques like very brief advise to have conversations at TIS events and creating a mind map of current and potential partners within their IREG.
Day 2 had a focus on monitoring and evaluation, where we collaborated with each other on more activities focused on data collection strengths, reviewing performance reports to identify where data goes and how its collected as well as a case study focused on M&E.
With such a mix of TIS experience both in Congress and NBPU the session was full of connection, conversations, and learning from both sides.
December 12, 2025
Deep connections and learnings with Congress
Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 December the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, TIS Team was visited by NBPU to conduct TIS training. We were very lucky to conduct this in Desert Park in Alice Springs surrounded by the mesmerising ranges and beautiful bushland. During our time with the TIS team we worked through introducing the new starters to TIS, program purpose, impacts of smoking/vaping, partnerships and monitoring and evaluation.
On day 1 we worked through various activities which gave the team the opportunity to collaborate amongst their colleagues around creating calls to action, look at what goes into planning a TIS event, using techniques like very brief advise to have conversations at TIS events and creating a mind map of current and potential partners within their IREG.
Day 2 had a focus on monitoring and evaluation, where we collaborated with each other on more activities focused on data collection strengths, reviewing performance reports to identify where data goes and how its collected as well as a case study focused on M&E.
With such a mix of TIS experience both in Congress and NBPU the session was full of connection, conversations, and learning from both sides.
Tommy Zeaiter
NBPU TIS Program Officer (NT)