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Abstract:
This report meets the second milestone of the project ‘The provision of services in relation to production of a report, including literature review, analysis of results and recommendations and advice on monitoring and evaluation methodologies’ for which Ninti One has been contracted by FaHCSIA. It builds on the preliminary report and subsequent feedback from FaHCSIA, presenting the key findings of the research and providing recommendations and advice on the subject. To provide focus, some material within the preliminary report has not been carried forward into this version. It can be reviewed in the previous report. The objectives of the project are: 1. To review policy and practice in monitoring and evaluation methodologies for programs relevant to service delivery, community engagement, and economic participation from sources in Australia and internationally 2. To identify tools and techniques that are applicable to remote settlements and suitable for work with Indigenous people 3. To recommend a practical and workable approach to monitoring and evaluation in remote Indigenous communities. The analysis and recommendations that follow draw on the experience of Ninti One and the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (DKCRC) in the field of community-based research, project design and planning as well as our knowledge of the perspectives of business, government and community members on remote services and programs. This work was designed to be conducted within a short timeframe, to provide useful material to FaHCSIA staff working on new initiatives in monitoring and evaluation. As such, its contribution is to survey the literature and provide overall analysis and recommendations. A more detailed investigation of particular approaches and methodologies could certainly be undertaken as part of an extended assignment but has not been undertaken here.
