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Indigenous Resources

• Values and ethics: guidelines for ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
  The document contains guidelines for ethical health research on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In accordance with guidance from Aboriginal people it is written around a framework of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values and principles.
• Guidelines for ethical research in Indigenous studies (PDF 431K)
  The Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has produced these Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies. The principles of the Guidelines are founded on respect for Indigenous peoples' inherent right to self-determination, and to control and maintain their culture and heritage.

Children and Youth

• The ACT Children's Plan 2004 - 14 (PDF 412K)
  Children can be active citizens capable of making exciting and diverse contributions to enhance the vibrancy and prosperity of Canberra. The ACT Children's Plan sets a vision for the children of Canberra. It is strongly linked to Building our community - the Canberra social plan, and shares a vision for Canberra as a place where all people reach their potential, make a contribution and share the benefits of the community.
• Building our community - the Canberra social plan
  Building our community is a statement of what we are now and what we want to become as a community in the future. It is a framework to guide government and community decision-making in social policy over the next 10 to 15 years. Building our community identifies the changes in Canberra's social environment and the determinants of disadvantage and exclusion. It highlights the opportunities and challenges ahead, and the means of achieving sustained improvement in access, equity and participation for the people of the ACT.
• Hearing young children's voices (PDF 2.1M)
  The principles underpinning democratic societies require that everyone - regardless of age - should be able to participate in civic life. By listening to children, adults can assist them to enact their right as citizens to participate in decisions that affect their lives, giving them a stake in those decisions. This report has been produced for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government as part of the consultations on the ACT Children's Plan. It reports on the Consulting with Children: Birth to Eight Years of Age Project that formed part of the ACT Children's Plan consultations, and describes the aims, background, methods and outcomes of this project.
• Listening to kids: emerging themes from children's responses to a Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF 5.51M)
  This report describes the aims, background, methodology and outcomes of a project which consulted Canberra children about a proposed ACT Commissioner for Children and Young People and what he/she should be doing for them. The report outlines the children's views, feelings and ideas. The themes that emerged were used to develop recommendations on the role and functions of a Commissioner.

Evaluation Training

• National statement on ethical conduct in human research
  

  This document contains guidelines for conducting research with humans, made in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 ('the Act'). It covers: values and principles of ethical conduct; issues involved in risk and benefit, and consent; ethical considerations relating to specific research methods, fields or populations (such as children & young people, people in unequal relationships); and processes governing the conduct and review of ethical research with humans. The National Statement can be downloaded in either html or pdf formats.

• University of Melbourne – Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics
  

  The Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics (CHPPE) is a recognised provider of short courses in health program evaluation. These courses have a strong focus on active learning and workplace orientation for those who are involved in devising evaluation frameworks for programs or projects in the public health or related fields. Courses are held at the Program Evaluation Unit or can be provided in the workplace.

• University of Melbourne – Centre for Program Evaluation
  

  The Centre for Program Evaluation (CPE) is an evaluation and research centre located within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne, Australia. The CPE undertakes research and commissioned program evaluations on a consultancy basis in a range of areas such as education, health, welfare and training. It can also provide specialised training courses for clients outside the University.

• WA Centre for Health Promotion Research
  

  The Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion (WACHPR) is a multi-disciplinary centre within the Division of Health Science at Curtin University. The WACHPR has achieved national and international recognition for its work in school and community-based intervention research and is acknowledged as an innovative and active contributor to national and international health promotion research, education and training. It has conducted applied research and provided consultancy evaluation, education, training and curriculum support services to government and non-government health and education organisations throughout Australia and internationally.

• Australasian Evaluation Society
  

  The Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) is a professional organisation for people involved in evaluation. Members include evaluation practitioners, managers, teachers and students from all levels of government, educational institutions, research agencies, community organisations, businesses and other interested individuals. Professional development workshops are conducted throughout Australasia on a regular basis. The website includes a directory of AES members who provide commercial evaluation services.

• Evaluating Evaluations. Evaluating recent evaluations of Sure Start, Home-Start and Primary Age Learning Study
  

  This report was written for a seminar held at the House of Commons in 2006 that examined lessons learned from evaluations of family support efforts. In light of disappointing evaluations of the well-known UK early intervention program, Sure Start, and subsequent debate about the efficacy of attempts to reduce child poverty and risk of social exclusion, this report examined evaluation reports of Sure Start and two other UK programs, to assess the significance of their findings and the implications for policy.