Successful strategies in Indigenous organisations

The Success in Indigenous Community Organisations project was primarily funded by the Australian Collaboration. The project initially involved thirteen case studies to assess “initiatives in local Indigenous organisations that have helped to promote community wellbeing or to overcome disadvantage."  The aim was to identify the lessons that might be learned from these successes.  Dr Julie Finlayson and Ms Jo Lunzer were the main authors.

Funds were also provided by the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor Fund) for three additional case studies, looking at successful management of conservation reserves. Ms Toni Bauman and Dr Dermot Smyth studied Indigenous partnerships and joint management of the Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park, the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area and the Booderee National Park.

The project resulted in three major reports.  PDF files can be downloaded via the links below. One printed copy of Maps to Success will be provided free of charge on request, or multiple copies can be purchased (e-mail research@aiatsis.gov.au for details). Printed copies of Organising for Success - policy report and the Case Studies are no longer available.  

coverMaps to Success, directed to Indigenous communities and organisations, and aimed at promulgating successful management initiatives that could be adopted by other organisations working in similar fields.

Preliminaries  (pdf, 1.3MB)

Part 1    (pdf, 3.8MB) 

Part 2    (pdf, 2.1MB)      

Text-only version (pdf, 261KB)

 

 

 

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Organising for Success - policy paper for funding agencies and government policy and program developers.

Part one (pdf, 29.4MB) 

Part two (pdf, 17.4MB) 

 

 

 

 

 

coverIndigenous Partnerships in Protected Area Management in Australia: Case Studies, which examined in detail the management arrangements for three jointly-managed national parks and protected areas, to find the factors contributing to their success.

Full document (pdf, 2.7MB)     

Policy Briefing Paper

Full paper (pdf, 403Kb)