Sentences with phrase «indigenous organisations involved»

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While this paper has proceeded on the basis that a new National Indigenous Representative Body will not have a direct government service delivery role, if national consultations uncover a firm belief that a national Indigenous - controlled organisation must be involved in program delivery then the tension that this creates between this function and other functions would then need to be addressed.

Improve the capacity of Indigenous community housing organisations and involve Indigenous people in planning and service delivery;

Within Australia, the research examines the structures, strengths and challenges of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines & Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) and the three organisations that have been involved in national Indigenous representation in Australia: the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee (NACC); the National Aboriginal Conference (NAC); and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

involving Indigenous peak bodies, regional or state / territory based Indigenous bodies or Indigenous service delivery organisations in its activities and decision - making

He is also involved in many community organisations including current positions as: President of the Torres Strait Islanders Regional Education Council (TSIREC), member of the National Advisory Committee for the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program, President of the Urapun Tubudalgal Land Trust, President of Magani Lagaugal Registered Native Title Body and Secretary of the Torres Strait Islanders Media Association.

These organisations are involved in delivering a wide range of services which include essential services provision to Indigenous communities.

This section will make brief mention of the activities of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines & Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) and then focus on the three organisations that have been involved in national Indigenous representation:

involve Indigenous peak bodies and possibly other organisations nominating representatives to the national structure, or alternatively, provide for the participation of these bodies in a purely advisory capacity;

Cooke said the problem is not just in the way Indigenous people are treated in the system but also in how governments and their agencies exclude Indigenous organisations that should be involved «at every level of decision - making».

The group reiterated calls for the NT Government to be excluded from the Commission's process and for local Indigenous organisations to be involved in developing the terms of reference, and also called called for the federal Parliament to step in to dissolve the NT Government, with spokesperson John Paterson from Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance, Northern Territory saying,

«Some Associate Members are involved because they want to support AIDA's work to improve the number of Indigenous doctors, some want to contribute towards improving Indigenous health outcomes, some want to contribute financially, others want a more intimate relationship with the organisation,» she said.

These conditions appear to reduce the capacity for Indigenous peoples and Indigenous organisations to be involved in the decision - making and management of Indigenous housing on Indigenous lands.

The first two days (18 - 19 March) involved approximately 100 invited delegates including: senior representatives from Commonwealth and state / territory level governments and health departments; specialists and experts (and particularly Indigenous ones) from a range of health and health - related areas; and representatives from Indigenous health and health related peak bodies (including from all the state and territory level Aboriginal community controlled health organisation peak bodies).

In part, this was a response to the Campaign for Indigenous Health Equality, led by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, the Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association, the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, the Indigenous Dentists» Association of Australia, Oxfam Australia, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, and myself and involving a coalition of 40 or so concerned organisations.