Sentences with phrase «indigenous policy areas»
However coordination of native title policy with broader Indigenous policies directed to economic and social development of Indigenous people should not weaken the capacity of specific Indigenous policy areas to pursue these goals.
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With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.
The accessibility of higher mathematics to related subject areas and therefore policy makers is an important element to emphasize, especially with regard to vulnerable locations and indigenous populations in locations such as Ecuador, which are under threat of development (Pappalardo, Marchi and Ferrarese, 2013).
On the 25th of October 2011, Professor Aileen Moreton - Robinson, Director of the Indigenous Studies Research Network at QUT was commissioned by the Director of Indigenous Education Policy, Ms Angela Barney Leitch to conduct a desktop audit of all universities» pre-service teacher training and review the Australian and international literatures that were appropriate to this area of study.
But she says adaptation policies for the Arctic must address the well - being of mainly indigenous peoples who live in areas directly impacted by climate change.
To make matters worse, the Federal government promoted policies that encourage deforestation, including stopping efforts to mark the borders of indigenous lands in the Amazon, dismantled FUNAI (the federal organization for indigenous issues), and effectively removing protections of those areas of the country that have the lowest deforestation rates, indigenous people's lands.
The Rapporteur commended the Australian Government's efforts at closing the gap in the area of health, but noted that there are still government policies and practices that violate the human rights of Indigenous peoples.
Under the direction of the Ministerial Taskforce, agencies will also collaborate on the design of whole - of - government policy initiatives and proposals for the redirection of resources to priority areas and to ways of working that have demonstrated their effectiveness in achieving better outcomes for Indigenous people.
It is important that there is clear direction and informed policy development in the critical area of Indigenous employment.
The report outlines current critiques of public housing, contains a detailed consideration of the proposed reform to the public housing industry and gives several examples of best practice in the area of housing and infrastructure policy for Indigenous people.
The particular areas and change indicators have been chosen for their potential to respond to policy action within the shorter term and to indicate intermediate measures of progress while also having the potential in the longer term to contribute to improvements in overall Indigenous disadvantage (as reflected through the «headline indicators»).
Policy makers need to be mindful and accommodating of the considerable pressures borne by Indigenous leaders who have to juggle Indigenous and non Indigenous political and professional demands; and immediate and extended family and cultural demands and achieve consensus outcomes across all areas of their work and life.
It was followed by the release of a report by Oxfam, entitled «Moving Beyond Recognition: Respecting the Rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples `, that called for a drastic overhaul of all areas of Indigenous policy and interaction with government, saying successive governments had failed to achieve meaningful change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In an effort to standardise approaches to policy implementation in the APS, and ultimately improve policy outcomes, the Australian National Audit Office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have recently produced the Better Practice Guide to the Implementation of Programme and Policy Initiatives — Making Implementation Matter (or the Better Practice Guide).3 Although this publication is a general guide for policy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across thpolicy implementation in the APS, and ultimately improve policy outcomes, the Australian National Audit Office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have recently produced the Better Practice Guide to the Implementation of Programme and Policy Initiatives — Making Implementation Matter (or the Better Practice Guide).3 Although this publication is a general guide for policy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across thpolicy outcomes, the Australian National Audit Office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have recently produced the Better Practice Guide to the Implementation of Programme and Policy Initiatives — Making Implementation Matter (or the Better Practice Guide).3 Although this publication is a general guide for policy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across thPolicy Initiatives — Making Implementation Matter (or the Better Practice Guide).3 Although this publication is a general guide for policy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across thpolicy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across the APS.
It will be important for government to be aware of the work that Indigenous communities are doing in this area to ensure that their policies and programs are consistent in their approach and reflect the work being done on the ground.
These steps are very broad and apply to all areas of Indigenous policy including climate change, land management, cultural heritage and native title.
The NIC agrees that the priority policy areas for Indigenous affairs are:
This is evidenced by the fact that governments continue to develop Indigenous land policy in isolation to other social and economic areas of policy, including native title and cultural heritage legislation.
Federal policies and programs including the Indigenous Heritage Program and Indigenous Protected Areas [37] are contributing to increasing the extent of recognition and land management activity on country.
the intersection between indigenous traditional knowledge and various areas of the law, such as intellectual property law, environmental law, heritage and sustainable development, and more recently climate change law and policy, at international, national and local levels
Likewise, in respect of standards, policy statements in one form or another exist in most jurisdictions in the areas of Indigenous health, welfare, education and juvenile justice (as discussed below).
Working in the area of translational research with a population health focus, in which it is a world leader, the HealthInfoNet makes research and other information available in a form that has immediate, practical utility for practitioners and policy - makers in the area of Indigenous health, enabling them to make decisions based on the best available evidence.
Its focus was on policy areas that powerfully influence the «social determinants of health» and that are addressed in the CRE - SDHE program of work including Indigenous affairs, urban environments, social protection and health systems.
She has worked in the areas of child obesity prevention, health promotion, seniors» mental health, alcohol warning statement labelling, alcohol use in teenagers, nutrition literacy, Indigenous health behaviour, workplace health promotion and evaluation, health policy development, and qualitative research methodologies.
The Indigenous Economic Forum «Seizing our Economic Future» conducted in March 2003 was the first of three fora designed to inform the government's policy in the area of economic development for Indigenous people in the Territory.
It contains a wealth of data and a detailed analysis of the cumulative impact of the Budget on Indigenous people and communities across a range of policy areas, including health, housing education and community services.
There is a need for governments, the private sector, civil society and international organisations and aid agencies to support efforts to build the capacity of indigenous communities, including in the area of human rights, so that they may participate equally and meaningfully in the planning, design, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects that affect them.
As part of the research for this chapter I sought feedback from individuals and representative organisations with expertise and experience in Indigenous healing programs, policy and research and related areas on the development of a national Indigenous healing body in Australia.
monitoring and evaluation of a national Indigenous healing framework / strategy, other relevant policy areas and implementation of the Bringing them home report recommendations
However in at least some areas their commitment to Indigenous rights and interests is limited to the extent required to comply with legislation, and / or they have yet to translate policy into specific practices in some relevant areas (for example negotiation of native title agreements).
As with other areas of Indigenous policy, the development of water policy has been done in complete isolation to other social and economic areas of policy that relate to Indigenous peoples, including native title, land rights, and cultural heritage.
This chapter has provided a discussion about the overall water environment in Australia, the priorities for water for both non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples, and the need for serious consideration of participation, engagement, inclusion and outcomes for Indigenous peoples in the area of water policy.
Health and Well - being: Maintaining Indigenous health through Indigenous controlled health organisations and mobile services requiring government and non-government recognition as peak service providers via resourced services providing gender appropriate, holistic services in areas such as domestic violence and clinical health along with effective accessible Link up services for the Stolen Generation coordinated with Social and Emotional Well - being Centres that are inclusion with health policy and program development.
Responsibility for early intervention and engagement with Aboriginal families thereafter became the province of Family Relationship Centres who in many instances employed Indigenous Advisors to assist in liaison with Indigenous families and to assist in shaping agency policy and practice in this area.
Responsibility for early intervention and engagement with Aboriginal families is now the province of the Family Relationship Centres who, in many instances employ Indigenous Advisors to assist in liaison with Indigenous families and to assist in shaping agency policy and practice in this area.
Our rights to country can not be exercised in a vacuum, and I like my predecessor will advocate that Indigenous land policy must be developed in conjunction with other social and economic areas of policy.
The Office of Indigenous Policy indicates that it works in areas of policy development inclPolicy indicates that it works in areas of policy development inclpolicy development including:
The Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage - Key Indicators report identifies key areas for improvement and encourages mainstream agencies to adopt the proposed benchmarks when developing policy and programs aimed at addressing disadvantage in Indigenous communities.
As outlined in the Native Title Report 200345 the native title policies of both federal and state levels of government encourage negotiations with Indigenous groups rather than litigation over areas of land subject to native title.
And we are, through the implementation, systematically, of special programs and policy initiatives, seeking to improve economic independence for our indigenous peoples to overcome inequalities which we know continue to exist in some areas, and we have targeted those areas of greatest need, particularly health, education, housing, employment, and economic development opportunities as areas in which we can move forward.
Little or no use is made of policy frameworks that have already been developed outside of the native title area to address economic development in Indigenous communities.
Language nests require complementary policy in the areas of early childhood services, employment services for Indigenous language speakers, training for elders and community members if required, and possibly infrastructure development resourcing.
In HREOC's view, the development and implementation of the Indigenous Health Equality Targets represents a «best practice» approach to co-operative policy making between state / territory and Commonwealth governments, and sets a precedent for successful policy approaches in areas external to health in the future.
The success of an Indigenous Economic Development Strategy will be maximised by linking it to other areas of Indigenous policy including land rights regimes, and emerging climate change and water policy.
The policy implication would appear to be that similar legal protection should, as a matter of equity, be afforded to other coastal Indigenous peoples with traditional affiliations with marine areas in Australia.
While these considerations are highly relevant to all areas of Indigenous policy making, HREOC further notes that the second half of the Committee's Inquiry is particularly focused on reporting on: