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Indigenous Heritage Program Year: 2009 Auditor: Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) Directory of Indigenous and related mainstream evaluation 2002-2010 The Indigenous Heritage Program (IHP) provides around $3.5m annually to support projects that identify, conserve and promote the Indigenous heritage values of places important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Office of Evaluation and Audit, Department of Finance and Deregulation, conducted a performance audit of the IHP in 2009 to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of the program and to determine if the IHP is meeting its objectives. Findings The audit concluded that the IHP is supported by well established and sound policies and procedures, is achieving its stated objectives and is accruing broader social and economic benefits for Indigenous communities through its activities. A key recommendation from the audit was that the Department extend the current parameters of the IHP to enable organisations to undertake longer-term heritage projects by introducing triennial funding and/or increasing the current funding cap. In response to the audit, the Department sought Ministerial approval to offer triennial funding for future funding rounds (commencing 2011-12) to organisations that satisfy certain conditions, including a proven track record of project delivery. Indigenous Protected Areas Program Year: 2008-09 Evaluator: Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) Website: http://www.deh.gov.au/indigenous/publications/ipa-evaluation.html An Indigenous Protected Area is an area of land over which the traditional Aboriginal owners have declared their intent to manage the land for the conservation of biodiversity and cultural values. The Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) program links the cultural priorities of Indigenous Australians together with biodiversity goals of the Government to ensure protected areas are conserved in accordance with the land management aspirations of Indigenous landowners. The estimated expenditure for the IPA program in the 2006-07 financial year is $2.9 million. The goals of the IPA program are to: establish partnerships between government and Indigenous land managers to support the development of a comprehensive, adequate and representative national system of protected areas which is consistent with the international protected areas classification system, by: assisting Indigenous people to establish and manage protected areas on their estates for which they hold title assisting Indigenous Groups and Australian Government agencies at various levels to develop partnerships and agreements for the cooperative management of existing protected areas promote Indigenous involvement in protected area management by supporting the establishment of cooperatively managed protected areas in each jurisdiction, and promotion of national best practice approaches to cooperative partnerships in protected area management promote and integrate Indigenous ecological and cultural knowledge into contemporary protected area management practices in accordance with internationally endorsed protected areas guidelines. Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination 40 June 2010
Funding from the IPA program is provided to: Directory of Indigenous and related mainstream evaluation 2002-2010 assist landowners to consider the implications of establishing an IPA (this could involve holding community meetings and seeking advice on legal, cultural or conservation aspects to ensure that informed decisions are made) develop a management plan for the area which identifies the Indigenous Community's land management aspirations, potential threats to the values of the land, and management activities such as weed eradication, feral animal control and cultural heritage conservation activities declare the land as an IPA implement the management plan monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of their land management activities. In 2006 the Minister for Environment and Heritage (now Sustainability, Environment, Heritage, Water, Populations and Communities) initiated an evaluation of the Indigenous Protected Area Program. An extensive consultation process including visits to most states and territories was undertaken in the first half of 2006. This process also included a call for public submissions, summaries of which have been incorporated into the review document. The evaluation considered the extent to which the Program has contributed to meeting Australian Government policy priorities and the capacity for enhancing these priorities. It also considered the effectiveness of the Programs delivery of conservation, economic, cultural and social benefits in the context of sustainable natural resource management at landscape, regional and national scales. This independent evaluation by the former Director-General of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Mr. Brian Gilligan, has hailed the Australian Government's Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) Programme as the nation's "most successful innovation in Indigenous conservation". The IPA Program commenced as a pilot in 1995 with the dual aims of supporting Indigenous land management and achieving national conservation objectives. Today the IPA Program supports 22 declared IPAs covering a total of 14.9 million hectares in every state and territory of Australia (with the exception of the ACT). This independent review recognizes the value of the Australian government's $14.8 million dollar investment in this program and has found that: It contributes significantly to the National Reserve System and has been extremely cost effective in contributing to national conservation goals Provides meaningful work opportunities for Indigenous Australians Operates robust monitoring and evaluation systems. Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination 41 June 2010
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