Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One

More documents

Recommendations

Info

4.4.1 Data collection .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 424.4.2 Analysis of data ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 444.4.3 Focus group findings ................................................................................................................................................................................. 504.4.4 Links between the focus group findings and the LIP ............................................................................................................. 544.5 Background to the Wurla Nyinta Perception Survey – Governance and Anparnintja .................................................. 554.5.1 The role and significance of Anparnintja ....................................................................................................................................... 554.5.2 Wurla Nyinta, Governance and Leadership ................................................................................................................................. 564.5.3 Competing priorities ................................................................................................................................................................................. 564.6 Research project on community perceptions of governance ..................................................................................................... 604.6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 604.6.2 Informed consent ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 614.6.3 Demography .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 624.6.4 Data collected ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 634.6.5 Perception Survey findings ................................................................................................................................................................... 815. Recommendations to Wurla Nyinta ................................................................................................................................................................... 825.1 Association of research recommendations to LIP actions ............................................................................................................ 825.1.1 Research Cycle 1.1 Safe Driving Survey (June 2011) ............................................................................................................. 825.1.2 Research Cycle 1.2: Focus Groups on Vehicle Safety (September 2011) .................................................................... 835.1.3 Research Cycle 2.1 Wurla Nyinta Community Perception Survey (September–November 2011)............. 845.1.4 Further LIP outcomes ............................................................................................................................................................................... 846. Project outputs ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 866.1 Development of skilled Aboriginal community researchers ....................................................................................................... 866.2 High-quality research contributions to the RSD ................................................................................................................................. 866.3 Enhanced community contributions and participation in the strategic planning, implementation of andfuture capacity to contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the RSD ....................................................................................... 866.4 An outline model of local research, documented for potential use by government agencies and othercommunities .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 867. Further results achieved through the project .............................................................................................................................................. 887.1 Local Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................................................................................. 887.2 New project and employment opportunities ....................................................................................................................................... 897.3 Individual and community development ............................................................................................................................................... 897.4 Reaching a wider professional audience ................................................................................................................................................ 908. Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 918.1 Observations about potential research beyond the scope of this project ........................................................................... 918.2. Vehicle safety and perceptions of governance ................................................................................................................................... 918.3 The contribution and value of community research ........................................................................................................................ 938.4 Implications for the RSD and government engagement with remote communities ..................................................... 94References .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 97Appendix 1: Profile of Ninti One ................................................................................................................................................................................ 98Appendix 2: Summary program of activity for project ................................................................................................................................ 99Appendix 3: Presentation to Australasian Evaluation Society Conference, September 2011, Sydney ......................... 102ivFinal Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria
GlossaryUseful terms to understand when reading this reportAboriginal Knowledge and Intellectual Property Protocol Community Guide (AKIPPCG) is a protocol developed inAlice Springs by the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (DKCRC) and Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi.Anparnintja (un-baa–NIN-ja) is the Arrarnta system of mapping skin and kin relationships, which is still somewhatactive at Ntaria.Arrarnta (a-RUN-da) is a dialect of the Arandic languages, and spelled this way implies Western Arrarntaspeakers. This is the first language of the majority of Ntaria residents; others have Luritja as their first language.Business Development Unit (BDU) is the unit in Ninti One that employs the research teams, the Senior Researcherand the Community Researchers.Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP) is a partnership organisation of NintiOne that specialises in long-term research projects in remote Australia.Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) is the FederalGovernment department funding this project.Government Business Manager (GBM), working with the IEO, is employed by FaHCSIA to keep all the Federal andTerritory Government business running smoothly at Ntaria.Indigenous Engagement Officer (IEO) is the Ntaria resident working for FaHCSIA to make sure that people comingto work at Ntaria understand cultural protocols and work towards strengthening the community. IEOs provide acritical role in supporting coordination and communication links within community.Indigenous Policy Engagement Group (IPEG) is the office that commissioned this project. It is an office withinFaHCSIA and was formerly known as the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC).Kwertengerle (cor-TENG-orl) is a cultural custodian, or manager.Local Cultural Awareness Program is a place-based induction program that Wurla Nyinta runs for visiting staffthat are required to work at Ntaria. The pilot program was evaluation by the Ninti One Ntaria researchers in 2011.Local Implementation Plan (LIP) is the plan that Wurla Nyinta and external agencies agreed to under the RemoteService Delivery National Partnership. It sets up who is doing what and when in the delivery of remote services.Local Reference Group – see Wurla NyintaNinti One is the company that FaHCSIA has hired to deliver the Strengthening Community Research in RemoteService Delivery project.Ntaria (n-DA-ree) is the Western Arrarnta name of the community. Ntaria is also known as Hermannsburg.Pmerekwerteye (Bmara-KER-chewa) is a traditional owner, or director.Regional Operations Centre (ROC) is the Federal Government name for the single government interface thatworks directly with communities via the RSD agreement and LIP plans to improve services.Remote Service Delivery (RSD) partnerships exist in 29 locations in Australia, and 15 of these are in the NorthernTerritory. Ntaria is one of these sites, and as such has agreed to aims that exhibit the ‘shared drive to promote andFinal Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntariav
Page 1 and 2: Final Report:Strengthening Communit
Page 3: ContentsGlossary ..................
Page 7 and 8: Executive summaryThis final project
Page 9 and 10: 1. IntroductionThis section introdu
Page 11 and 12: engage Ntaria residents in doing co
Page 13 and 14: Carole RaggettCommunity ResearcherJ
Page 15 and 16: Describe who commissioned the resea
Page 17 and 18: Critical Success Factor 5: Completi
Page 19 and 20: Action Inquiries only RecruitmentNi
Page 21 and 22: Physical work environment.The most
Page 23 and 24: Learning Evaluation Worksheet OneQu
Page 25 and 26: Question 7: The most useful things
Page 27 and 28: Other comments were added when the
Page 29 and 30: 3.4.2.2 Implications for skills dev
Page 31 and 32: data from a relatively small popula
Page 33 and 34: • Less people die on the roads. I
Page 35 and 36: Ada Lechleitner surveying staff at
Page 37 and 38: Question 3: Would You Drive Unsafe
Page 39 and 40: Question 9: The Car You Drive Is Al
Page 41 and 42: In the case of medical emergency pe
Page 43 and 44: In light of these results we asked
Page 45 and 46: a) Overall FaHCSIA project: LIP Eco
Page 47 and 48: c) 2. Plan and prepareInformed cons
Page 49 and 50: Final Report: Strengthening Communi
Page 51 and 52: Outcomes: The outcomes of analysing
Page 53 and 54: Bush Mechanics: The role of knowled
Page 55 and 56:
4.5 Background to the Wurla Nyinta
Page 57 and 58:
From November 2011 to March 2012 a
Page 59 and 60:
2011JanuaryFebruaryNTER RSD/COAG NT
Page 61 and 62:
Wurla Nyinta represents the whole c
Page 63 and 64:
4.6.4 Data collected1. Unta antjana
Page 65 and 66:
4. Male-artwa / Female-arrkutja (n=
Page 67 and 68:
6. Ira tjina ungkwanga (Are you rel
Page 69 and 70:
8. Unta etna-akela ultha purtala us
Page 71 and 72:
10. Awa-paka nanha eperra unta wurr
Page 73 and 74:
12. Awa-paka nanha eperra unta wurr
Page 75 and 76:
Table B: The total number of servic
Page 77 and 78:
14. Unta arama Wurla Nyinta-ala cha
Page 79 and 80:
Table D: This bar chart shows for t
Page 81 and 82:
In summary, the tables showing the
Page 83 and 84:
The subsequent research cycle (Vehi
Page 85 and 86:
Schedule A: Local Implementation Pl
Page 87 and 88:
A process for engaging, recruiting
Page 89 and 90:
The involvement of the research tea
Page 91 and 92:
8. Conclusions8.1 Observations abou
Page 93 and 94:
Perceptions of governanceExtensive
Page 95 and 96:
esearchers have facilitated an incr
Page 97 and 98:
ReferencesBrydon-Miller M. 2001. Ed
Page 99 and 100:
Appendix 2: Summary program of acti
Page 101 and 102:
Activity date Deliverable Process31
Page 103 and 104:
These are ideas we take to Wurla Ny
show all

Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?