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Goal 2: Partnerships
Gain the commitment
of governments, business, peak organisations and community groups to
form partnerships which will achieve social and economic equality for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Through this second
goal, the Council will seek leadership from governments, community and
corporate sectors to help advance a national commitment to cooperate
to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage.
The Council will
work with these organisations and groups, identifying ways in which
they can make a commitment to the key tasks of reconciliation and promote
them within their own areas of interest and influence, as well as to
all Australians.
The Council will
continue to promote, by leadership, education and discussion, an understanding
of the economic and social costs for this nation if we fail to address
indigenous disadvantage in such key areas as health, housing, employment
and education.
Incremental changes
are not resulting in sufficient improvement in these vital areas of
indigenous service delivery. A concerted national effort is required
to improve social well-being and to provide a viable economic base for
indigenous peoples. There is particular pressure on the nation to make
real progress on these issues before the centenary of Federation.
Strategies
- Work with leaders
and key organisations to develop their own reconciliation policies,
information materials and strategies to progress reconciliation within
their particular sector.
- Develop a national
benchmarking framework to monitor and evaluate progress in addressing
indigenous social and economic disadvantage (within specific timeframes)
against which governments can be held accountable. This will be done
in partnership with all levels of government, ATSIC and other indigenous
organisations, and research institutions.
- Promote models
of best practice to achieve agreed targets for service delivery as
negotiated with indigenous peoples.
- While recognising
that all sectors in the community play a vital role in the reconciliation
process, focus particular effort on developing partnerships with governments,
the media, youth (including schools) and women.
- Promote the
recognition of indigenous traditional and customary law systems within
Commonwealth, State and Territory legal frameworks.
- Work with the
media to publicise the achievements of reconciliation partnerships
and progress towards social and economic equality for indigenous peoples.
Performance Indicators
- Public commitments
from governments, peak bodies and community leaders to work in partnership
with indigenous communities and organisations to improve the social
well-being of, and to provide an economic base for, indigenous peoples.
- The establishment
of agreed and measurable targets against which governments can be
held accountable for achieving progress in overcoming indigenous disadvantage.
- Adoption of
models of best practice by organisations involved in service delivery
to indigenous Australians.
- Measurable
improvements in the political and cultural well-being of indigenous
Australians.
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