Cultural Awareness and Comprehension Training Program: Australian Unity
Karabena Consulting was engaged to implement our 'Living Libraries' cultural awareness and training program. This comprehensive initiative, developed by KCT and implemented in partnership with Karen Milward Consulting Services, included two half-day training sessions followed by visits to community agencies, designed to contextualise the learnings through real-life experiences. Each community organisation received a payment for hosting Australian Unity staff during these visits.
Project Timeline: May – June 2024
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National Redress Scheme Survivor Roundtable
The National Redress Scheme Survivor Roundtable provides survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and their advocates a platform to give feedback on the Scheme and receive updates on its performance. The Second Year Review highlighted the need for formal inclusion of survivors in the governance structure.
Project Timeline: Ongoing, with the most recent roundtable held in Perth on 6 March 2024.
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Evaluation of the Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way 3-Year Action Plan, 2019–2022
Karabena Consulting and Karen Milward Consulting were engaged to undertake the evaluation of the first Dhelk Dja 3-Year Action Plan (2019–2022).
Project Timeline: June 2023 – April 2024
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Closing the Gap Priority Reforms Performance Measurement Project 2023–2024
This project aimed to develop a coherent and consistent framework for measuring progress in achieving the Priority Reforms outlined in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Led by an Expert Governing Committee of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts, the project involved comprehensive consultations, data analysis, and the formulation of recommendations for indicators, measures and data sources.
Project Timeline: June 2023 – April 2024
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Swinburne Moondani Toombadool Centre (MTC) Innovation Hub Strategic Plan
Karabena Consulting partnered with Swinburne University's Moondani Toombadool Centre (MTC) to develop a Strategic Plan for their Indigenous Innovation Hub. This plan is aimed at nurturing Indigenous entrepreneurship, aligning with the cultural values and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Project Timeline: September 2023 – January 2024
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Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) Cultural Safety Review
The Australian Government established Primary Health Networks (PHNs) to increase the efficiency of medical services, reduce fragmentation of care and improve health outcomes for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. The Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) is one such example of these networks.
Project Timeline: July 2023 – December 2023
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St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Cultural Safety Audit
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) has contracted Karabena Consulting to undertake a multi-year cultural safety audit to explore the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and staff regarding cultural safety issues; and improve the cultural safety of the hospital’s services.
Project Timeline: July 2021 – August 2023
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VACCHO Cancer Partnership Health Check
Karabena Consulting was engaged by VACCHO to independently measure the ‘health’ of their partnerships with four Victorian cancer organisations. This involved disseminating a Partnership Health Check survey, conducting team interviews, and facilitating a reflection workshop with VACCHO and its participating partners.
Project Timeline: August 2023 – October 2023
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Ngaweeyan Maar-oo Workshop Facilitation
Karabena Consulting was contracted to facilitate the meeting of all members of Victoria’s Closing the Gap Partnership Forum, now named Ngaweeyan Maar-oo, to establish the self-determining priorities and driving implementation action on closing the gap.
Project Timeline: August 2023
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Koondee Woonga-gat Toor-rong (KWT) Impact Assessment Tool and Framework Report
The KWT Fund, recognising the need to centre Indigenous perspectives in its philanthropic efforts, sought to create a grant making impact assessment tool that respects and incorporates these principles.
Project Timeline: August 2022 – August 2023
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EMPHN First Nations Forum
The Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) has made significant strides towards bolstering community representation within its governance and advisory panels.
Project Timeline: June 2023 – August 2023
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Trade Routes 90 Day Global Accelerator Program
Karabena Consulting has long been interested in improving economic outcomes for First Nation’s people across Australia and the world.
Project Timeline: August 2022 – November 2022
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Co-development of Mercy Health Aboriginal Employment Plan 2023-2026
Karabena Consulting was engaged by Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd to lead the co-design of their 2023-2026 Aboriginal Employment Plan.
Project Timeline: September 2022 – June 2023
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Family Preservation and Reunification Response Evaluation
Karabena Consulting was engaged by the Centre for Evaluation and Research Evidence (CERE) to lead a culturally sensitive data collection initiative in the evaluation of the Family Preservation and Reunification Response (the Response) Phase 2 program.
Project Timeline: March 2023 – June 2023
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First Nations Gambling Awareness Program Review
This project aimed to support the First Nations Gambling Awareness Program (FNGAP) to meet the requirements of recommendations made in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (Indigenous) Evaluation Report (2022).
Project Timeline: November 2022 – May 2023
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City of Melbourne Stolen Generations Marker
Karabena Consulting was engaged by the City of Melbourne (COM) to consult with Stolen Generations survivors, their descendants and others impacted by the government policies that led to the Stolen Generations in Victoria.
Project Timeline: January 2023 – May 2023
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Review of Genetics and Genomics Data Security Provisions for the Department of Health and Aged Care
Karabena Consulting was engaged to undertake workshops on Indigenous Data Sovereignty in preparation for stakeholder consultations.
Project Timeline: December 2022 – April 2023
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V/Line Education Review
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’) was requested by V/Line Corporation to conduct a review of the compatibility of its training materials with human rights set out in the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 (VIC) (the Charter).
Project Timeline: January – March 2023
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Strong Culture, Strong Youth: Our Legacy Our Future
Every year, the CTG Campaign prepares a response to the Commonwealth’s Closing the Gap Annual Report, and in late 2022 commissioned Karabena Publishing to write and produce its 2023 Report, which was launched in Sydney on 16 March 2023.
Project Timeline: 1 December 2022 – 8 March 2023
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Cultural Healing Models of Care
This project is part of the larger Cultural Audit project Karabena is undertaking with SVHM to actively improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, patients and their families by improving the cultural safety of the hospital.
Project Timeline: November 2022- February 2023
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