Principles and enablers

Learn and iterate

We will leave room for growth, reflection and change through our fund administration and Accountability Framework and evaluation approach, adapting the approach and our resource allocation based on ongoing evaluation and Community feedback.

Build on early momentum and engagement

We will maintain the meaningful connections established during the co-design process, ensuring Communities remain engaged through key milestones, starting with initiatives that seize immediate opportunities and build momentum.

Focus on core, impactful priorities

We will prioritise bold, trust-based initiatives identified by Community as critical for success and invest more in doing fewer things at a larger, sustained scale.

Set up for success

We will reduce the implementation burden on services and Communities by providing adequate resources, allowing for administration and reporting overheads, building capacity, being flexible and ensuring funding is secure and long-term.

Create coherence

Our actions will align with OECD programs and reforms, as well as national, state and local strategies and frameworks (including the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the South Australian Closing the Gap Implementation Plan, the Early Childhood Care and Development Policy Partnership and the Early Childhood Care and Development Sector Strengthening Plan), to ensure a coordinated approach.

Aboriginal leadership

Aboriginal people must be at the table, shaping the design and delivery of programs that affect Aboriginal children and Communities.

Shared decision-making

We commit to genuine co-design and governance processes based on trust, transparency and shared decision-making and accountability.

Embedding Cultural ways of knowing, being and doing

We will uphold and reflect Aboriginal values, connection to Country, kinship and Community in all our work.

Ongoing investment aligned to agreed outcomes

Sustained, flexible funding and ongoing commitment to initiatives is critical to enable ACCOs and other Community services to focus on long-term impact.

Transparent,
Aboriginal-informed accountability
frameworks

Our Accountability Framework establishes clear accountability to Aboriginal Communities, ensuring our measures of success are meaningful, transparent and drive continuous improvement.

Robust governance and Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Community self-determination will be embedded in local initiatives and the principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty reflected in our Accountability Framework and evaluation approach.