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This activity is designed to help individuals, boards and organisations reflect on how decisions are made, identify where responsibilities may overlap and consider whether existing governance systems are supportin...
This topic explores when and why groups might choose to engage external support like an independent evaluator or evaluation organisation It introduces a tool to help groups consider whether external support is nee...
This topic explores what culturally informed or culturally appropriate approaches to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) might look like It provides many examples from First Nations groups in Australia and intern...
In this section, we explore monitoring and evaluation, and consider what Indigenous evaluation approaches might look like We provide examples of different approaches, practical steps for defining evaluation in way...
This topic introduces potential phases of evaluation and explains how they can support effective monitoring and evaluation processes It explores what may be involved at each phase and provides examples of how othe...
In this topic, we explore different reasons why you might evaluate We look at why evaluation is valuable, particularly for Indigenous not-for-profit organisations You will also find examples of why other Indigenou...
This topic introduces Indigenous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) It outlines key distinctions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to M&E and explores different types of evaluation It also prov...
In 2018, the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) developed an Indigenous Evaluation Framework grounded in four key cultural values: “Community is created wherever Native people are Resilient and strength-base...
Community First Development’s Right Way Evaluation centre what they call a Story of Change1Community First Development, Right Way Evaluation: Telling our own stories of change, 2025, 5 They note that many organi...
AIGI Publications
Reading list
On this page you’ll find AIGI-developed articles, reports and other publications.
A Comparative Research Analyses: Final Project Report – Indigenous Governance of Development: Self-Determination and Success Research Project 2019 – 2022 – Morgan Harrington, Jason Field, Diane Smith and Katie Bellchambers (2022)
Aboriginal Community Governance on the Frontlines and Faultlines in the Black Summer Bushfires – Bhiamie Williamson (2022)
Aboriginal People and the 2022 Northern NSW Floods – Bhiamie Williamson (abstract only, forthcoming)
Background Paper for The Indigenous Governance Development Forum: Mapping Current and Future Research and Resource Needs – Diane Smith and Toni Bauman (2014)
Governing the Pandemic: Adaptive Self-Determination as an Indigenous Capability in Australian Organisations – L. Drieberg, D.E. Smith and D. Sutherland (2024)
Indigenous Digital Governance: Principles and Practices for Self-Determination and Equity – D.E. Smith (In Press, Collaborative Governance to Enhance Social Equity: Indigenous Perspectives, edited by Assoc Prof Jason Rivera and Dr Michele Companion, Forthcoming 2024, Routledge, London)
Indigenous Self-governance and ‘Nation’ Building: Considerations for a strategic self-analysis tool – T. Bauman and D. E. Smith (2024)
People, Place and Partnerships: A Model for Reclaiming Indigenous Self-Determined Governance of Development – D.E. Smith and J. Field (forthcoming 2024)
Indigenous ‘Elder’ Organisations: The Role of Resilient Adaptive Governance in Renewal and Longevity – M. McCulloch, L. Drieberg, D.E. Smith and F. Markham (2024)
Developing Governance and Governing Development: International Case Studies of Indigenous Futures – edited by Diane Smith, Alice Wighton, Stephen Cornell and Adam Vai Delaney (2021)
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