Advanced Indigenous Development Approaches

Policy makers and practitioners – whether employed in the public, private, NGO or Indigenous sectors – have realized the importance of taking a developmental approach when tackling challenging problems in Indigenous and other disadvantaged contexts. They are looking for locally-led solutions to complex problems that supplement and strengthen existing service delivery and funding efforts.

Key topics covered in this course include:

• Place-based and locally-led approaches
• Cultural competency in relationships
• Advanced participatory methods
• Strengthening community governance
• Conflict resolution
• Strengths-based and problem-driven approaches
• Gendered analysis
• Political economy stakeholder analysis
• Adaptive program logics and complexity
• Data-driven monitoring and evaluation
• Personal challenges and coping strategies

This course is aligned to several competencies within the Leadership competencies for Queensland framework, in particular those associated with Vision: leads strategically, stimulates ideas and innovation, leads change in complex environments, and makes insightful decisions.

To find out more and to register, visit the ISSR website.