CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support

1. Strong Measures Getting real about outcomes – the ‘what’ & the ‘why’Anthea Fawcett & Suzanah Kuzio CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

2. Why do we need strong measures? CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

3. CDEP Projects – Outcome Measures • CDEP projects deliver CDEP outcomes & diverse social development benefits: • Government, community and investors often want different/competitive outcomes? • What ‘core’ social development outcomes does everyone want, that ‘stick’ • How can you develop outcome measures that support ‘core’ goals & work for your community by helping communicate the diverse benefits of your project? • Benefits may be: • Tangible & readily measurable – eg. volume produce grown, No people trained • Qualitative - attitudes & perceptions – eg. social inclusion, self-confidence • Commercial or semi-commercial – profitable? cost neutral? Covers a good % of costs? delivers social benefits ‘investors’ will invest in to achieve the social benefits • Good Outcome measures include quantitative & qualitative measures – KISS • Need to get real about & communicate key measures & how they inter-relate: • Commercial measures – value for money • Community development measures – Community indicators • CDEP outcomes CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

4. Goals, Outcomes, Outputs & Activities Community Development Outcomes – Core Goals, The Impact! An outcome is a social development benefit that people enjoy from a program, project or other initiative. Different from an output or activity. Making meals is an activity. The number of meals provided by a Healthy Takeaway is an output measure. Improved health & nutritional status are outcomes – common thing people care about! Commercial Outcomes A goal may be a self sustaining enterprise. Core outcomes may be products produced and sold, development of management reporting measures and governance systems. Activities and outputs to get there may be leadership and training courses undertaken. CDEP Outcomes Support community development outcomes, but CDEP Outcomes may be community development activities & outputs – eg. No. Employed, No trained, Training Plans deliv. d Tricky? Focus on a few key KPIS for each key area that relate to CORE social development outcomes that mean something to your community! Record and report on them!.... CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

5. Community development & CDEP • Community development? Processes that involve community members to: • express their needs and aspirations • Identify, talk about, & prioritise options to help meet needs & aspirations - outcomes • provide input into what local projects & capacity building pathways to pursue & how • foster local leadership & organisational capacity building • strengthen existing or build new local Aboriginal organisations - Social Enterprises • Various CD ‘approaches’ – different emphases, bottom up, PAR, PM&E, mainstream planning processes, enterprise & employment, &/or Culture driven. • Who drives? Councils, Health organisations, CDEP organisations, govt agencies & programs, Local Elders, Leaders, Aboriginal organisations – people/process/r’ships! • Key features? Processes that take time, involve cooperation & negotiation, to build trust, relationships & partnerships – incremental, learning cycles & reiteration of them • CD is not social work or one off great projects – but learning & working together to communicate, contribute, & build together - to build & sustain good linked up projects • Linked up projects - STRONG measures, delivers OUTCOMES are CD incubators CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

6. Community Development – involves stakeholders in Action Learning Cycle’s. Measures can help to develop, build and improve the shared ‘story’, & to focus on common ground – build the core outcomes that people care about. How can you involve community members in developing the story & measures for your projects? How do – or can – you link your projects with local CD processes? Quantitative and qualitative data collection points Acknowledgement: Dr Mark MoranPrincipal Policy Advisor, Australia Program, World Vision Australia, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland ,

7. CDEPs ‘wicked’ vital role in CD • Social Enterprises: • Businesses founded on the pursuit of social as well as financial outcomes. Supporting social causes is the prime motivation of a social enterprise; reinvest profits for social benefit; run as a business (governance); maintains income by business activity (not as a charity) and may seek investment from stakeholders (govt, other) who wish to invest in (subsidise) social outcomes. • Your CDEP either is or partners with Social Enterprises eg. Aboriginal Councils. • CDEP projects & assets need transition plans – clear ownership & responsibilities; a clear management home & joint plan with your partner organisations. • Developing & communicating strong measures, together, builds strength overall plans • CDEP’s ‘wicked’ but exciting position: • past & future baggage, policy changes, uncertainty – Strong projects, greater certainty… • Powerful position to access funding & support for capacity building • help communities acquire assets, but you don’t own them – the community does • Community assets need legacy plans - business case & transition plan CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns

12. Community Development Shared Goal – Common Ground for Story & Partnerships THE WHY: Healthy kids & families who can afford & access healthy food they like to eat. CD Strategies – Healthy & Active Lifestyles campaign and local Food Security strategy Measure/s: Child anaemia, failure to thrive rates, diabetes, obesity, heart disease rates. Who responsible –multiple agency partners, with community, integrated strategy • THE WHAT - CDEP contribution to Community Development Strategy & Goals: • Operates community farm in p’ship with Council to sell to local people • Starts Healthy TakeAway Shop & Café Enterprise, build on training projects & assets • Runs a non-accredited CD gardening program for households & the local school

13. THE FARM Goal & Core Outcome Measure/s: To become cost neutral and produce 70% of local F&V for community needs in 3 years – viable Social Enterprise in partnership with Council. What other core measures – to measure NOW and over TIME? HEALTHY TAKEAWAY & CAFÉ Goal & Core Outcome Measure/s: Commercial training kitchen to become hub for Social Enterprise in partnership with Council in 3 years, to transition to community owned entity, to be self sustaining in 5 years. What other core measures – to measure NOW and over TIME? HOUSEHOLD & SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM Goal & Core Outcome Measure/s: Healthy life skills & fun activities for kids to eat well & increase school attendance; Gardening workshops & support for parents & community members to learn skills for home or community gardens. What other core measures – to measure NOW and over TIME?

14. Community Garden Program, West Arnhem Shire, West Arnhem Land. • CDO supports 3 supervisors and provides informal on the job training to all participants. • 3 gardens; 1 supervisor per garden, and as many CDEP participants in each community as interested. • Supervisors are being trained to manage the gardens as businesses by 2012 (post CDEP) • Gardens at Gunbalanya/Oenpelli, Warruwi community on Goulburn Island, 3rd planned for Minjalang community on Croker Island • Each gardens is about 0.8ha • Foods grown include banana, paw paw, sweet potato, sweet corn, watermelon, rockmelon, pumpkin, cucumber and tomato • Produce is grown for sale and consumption within the community - through the community stores and Aged Care Services

15. Gunbalanya/Oenpelli Market Garden- kg produce sold over 18 months to June 2011, ¾ ha (7000m2) . Acknowledgement and thanks to Alex Debono, Community Development Officer, Market Gardens, West Arnhem Shire. Alex estimates approx. ¼ to ½ of above (additional), was taken home by the people working in the garden but not recorded.  This garden is about ¾ ha (7000 m2) and was mostly set up prior to the above data period.  Fencing, irrigation and a banana orchard were already in place.   Upgrades included the irrigation system, building a storage space, planting a wind break and relocation of the banana orchard.  In this period, time was also allocated to training.  2-4 staff worked in the garden daily for approximately 3 hours per day.

16. Discussion/Break out Groups • Your Projects • What are your core goals for them?CD core goals? • How do you share and build the story with your community and Community Development processes that are in your community? • What key measures do you currently keep track of and share? • What could you measure better NOW and track over TIME? • To Sell and Tell your story to the community and investors • Commercial – value for money • Community Development indicators • CDEP Outcomes CDEP Regional Initiatives & Peer Learning Fund Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food & healthy communities Workshop, Cairns