Governing the Pandemic: Adaptive Self-Determination as an Indigenous Capability in Australian Organisations ...

In 2020, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and the Australian Indigenous Research Institute (AIGI), in partnership with First Nation partners, commenced a two-year applied research project – The Indigenous Governance of Development: Self-Determination and Success Project – t...

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Main Authors: Smith, Diane, Sutherland, Dale, Drieberg, Lara
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Canberra, ACT: Australian National University, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) 2022
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25911/1qd6-fp48
https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/270253
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Summary:In 2020, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and the Australian Indigenous Research Institute (AIGI), in partnership with First Nation partners, commenced a two-year applied research project – The Indigenous Governance of Development: Self-Determination and Success Project – to explore the ways First Nations in Australia are exercising their collective self-governance to pursue their own development agendas. In the context of the IGD project, we asked ourselves: What impact was the pandemic having on Indigenous nations and their members? How have Indigenous organisations adapted to more effectively govern the impacts of the pandemic on their community members? Are there any common strategic practices and learnings from their combined experiences that could support the disaster resilience of other Indigenous organisations, communities or nations? A survey and follow-up online interviews were carried out with incorporated Indigenous organisations nation-wide. This paper reports on ...