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Title: Towards an integrated and sustainable system for developing and using local community wellbeing indicators: Outcomes of Victorian Community Indicators Project; Overview of Community Indicators Victoria Presentation to ABS Community Indicators Workshop


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Towards an integrated and sustainable system for
developing and using local community wellbeing
indicators Outcomes of Victorian Community
Indicators Project Overview of Community
Indicators VictoriaPresentation to ABS
Community Indicators Workshop Melbourne, 6th
September 2006Professor John WisemanVicHealth
Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and
Social WellbeingSchool of Population Health,
University of Melbourne Further information
www.communityindicators.net.aujwiseman_at_unimelb.ed
u.au
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  • Outcomes of Victorian Community Indicators
    Project
  • Overview of Community Indicators Victoria
  • Implications for integrated, strategic and
    sustainable approaches to the development and use
    of local community wellbeing indicators

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Victorian Community Indicators Project (VCIP)
origins and drivers
  • Learning from local and international community
    indicator projects - integrating and scaling up
  • Victorian Government triple bottom line
    planning and reporting
  • Local government community planning, policy
    making and reporting
  • VicHealth support for measuring local community
    outcomes and strengthening local government
    capacity

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VCIP aim
  • Sustainable Victorian system for developing and
    using local community wellbeing indicators as
    tools for identifying priorities and measuring
    progress
  • Agreed framework of core and locality specific
    wellbeing indicators
  • Sustainable system for collecting and publishing
    local community wellbeing trend data
  • Improved capacity for using community indicators
    to inform and support citizen engagement,
    community planning, policy making and reporting

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VCIP resourcing and governance
  • Resourcing VicHealth, DHS
  • Project Team John Wiseman, Anne Langworthy, Mike
    Salvaris, Hayden Raysmith, Warwick Heine, Neil
    McLean, Jo Pyke
  • Steering and reference groups VicHealth, MAV,
    VLGA, Local Govt., VCOSS, ABS, DPC, DVC, DHS,
    DSE, DOI
  • Partner councils Port Phillip, Wellington,
    Maroondah, Yarra Ranges, Wodonga, Bendigo,
    Hobsons Bay, Surf Coast, Moreland, Knox

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Community wellbeing indicators
  • Are not an end in themselves
  • Are a means to inform and focus action by
    communities and their governments
  • Are part of an integrated approach to citizen
    engagement and community planning
  • Are a measure of community outcomes - not council
    or government performance
  • Include social, economic, environmental, cultural
    and governance trends and outcomes

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VCIP recommendations informed by
  • Australian and international community indicator
    initiatives and lessons
  • Stocktake of Victorian local government community
    plan visions and indicators
  • Consultation forums with local government, State
    government, community sector
  • Feedback through www.communityindicators.net.au
  • Feedback on Discussion Paper Measuring Wellbeing
    Engaging Communities

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VCIP recommendations
  • Importance of establishing and maintaining
  • Sustainable system of local community wellbeing
    indicators
  • Integrated framework of domains, indicators and
    data sets
  • Integrated, reliable, affordable data sources
  • Accessible, regular reporting mechanisms
  • Strong links between indicators, community
    planning and policy
  • Capacity building initiatives to strengthen
    understanding and skills
  • Collaboratively governed, long term
    infrastructure
  • Victorian, Australian and international networks
    - sharing data and learning
  • Measuring Wellbeing Engaging Communities Final
    Report of the Victorian
  • Community Indicators Project www.communityindicat
    ors.net.au

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Importance of sustainable system of community
wellbeing indicators as
  • A policy tool, guiding evidence based planning
    and action to address the issues identified as
    important by communities
  • A democratic tool, for engaging citizens and
    communities in informed discussions about shared
    goals and priorities
  • A reporting tool, tracking and communicating
    progress towards agreed goals and outcomes

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Local community indicator domains
  • Best way(s) of organising and describing
    indicator domains?
  • Balancing advantages of common domains against
    local relevance?
  • Victorian community indicator framework domains
  • Healthy, safe and inclusive communities
  • Dynamic, resilient economies
  • Sustainable built and natural environment
  • Culturally rich and vibrant communities
  • Democratic and engaged communities

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Criteria for choosing local community indicators
  • Measure what is valued
  • Conceptually sound
  • Make sense to citizens and policy makers
  • Relevant at local community level
  • Measurable at local community level
  • Build on and support existing initiatives

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Initial Victorian community indicators framework
  • See Victorian Community Indicator Framework in
    Measuring Wellbeing Engaging Communities Final
    Report of the Victorian Community Indicators
    Project
  • www.communityindicators.net.au

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Integrated, reliable, affordable data sources
  • ABS (eg. Labour Force Survey, Census)
  • Existing government administrative data (eg. Open
    space-Parks Vic Stream condition-DSE)
  • Existing surveys and research initiatives (eg.
    Victorian Population Health Survey, DVC Community
    Strengthening Survey, Australian Early
    Development Index)
  • New Victorian Community Survey

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Victorian Community Survey
  • CATI household survey
  • Sample of 24,000 adults. 300 per LGA.
    Oversampling options.
  • Filling data gaps for reporting on Victorian
    Community Indicators framework
  • Age, gender, employment, household type, parental
    status internet access
  • Existing data sets at LGA level (Self assessed
    health)
  • Integrating questions from current surveys (eg.
    DVC Community Strengthening Survey)
  • New questions and data (eg. impact of lack of
    transport access, active participation in arts
    and cultural activities)
  • Initial survey 2006/2007probably every two years

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Linking data sets and sources
  • Mechanisms for reaching agreement on common data
    sets and sources
  • ABS
  • Commonwealth, State and local governments
  • Community organisations
  • Private sector
  • Universities
  • Common data collection instruments
  • Content
  • Methodology
  • Timing

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Accessible, regular reporting
  • Local (LGA) community wellbeing reports
  • Web site www.communityindicators.net.au
  • Population groups. Women and men young people
    older people NESB Indigenous disability
  • Regional and sub LGA level
  • Audiences
  • Formats

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Linking indicators with community engagement,
planning and policy
  • Engaging citizens in priority setting
  • Informing policy making
  • Informing corporate plans and budgets
  • Reporting on trends and outcomes
  • Bottom up and top down approaches to developing
    and using community indicators?
  • Local, State and Commonwealth Government
    implications and relationships?

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Building capacity to develop and use community
indicators
  • Target groups
  • Local citizens and community groups
  • LG mayors, councillors, staff
  • Public servants, MPs
  • Methods
  • Web site
  • Manuals and tool kits
  • Help desk
  • Short courses Accredited courses, Train the
    Trainer
  • Workshops and conferences
  • Information sharing and learning network(s)?

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Long term platform Community Indicators
Victoria
  • Purpose To support the development and use of
    local community wellbeing indicators as a basis
    for informed and engaged and integrated community
    planning and policy making
  • Objectives
  • Sustainable platform for local community
    indicator data collection, analysis and reporting
  • Capacity building and resource centre
  • Learning and research centre

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Community Indicators Victoria governance
  • Host VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of
    Mental Health and Social Wellbeing, School of
    Population Health, University of Melbourne
  • Collaborating partners ABS, MAV, VLGA, DHS, DVC,
    VCOSS, Victoria University, Swinburne University
  • Reference Group Local and State government
    representatives, community sector, content
    experts
  • Victorian Community Indicators Network?

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VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental
Health and Social WellbeingSchool of Population
Health, University of Melbourne
  • Purpose
  • To create and share knowledge which strengthens
    the foundations of healthy and resilient
    communities, leading to improved mental health
    and wellbeing.
  • Focus
  • Policy research, advocacy and workforce
    development leading to improvements in key
    determinants of community wellbeing
  • Freedom from violence
  • Freedom from discrimination
  • Economic participation and security
  • Social inclusion and connectedness
  • Initial Tasks
  • Evidence Community Wellbeing Indicator Reports
  • Policy Community Wellbeing Policy Reviews
  • Knowledge exchange Communication, Workforce
    development

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Next steps
  • Community Indicators Victoria staff, partners
  • Initial data sharing and resourcing agreements
  • Victorian Community Survey
  • Upgrade web site
  • Initial LGA level reports
  • Sub LGA and population group reports
  • Capacity building
  • Links with community planning and policy making
  • Learning, evaluation and research

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Linking community indicators across Australia -
and internationally
  • Challenges
  • Common domains
  • Common data sets and sources
  • Data sharing protocols
  • Reporting platforms
  • Learning from shared experiences
  • Roles and relationships of key players
  • ABS
  • Commonwealth, State and local governments (COAG)
  • NGOs
  • Universities
  • Private sector
  • International UN, OECD, EU, World Bank

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Towards a workplan
  • What actions are needed to take the next steps
    towards a more integrated, strategic and
    sustainable approach to the development and use
    of local community wellbeing indicators in
    Australia - and internationally?
  • Aims and priorities
  • Organisational mechanisms and relationships
  • Resources
  • Timetable and milestones
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