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Urban Research Program www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp
Community & Local Indicators
Geoffrey Woolcock
NatStats08
Melbourne
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Community Indicators – Key Questions
- How can community indicators link to global initiatives?
- How local should local indicators be?
- What are the links between headline or outcome indicators and detailed data need to develop policy responses?
- Is standardisation a necessary objective?
- How might we get long term commitment from key partners - what is the long term value proposition?
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Measuring Social Progress: Policy Context
National debates dominated by economic and some human capital indicators
Limited national agreement on national measures of social wellbeing
Endless debates about social capital not resonating with public policy makers
Evidence (political/policy/research) that the ideas matter and the determinants of wellbeing and prosperity are interdependent
Importance of communities, climate change
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Other Relevant Examples in Australia Australian Unity Wellbeing Index
Social Inclusion measuresOnyx & Bullen Social Capital ScoresCommunity Capacity Building IndicesHealthy Communities, Healthy CitiesChild Friendly Communities/CitiesWACOSS Social Sustainability IndicesIndices of Social Disadvantage (SEIFA, Vinson)
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Community Indicators Queensland (CIQ)
Stakeholder Analysis:
Goals Gain an understanding of the value of the various Community
Wellbeing Indicators to each agency, and those that are important to present on the CIQ website
Gain an understanding of the challenges identified as being associated with providing data to the CIQ website
To ascertain how agencies envisage CIQ best working
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Community Indicators Queensland (CIQ)
Partners
Following a program of briefing sessions and round table meetings, stakeholders actively involved in, development are: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR), Queensland Treasury
Queensland Health
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Communities (including OATSIP)
Arts Queensland
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Local Government Association Queensland & a number of individual Councils from across the state
Queensland Council of Social Services
EIDOS
IBM Ltd
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Community Indicators Queensland (CIQ)
Progress
In 2008, partly supported by internal grant funding, IBM conducted a business and technical analysis and its report details the primary data sources that would populate the CIQ and the technical connections that would facilitate development
A formal Steering Committee, chaired by Professor Ross Homel, and Indicators Working group, chaired by A/Prof Geoff Woolcock, have been established to progress phased development of this statewide initiative, including securing financial sustainability.
For Phase 1, a submission to the Queensland Smart Futures scheme will be made in 2009.
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Utility of Social Capital
Hence, a clear distinction between participation levels, social capital and community functioning.
Getting people participating in a wide range of community activities can lay the foundations for the emergence of SC where SC is identified as social linkages that are functional for getting things done in the community, problems addressed and needs met.
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Who was surveyed?
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Local Govt & Social Capital Action Research Project (LGSCARP) 2002-2004
LGSCARP objectives
1. Identification and documentation of the role, and potential role, of Queensland Local Governments in building communities and building social capital;
2. Provide clear policy direction for Queensland Local Governments to take up or continue undertaking the work of building social capital; and
3. Through undertaking tasks above, continuing to strategically inform Queensland Local Government Corporate Planning Processes.
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SIP Goodna
Doing What We Know We Should: Reflections on the Goodna Service Integration Project (SIP) 2000-2003
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RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
By & Between:· Community Leaders & Members· Elected Representatives· Frontline Staff· Senior Govt. Representatives· Other Similar Projects
Via:· Forums· Targeted Workshops· Shared Projects· Goodna Office That:
· Engages & involves· Harnesses & optimises energy, goodwill & investment· Maximises flexibility & responsiveness· Supports service· integration
LEARNING
By:· Community leaders & members· Regional & Area Managers(& equivalent) from 3 tiers of Govt.· Frontline staff from Govt. & Non-Govt. Agencies
Via:· Graduate Certificate in Social Science (Interprofessional Leadership) UQI· Action research projectseg. School pool & Peace Builder expansion
That:· Builds capacity· Maximises innovation· Builds on best practice
MEASUREMENT & MODELLING
By:· SIP team· Queensland Treasury· Goodna stakeholders
Via:· Measurement of baselines· Negotiation of indicators· Data collection· Place modelling· Causality modelling· Management for outcomes modelling· Action research· External evaluation
That:· Understands the present· Enhances prevention through intervention· Measures outcomes· Drives collaboration· Predicts future outcomes
Respect, trust & co-operation
through renewable relationships & social
structures
VISIONWorking better
together forsustainable community well-being in
Goodna
Encourages stakeholder participation in
identifying & monitoring indicators of community
well-being
Learning supports measurement, modelling & scenario testing that
informs learning
Sustainable community well-being = balance of social, economic & environmental aspects of life DIAGRAM 4
THE GOODNA SERVICE INTEGRATION PROJECT (SIP) – TOOLS
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Doing What We Know We Should: Reflections on the Goodna Service Integration Project (SIP) 2000-2003
Communities for Children NGO Forum, Adelaide, March 1, 2006
Dr Geoffrey Woolcock, The University of Queensland
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John Stuart Mill (1850s)
"Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4809828.stm