Evaluation and reporting
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The language we use has also changed from the initial terminology in the National Strategy. For a full list of the terminology we use, see our Glossary of terms page.
Governance
First Commonwealth Action Plan governance and oversight will involve:
- the Australian Government
- non-government organisations
- people from the National Strategy’s priority groups.
Implementation governance structure for the First Commonwealth Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021–2024
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The National Office for Child Safety are responsible for leading implementation of the First Commonwealth Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2024, and to coordinate with other work towards the National Strategy’s vision and objectives. Under the monitoring and evaluation process, the National Office for Child Safety feeds items for detailed consideration and collaboration between the officer level working groups, non-government stakeholders including advisory bodies comprising representatives from priority groups and the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.
As part of the National Action Plan Implementation Governance Structure, items for detailed consideration, collaboration, decision and risk vulnerability are passed to the National Strategy Policy Working Group. Items that require decision and risk visibility then feed to the Interdepartmental Executive Group, and finally those items for decision and risk visibility pass to the Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Other Commonwealth Minister’s.
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Monitoring and measuring progress
The Australian Government will be accountable and transparent in how we implement the National Strategy, including its First National Action Plan and First Commonwealth Action Plan.
The main method we will use for assessing our progress will be regular reporting under a monitoring and evaluation framework. The National Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Framework will track progress against short, medium and long-term outcomes. The National Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Framework will work alongside, but not duplicate:
- the Child Abuse Royal Commission Evaluation Framework
- the Australian Government’s Annual Progress Reports into the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission – which focus on child sexual abuse within institutions
- other existing reporting methods.