Assessing The Effectiveness Of IRG R&D Projects To Deliver Change
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$147,938.00
Summary
Within each IRG project there is always an attempt to address multiple IRG Priorities, particularly a capacity building component. However, what is often missing is an understanding of what impact the project has had and how the capacity building component from each project has led to any discernible change from a participant’s perspective. The IRG through the FRDC have funded two recent projects that were both designed to lead to an up-skilling, and hopefully a call to action in addressing Ind ....Within each IRG project there is always an attempt to address multiple IRG Priorities, particularly a capacity building component. However, what is often missing is an understanding of what impact the project has had and how the capacity building component from each project has led to any discernible change from a participant’s perspective. The IRG through the FRDC have funded two recent projects that were both designed to lead to an up-skilling, and hopefully a call to action in addressing Indigenous participation in fisheries areas. This project seeks to better understand the impacts these projects have made in these areas from the perspective of the project participants. Researchers will collate the experiences of participants through semi-structured interviews and develop resources suitable to communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
Objectives: 1. To undertake a series of semi-structured interviews with participants of two previous FRDC IRG projects 2. To document and collate the experiences of participants from two FRDC IRG projects 3. To develop resources suitable to communicate findings of this project to stakeholders 4. To provide professional capacity building for Indigenous student in project management and research Read moreRead less
Indigenous Branding In The Fishing And Seafood Industry - Economic Creation And Capture
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$100,000.00
Summary
Modern fishery regulations are creating new opportunities for Indigenous people to participate in the whole seafood chain. (see the recent corporate examples noted in the Background Section).
Indigenous people are increasingly the owners of commercial fishing licenses, and the operators of fishery businesses. But in wholesale markets their harvests will have to compete on price per kilogram with every other fishers' product. If they lack business scale or are not productive and comme ....Modern fishery regulations are creating new opportunities for Indigenous people to participate in the whole seafood chain. (see the recent corporate examples noted in the Background Section).
Indigenous people are increasingly the owners of commercial fishing licenses, and the operators of fishery businesses. But in wholesale markets their harvests will have to compete on price per kilogram with every other fishers' product. If they lack business scale or are not productive and commercially agile, their commercial business will not survive.
One option is for Indigenous fishers to offer seafood attributes that are unique and attractive to consumers. If products are differentiated and also branded in unique ways, some end-consumers may value these attributes and be willing to pay higher prices, which flow back to the fisher/owner of the brand. This is the same economic pathway that every other commercial fishing and seafood business pursues.
But does this logic apply to emerging Australian Indigenous brand fisheries? That is the question this project seeks to address. Is there substantive global and local evidence supporting the development of specific commercial Indigenous food brands in any seafood/food market? And if there are commercial branding benefits, can Indigenous fishers/producers actually capture the benefits of the investment they make in such branding, or are they dissipated along the supply chain?
This analysis should be undertaken before further FRDC and other agency or authority funds are committed to R&D or other funding that supports the development of Indigenous seafood brands.
IRG Members considered how best to approach the challenge. Members supported that the Priority 2 (Benefits of an Indigenous brand) should be funded as a project immediately. They agreed a technical analysis of the economic benefit of such a brand should be undertaken via a desktop international audit to capture information on successes and failures using such brands, understanding the whys, the costs, governance involved and if successful where is the benefit captured (at the supplier, middle person or the end point.
Objectives: 1. Identify and engage with Indigenous enterprises that manage seafood brands 2. Draw conclusions re economic impacts of Indigenous food/seafood brands 3. Document and report the economic impacts on and potential for Australian Indigenous food/seafood brands. 4. Document which stages of the supply chain accrue the economic benefit from any branding Read moreRead less
A Structured Systems Approach For Improving Health Promotion Practice For Chronic Diseases In Indigenous Communities
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$666,592.00
Summary
This project will trial a model for continuous improvement, with the aim of assisting health services and community based organisations to improve the services they deliver to promote health and prevent chronic disease in Indigenous communities.
Pandemic Influenza Containment Strategies In Aboriginal Communities: What Is Acceptable And Feasible?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,056,688.00
Summary
Influenza is a serious disease with a much greater impact in Indigenous communities. This project will work with Aboriginal communities in NSW, north Qld and WA on modifying the national pandemic influenza plan to develop control strategies that are acceptable to the culture and circumstances of those communities. A template and acceptable process will then be offered to other Indigenous communities, finally leading to negotiation to modify implementation of pandemic influenza plans.
Resilience In Individuals And Families Coping With The Impacts Of Alcohol Related Injuries In Remote Indigenous Communities: A Program Of Mixed Method Research
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$316,449.00
Summary
Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) implemented by the Queensland Government a decade ago (2002-03), primarily to control alcohol availability in Indigenous communities, are currently under review. AMPs seemed to have a number of positive effects on injury rates related to alcohol use, however a paucity of rigorous data related to injuries is currently available. An in-depth study of alcohol related injury and resilience linked to alcohol injuries in four Indigenous communities will be conducted.
I am a public health researcher investigating improvement of Indigenous primary health care service systems and the social determinants of health for Indigenous Australians.