Synopsis Review of the COAG Trials

November 2006

The aim of the COAG Trials, announced in 2002, was to explore new ways for governments to work together and with communities to address the needs of Indigenous Australians. COAG envisaged the lessons learned would be applied more broadly in Indigenous affairs to achieve better outcomes over the longer-term.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  1. Introduction
  2. Context
  3. The trial sites
  4. Brief summary of the purpose and rationale of the trials
  5. Comparability of the evaluations
  6. Themes in the findings of the evaluations
  7. Implications for the future
• Attachment 1: Questions common to the formative evaluations
• Attachment 2: Features of the eight trial sites
• Attachment 3: Summary of the key elements of each COAG trial
• Attachment 4: Purpose and rationale of the COAG trials
• Attachment 5: Evidence, Literature and the framework for the synopsis review
• Attachemnt 6: A differential model for engagement in whole of government exercises
• Attachment 7: Two case studies