WORKSHOP THEME
National Guidelines for Linking Non-Government Data with National Data Assets for Research and Evaluation
This Workshop brings together key stakeholders to advance the responsible integration of NGO service data with national linked data assets, maximising public benefit through stronger evidence and better outcomes for communities experiencing disadvantage.
To help achieve these aims, we will convene senior leaders from across the NGO, Government, community and research sectors to build consensus on the foundations, guidance, and future implementation of NGO data integration.
Please note attendance to this event is by invitation only.
This interactive workshop will aim to:
Build consensus on the governance foundations, roles, responsibilities, and protections required for NGO data integration
Refine the practical implementation considerations of the draft national guidelines on systematic integration of NGO service data into established national data assets to enable research and evaluation.
Launch demonstration projects that put the Guidelines into practice and showcase the value of linked data systems for collective benefit to the affected communities, NGOs, Governments and the wider Australian society.
Our Sponsors
The Life Course Centre would like to thank our Program Sponsors, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Through their generous support, we are able to bring together a wide range of non-government and not-for-profit organisations, along with policymakers and practitioners, who are committed to developing the effective use of data to help reduce disadvantage in Australia.
What is Data for Policy?
The Life Course Centre’s Data for Policy initiative seeks to shape administrative data access in Australia to improve the lives of those living in social and economic disadvantage. We do this by bringing together relevant stakeholders to share their initiatives, successes and the barriers they face, and we have been doing this since 2014.
Since the inaugural Data for Policy event, several major changes have taken place in the Australian data landscape, including the establishment of the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Tax Office’s A-Life, the NSW Government’s Data Analytics Unit and the collaborative state-based linkage service the Population Health Research Network, amongst many examples.
But more is needed. Large policy initiatives such as Closing the Gap and Stronger Places, Stronger People need to track success, including making the data evidence useful for the community organisations involved. The Life Course Centre’s NGO partners and stakeholders are working towards linkage and analysis of their own data, to measure success and for better planning and delivery of services. And philanthropic organisations are increasingly seeking measures that will demonstrate the effectiveness of their investments.