NSW CAPO's Closing the Gap Workshops

NSW CAPO Government Accountability Workshops 2024


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To prepare for the workshops, please download and read the workshop pack.

To find out what we heard in community workshops during Phase 1, please download and read the Phase 1 Community Engagement Report.

Please note, notes will be taken during the engagements and meetings. These notes may inform the final report.

The final report will name communities and organisations that participated in the project, but will not attribute any specific comments or ideas to any individual or organisation.

Confidential and private information will be stored in files and folders that are password protected.

NSW CAPO is designing options for an Aboriginal-led accountability organisation to monitor the alignment of government policies and programs on Closing the Gap.

This project meets commitments within the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (clause 67) and the 2022-2024 NSW Implementation Plan for Closing the Gap, Priority Reform 3 – Transforming Government Organisations.

As part of designing this accountability organisation, we’re holding two rounds of workshops around NSW to get community’s input.

During the first round last year, we asked for your ideas on the big questions. These ideas helped us come up with some options of what a mechanism could look like.

Based on that input as well as research, and meetings with government and statutory bodies, we've prepared options of Accountability Organisations for your feedback.

To have your say, please register for one of the in-person or online workshops below.

Register to attend a workshop near you:

Online workshops:

Further workshops will be published here as they're available, but you can still have your say!

    • When you fill out a survey to have your say on a Government Accountability Organisation, you'll go into the draw to win a $500 VISA gift card go (open until 30 March).
    • Contact us directly on ctgprojects@alc.org.au or 02 9689 4467.

Background for Closing the Gap

In 2018, 14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations wrote a letter to the Prime Minister calling for a new strategy for Closing the Gap in full partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This new approach, formalised in the 2020 National Agreement on Closing the Gap, is a commitment to a new way of working, where governments work in partnership with Aboriginal community controlled organisations to achieve meaningful change.

This Agreement is based around four Priority Reforms that fundamentally change how governments work with Aboriginal Communities and commits to achieve 17 Socio-Economic Outcomes that cover areas including health, education, justice, families, housing, land and water, languages and culture, and digital inclusion. In NSW, we have an additional Priority Reform about Economic Prosperity.

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Recent News

Release of Priority Reform 1.3 Report of Preliminary Findings,  January 31 2024  

NSW CAPO is excited to announce the release of its preliminary findings into funding required for effective partnerships between ACCOs and governments.

The Priority Reform 1.3 Report summarises key findings from research, consultation and engagement activities undertaken across the first stage of a larger project.

Insights gathered will shape a budget and disbursement model, addressing funding deficiencies to support ACCOs’ participation in future partnerships.

We welcome you to download your copy here: PR1.3 Report of Preliminary Findings

We've also prepared a Quick Read into the Report - available here PR1.3 Report Quick Read.

NSW Implementation Plan 2022-2024

The NSW Implementation Plan for 2022-24 was announced in August at the Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Legal Service. This plan outlines the policies, programs, and reforms that we will be implementing over the next two years to advance Closing the Gap in NSW.

The commitments in this NSW Implementation Plan were designed in partnership between NSW CAPO and the NSW Government and this plan builds on the first, baseline Implementation Plan that was released in 2021.

The plan addresses our commitments under each of the five Priority Reforms and the 17 Socio-Economic Outcomes, totalling 144 initiatives that we will be implementing over the next two years.

We have also produced a summary Implementation Plan that provides an overview of the commitments in the Implementation Plan. These are available at the top of the website.

Focus Areas - Socio-Economic Outcomes

The 17 socio-economic outcomes have been identified in focus areas that include education, employment, health and wellbeing, justice, safety, housing, land and waters, and languages.

The Engagement Sessions group these reforms and outcomes into 13 focus areas that you can attend.


Register below for Updates on NSW CAPO and Closing the Gap


NSW CAPO and NSW Government are the New South Wales signatories to the Closing the Gap National Partnership Agreement and work in partnership with other organisations and agencies on Closing the Gap across the state.