Anne Markiewicz :: Our Projects

Child and Family Well Being

Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the City of Melbourne's Family and Children's Services department (2010).
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for University of Oxford Young Lives Program (2007/8) Development of a program logic, logframe and monitoring and evaluation plan for a 15 year longitudinal study of child poverty in four developing countries of Vietnam, Ethiopia, India and Peru.
Consultations for Victorian Auditor-General's Office with Impact Consulting Group (2006) Consultations with stakeholders, service providers and service users as part of a performance audit undertaken by VAGO of initiatives undertaken by local government aimed at improving access and participation in Early Childhood services. Focus on three mainstream and one Indigenous specific initiative.
Independent Assessment of Reconnect Services, Department of Family and Community Services with ARTD (2005) Independent assessment undertaken of 7 Reconnect services, 5 Victorian based and 2 specialist Indigenous services.
Scoping and Program Design for a Family Support Initiative, Mission Australia (2005)?Scoping and design and an early intervention/prevention family support initiative in the Northern Region of Metropolitan Melbourne, including design of an evaluation framework.
Development of Evaluation Plan for Bethany Community Support (2005) ?Design and development of an evaluation plan for Bethany Community Support including analysis of service performance data, development and aggregation of common tools within programs and production of a document which presents the framework for an annual cycle of evaluation activities.
Evaluation of Court Network at the Children's Court of Victoria (2003)?Evaluation of a pilot program providing support to users of the Melbourne Children's Court, involving key stakeholder interviews with court personnel, legal representatives, Magistrates and volunteers.
Strategic Analysis of the Family Support Program for City of Yarra, Victoria (2003)?Review of the operation of the Family Support Program at the City of Yarra, convening a planning day to consider the findings of the review and develop strategies for the future.
Project Design for Early Intervention Strategy for Anglicare, Victoria (2001) ?Development of an early intervention strategy to augment existing service family support service provision within the agency.
Identification of Service Networks in Families First Initiative Hunter Region, for Department of Community Services, NSW with WestWood Spice (2001). ?An investigation of service networks in the Hunter region of NSW, with the aim of increasing collaboration as part of the Families First Initiative.
Evaluation of Family Support Program in the Western Region of Melbourne, for Western Welfare Alliance, with Success Works (2001). Overview of family support services in the Western Region of Melbourne, identification of directions for the future, strategies for increasing collaboration, and options for providing a continuum of care across the region.
Evaluation of the Strengthening Families Initiative for Department of Human Services Victoria, with WestWood Spice (1999-2001) ?Statewide evaluation of the Strengthening Families programs with an emphasis on formative evaluation by involving the services in an action learning process.

Indigenous Australians

Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for a selection of Aboriginal Sentencing Courts and Conference programs, for Attorney-General's Department as part of the national Evaluation of Indigenous Justice Programs (2010-2011).
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for a selection of Offender Support and Reintegration programs as part of the national Evaluation of Indigenous Justice Programs (2010-2011).
Evaluation of Attorney-General's Department Law and Justice Advocacy Development Program (2008) for Department of Finance & Deregulation, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) Evaluation of a funding program that provided funding for Aboriginal Legal Services to deliver advocacy, law reform and community legal education functions, provided funding for national co-ordination activities and national advisory bodies and supported Indigenous publications. (see http://www.finance.gov.au/oea/publications-and-reports.html).
Design of an Assessment Guide for Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for the Department of Finance & Deregulation, Office of Evaluation and Audit, Indigenous Programs (2008) Design of an assessment guide for review or assessment of M&E Frameworks.
Advisor to the Evaluation of Performance Frameworks for Indigenous Programs, Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) (2007) Provision of advice, guidance, comment and technical input on the evaluation conducted by OEA (IP).
Evaluation of FaCSIA Family Violence Programs, Department of Finance and Administraion, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) (2006/7) Evaluation of FaCSIA funded Indigenous Family Violence Programs entailing methodology development, national stakeholder consultations, site visits and reporting (see http://www.finance.gov.au/oea/docs/FVP-report.pdf ). This evaluation received the Australasian Evaluation Society Indigenous Evaluation Award in 2008 - an award for excellence in evaluation.
Analysis of Service Activity Reporting for Australian Government Funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Services, Department of Health and Aging, with Paul Ban and Associates (2004-2005). A review of the validity and reliability, content, analysis and reporting of Service Activity Reporting data provided annually by Australian Government funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander primary health care services across Australia.
Facilitator, development of an Action Plan for Improving Koori Educational Outcomes in the Greater Shepparton Area, Department for Victorian Communities (2004) ?Facilitation of planning processes involving Aboriginal communities, Commonwealth, State and Local government agencies, and other local stakeholders as part of a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) trial to develop an integrated whole of government approach to overcome longstanding issues with education, training and employment provision and access for Aboriginal communities. Design and facilitation of pre-summit workshops on different stages of the education/employment pathway and final summit to endorse an action plan to address issues.
Evaluation of Koori Mentoring Program for young people at risk of offending for Crime Prevention Victoria, Department of Justice (2002/3). Evaluation of the Hume Koori leadership program, targeting Koori young offenders within the City of Hume, Melbourne.

International Development

Cultural & Linguistic Diversity

Research Outcomes

Young People

Young People: Crime Prevention/Criminality

Young People: Drug and Alcohol Prevention/Treatment

Education & Employment

Family Violence

Health and Mental Health

Aged Care & Disability

Community Capacity Building

Design and delivery of a 5 day training program in the Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for the PNG Economic and Public Sector Program, Papua New Guinea (2010).
Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Evaluation for GRM International (2010) of the Making a Difference Program in the Solomon Islands. Project developing an M&E Framework and structuring an evaluation of a capacity building program for advisers and their counterparts operating within the Solomon Islands.
Review of the Department of Justice Victoria's Responsible Gambling Ministerial Advisory Council (2010) involving extensive stakeholder consultations with members of the Council and its working groups to establish its effectiveness and areas for potential improvement.
Review of Community Development Investments in Preparedness, Emergency Response and Recovery of Victorian Communities Experiencing Bushfire (2009), Department of Planning and Community Development Victoria. Project examining the literature in relation to the role of community development initiatives in disaster management and focus group and interviews held with facilitators from the Community Building Initiative to establish relationships.
Evaluation of Regional Development Victoria Sub-Programs, with Impact Consulting Group (2004-2005). Evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of three funded programs: Stock Over/Underpasses Road Safety Program, Dairy Power Infrastructure Upgrade Program and National Livestock Identification Scheme. This project involved modelling of a collaborative approach to evaluation design and implementation.
Evaluation of the StreetLife Program for Office of Small Business, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (2005). An evaluation of a range of local strategies in regional centres, small towns, metropolitan, commercial and industrial precincts focusing on small business growth and economic development, measuring impacts and outcomes from the program.
Development of Community Action Plan for Wendouree West Community Renewal Project for Grampians Region, Department of Human Services Victoria, with Impact Consulting Group (2002). Development of a Community Action Plan, identifying objectives and tasks for community and professionals to undertake in developing community capacity over a three year period. Emphasis upon consultation processes with residents of Wendouree West.