Award winner spotlight

Evaluation System Award awarded to Evaluation and Insights Team of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

 

Congratulations to the 2025 awards recipients 

 

 

Evaluation System Award awarded to Evaluation and Insights Team of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

NEMA's Evaluation and Insights team has established a practical and customised evaluation system which is now embedded throughout NEMAs policies, program design and delivery.

Indigenous Evaluation Award awarded to Myuma Pty Ltd for Evaluation of Queensland’s Community Justice Groups

The 2021–2023 evaluation of Queensland’s Community Justice Groups (CJGs), was delivered by Myuma Pty Ltd, an Aboriginal-owned social enterprise. The work undertaken over this three-year period is a significant contribution to Indigenous-led evaluation practice in Australia and deserves to be acknowledged for its excellence in both process and impact.

EJA Publication Award awarded to Sandra Nyashaddai Ayoo, Meghan Leeming and Stacy Huff for ‘Meta-evaluation: Validating program evaluation standards through the United Nations Evaluation Quality Assessment’

In their article on evaluation quality assessments, Sandra Ayoo, Meghan Leeming and Stacy R Huff provide important international evidence on the ways that evaluations are assessed based on quality standards..

Public Sector Evaluation Award awarded to ARTD Consultants, Taylor Fry and the NSW Ministry of Health for Towards Zero Suicides Initiatives

ARTD and Taylor Fry, in collaboration with the NSW Ministry of Health, undertook the evaluation of Towards Zero Suicides Initiatives. This was a four-year evaluation of a suite of six of the Towards Zero Suicides initiatives, three delivered through Local Health Districts and three through commissioned community managed organisations.

Emerging New Talent Award awarded to Caitlin Morton

Caitlin has moved up very quickly in the field of evaluation which suggests she is considered to be very capable by those who employ her, moving into leadership roles in a very short period of time within the NSW Department of Education and now Attorney-General's Department.

Evaluation System Award awarded to Evaluation and Insights Team of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

NEMA's Evaluation and Insights team has established a practical and customised evaluation system which is now embedded throughout NEMAs policies, program design and delivery.

Through the team's work, disaster recovery programs are based on a stronger evidence base, have improved theories of change, metrics, and evaluations. The team's preparatory work has enabled rapid application during times of disaster responses. Evaluation findings are also increasingly used through a NEMA Findings Register which has also been showcased by ACE and informed other public service agencies. 


About the Evaluation System Award

This Award recognises the development of an exemplary integrated evaluation system and/or implementation of the evaluation system.

The work should be designed to be sustainable; and be undertaken in partnership with clients or users.

Nominees who have only developed an evaluation system will be considered for this Award. Nominees who can demonstrate excellent development and implementation will be assessed more highly than those who have only developed a system.

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