Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) Workshop 2 - Australia ACT government Well-being Impact Assessment - Erin Claire Barrow.pdf

OECD Knowledge Exchange Platform on Well-being Metrics and Policy Practice (KEP): Virtual Workshop 2, 3 October 2024

Integrating multidimensional well-being evidence and principles in policy decision-making tools

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A wellbeing informed
approach to government
The ACT Journey
OECD KEP WORKSHOP
3 October 2024

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How has the ACT Wellbeing Framework
evolved?
Wellbeing to help
shape the business of
government and the
public service
10th Parliamentary and
Governing Agreement
Developedwith the
Canberra community –
over3,000 Canberrans
helped determine the
Domains and
Indicators
Wellbeing Framework
released in March 2020
Wellbeing informs
decision-making/
investment and shapes
performance
measurement
Wellbeing data
dashboard
released April 2021,
updated December 2023

3. Wellbeing in policy
decision-making
in the ACT
Processes
•Cabinet
•Budget
•Early policy development
Tools
•Wellbeing Impact Assessments
Resources and training
•Online toolkit (internal)
•Information sessions
•1:1 support
Evidence base
•Wellbeing data dashboard
•Significant in-progress and upcoming
evidence infrastructure projects

4. Wellbeing Impact Assessments:
Required for cabinet submissions
and budget proposals
Support policy developmentand
decision-making
Help the ACT Government to plan and
make decisions based on a fuller
understanding of how a proposal
will impact the wellbeing of
our people, institutions, and environment
Encourage deep thinking about the
impact of proposals, avoiding a ‘tick and
flick’ assessment
Lend weight to the value of a proposal
for our community
Are a standalonedocument

5. The WIA asks for a
clear articulation of:
The WIA template enables
multiple impacts to be
captured in one document.
It is available online at:
www.act.gov.au/wellbeing/well
being-framework/embedding-
wellbeing
Purpose–why is this proposal put forward?
Impact description–how will the proposal impact
wellbeing? Include positive and negative impacts on
wellbeing.
Who will be impacted –be specific about which
members of the community will be impacted.
Wellbeing domains –which of the 12 wellbeing
domains are most closely aligned with the impacts of
this proposal?
Evidence base –what data and evidence helps us
to understand how this proposal will impact
wellbeing?
Collaboration and engagement –who has been
involved in developing the proposal/will be involved
in delivering it?
Measures of success –how will government know
the proposal has been successful or had an impact
on wellbeing?
Planned evaluation –is there a plan to evaluate this
proposal? If not, why not?

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WIAs as a tool for wellbeing-informed
decision-making
Multidimensionality
•Encourages thinking
across multiple areas
including those not
traditionally linked
•Requires drafters to
consider impacts
outside their portfolio
areas
•Encourages cross-
portfolio collaboration
and engagement in
development and
implementation
Equity and Inclusion
•Recognises that
proposals will impact
different groups in
different ways
•Requires consideration
of how a proposal will
impact the 8 specific
groups identified in the
Framework
•Acknowledges
intersectionality
People-focused
outcomes
•Requires drafters to
consider impacts
across all 12 domains
•In addition to more
traditional measures
such as economic
impacts, this includes
dimensions such as
social connection or
time
Longer timeframes
•Requires drafters to
consider impacts on
future generations,
both positive and
negative

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Wellbeing Impact Assessments (WIAs) for all Budget
proposals
Wellbeing Discussion Groups and review of WIAs
Wellbeing as part of Treasury briefings
Gender responsive budgeting
Wellbeing Budget Priorities
Enhanced community consultation (submissions,
YourSaysurvey, face-to-face)
Incorporating wellbeing into Budget
documentation (incl Wellbeing Budget Statement)
Wellbeing
in Budget
Processes