Australian Intercultural Standards and Index

Abstract

The Australian Intercultural Standards and Index are an integrated set of documents and resources for promoting, implementing and evaluating intercultural practice in local government settings in Australia. They allow local governments to use a common set of criteria to evaluate their services, activities, community facilities, resources and leadership capabilities. They also enable benchmarking against regional, national and international local governments of similar size and cultural diversity. The Australian Intercultural Standards outline the core principles of interculturalism, along with key indicators of best practice, based on international evidence and local social and political conditions. The Australian Intercultural Index is a benchmarking tool derived from the Australian Intercultural Standards for local governments to evaluate and plot their progress towards intercultural practice.