Our capability framework
What you can commission from Karabena Consulting, the areas of work it covers, and the practice that runs underneath all of it.
What you can commission
Consultancy, evaluation, strategy and facilitation
Commissioned work with government, community and industry.
Online and bespoke cultural learning
Five accredited online courses, and curricula built with you and the communities you serve.
Say it Safe and Safely Talk Back
Culturally safe feedback tools, licensed and configurable.
Living Libraries, retreats and Meeting on Country
Immersive programs connecting boards and executives with Aboriginal leaders and organisations, and our retreat space on Country in the Macedon Ranges.
Keynotes, chairing and published resources
Master facilitation, independent chairing of advisory groups, and a published evidence base.
Seven areas of work
Culturally safe health and care systems
We help hospitals, specialist medical colleges and health services become places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are safe, respected and well cared for.
First 1000 Days, early years and families
We design and evaluate life-course models of care that give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children the strongest start, from preconception to two years and beyond.
First Nations evaluation and data sovereignty
We lead Indigenist evaluation and research that is owned by community, governed by culture and useful to decision makers.
Workforce, leadership and the Modern Matriarchy
We grow First Nations workforces and leaders, and help organisations become places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can build careers and lead.
First Nations economy, enterprise and treaty
We position Indigenous business as a methodology for self-determination, and produce original research on the Indigenous economy, procurement and treaty.
Country, environment and planetary health
We bring Country into health, economic and environmental policy.
Justice, healing and safety
We support Aboriginal-led approaches to justice health, family violence prevention, trauma-informed care and fair access to everyday systems.
Eight methods that run through all of it
Cultural determinants of health
Culture, Country, language, kinship and self-determination are treated as the foundations of health and wellbeing, and they shape how we design, measure and report.
Self-determination and cultural governance
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold decision-making authority over the work that affects them, and governance structures reflect cultural authority.
Relational accountability
We are accountable to the relationships our work creates, with community, with Country and with clients, for the life of a project and beyond it.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Communities own and govern data about them, and our projects apply this in practice.
Indigenous evaluation frameworks
Indigenist and First Nations-led evaluation, using yarning and Dadirri, designed with community from the outset.
Coauthoring with Country
Country is recognised as a co-author of knowledge and enterprise.
Indigenous business as methodology
Enterprise itself is a method for community control and self-determination.
Life-course approach
Drawn from First 1000 Days Australia, our work follows families from preconception through childhood to the Elders children become.
Work with us
Our capability statement sets out our credentials, track record and the terms on which we work.
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