The toolkit is an online resource to help Indigenous organisations, communities, nations and individuals build, strengthen and evaluate their governance. The toolkit showcases examples of Indigenous governance in practice, encouraging and enabling different thinking about governance practices and allowing for discussions on how these might be adapted to other organisations, communities or nations. 

Toolkit areas 

1. Understanding Indigenous governance: understand what governance means and why effective governance is important. Learn about the different types of governance: Indigenous, community, corporate and organisational.
2. Your culture: understand the role culture plays as the foundation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance.
3. Assess your governance: assess foundational areas that should be considered before you start building or improving your governance. Learn how to define your group's direction and discuss how to draw on your people, history, internal culture and assets to strengthen your governance.
4. Build your governance: learn how to build or rebuild your governance. Find practical information on choosing a governance model that suits your group's purpose and developing the rules that will govern your group.
5. Your people: learn about the key people who take on governing roles and responsibilities in your group. Get information and ideas on managing relationships and the importance of strong and fair representation.
6. Leadership: get information and ideas about developing and strengthening your leadership. Effective leadership is important for achieving better social, economic and cultural outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
7. Systems and plans: learn about the systems and plans that help your everyday work be effective. Information about developing policies and procedures in key areas, including communication, meetings, decision-making and finance management.
8. Conflict resolution and peacemaking: understand conflicts, disputes and complaints and their common causes within organisations, communities and nations. Find information and practical strategies on developing peacemaking processes.
9. Self-determination: understand conflicts, disputes and complaints and their common causes within organisations, communities and nations. Find information and practical strategies on developing peacemaking processes.