Raising important questions about the costs of accreditation standards for Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.
This paper was written to showcase the jigsaw puzzle of multiple and different accreditation standards in operation within ACCHS businesses right now. Plus, to highlight the estimated costs any one ACCHS bears in implementing between 2 – 9 different standards and the exponential costs for the ACCHS sector nationally.
Who benefits from the maze of accreditation standards affecting the work of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs)?
This critical question is raised in the article below, which invites ACCOs to participate in research investigating the impacts of accreditation standards on their work. It is by Jenifer Darr, a Yuwi Vanuatu woman and researcher.
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