During 2018–19, the agency will complete a process evaluation of the national strategic plan to identify what areas have worked well, what can be improved and how this will contribute to more effective coordination regarding the plan and prevention of asbestos-related diseases in Australia.

Since the formation of the nationally agreed plan, the agency has been coordinating quarterly national reporting and annual progress reports. This has highlighted extensive action being delivered in all jurisdictions that contribute to preventing asbestos-related diseases. In order to continue to build on this success, it is now time to review the agency’s coordination activities in order to identify areas to refine and improve.

This will be used to inform the next phase of the plan, which will be developed in the first half of the 2018–19 reporting year and endorsed by the Australian Government and states and territories for implementation from 2019 onwards.

Agency program model demonstrating the contribution of short-term outcomes to the elimination of asbestos-related disease in Australia:

national strategic plan evaluation framework