That in the coming review of the CDEP Scheme consideration be given to:

a. Improved mechanisms for the combining of funds from different programs (such as the Aboriginal Enterprise Incentive Scheme and the Enterprise Program) to supplement the capital and recurrent funding of CDEP in order to facilitate greater Aboriginal community control over infrastructural components of projects;

b. The introduction of a mechanism which ensures that CDEP projects are not used as a substitute for the provision of an adequate level of municipal and other social services, unless funds equivalent to those which would have been provided in respect of municipal and social services are provided to supplement the operation of

c. The recognition by the Department of Finance of CDEP as a discrete program with considerable offset savings to the government (in respect of administrative savings from non-payment of Unemployment Benefits), and the automatic provision of the 20% on-cost component--not from the ATSIC existing global allocation;

d. The improved policing of payments under CDEP to ensure that all participants in CDEP receive an income equivalent to Unemployment Benefit regardless of work actually performed, subject to the participants' performance of their obligations under the scheme;

e. Addressing issues of access to income, and meaningful work activities for women participants in CDEP;

f. The enhanced involvement of Aboriginal controlled organisations and resource agencies in the provision of administrative expertise and advice in the operation of

g. Improvements in the financial control systems for CDEP and provision for the training of CDEP managers in the maintenance of financial controls;

h. Initiatives for the development of ATSIC staff training in negotiation and consultation skills, and in cultural sensitivity, in order to improve the effectiveness and minimise the burden of consultation and support provided by ATSIC to communities on CDEP;

i. An improved level of training and planning support for projects, and for the development of medium and long-term plans for CDEP projects which reflect the aspirations of participants for access to mainstream employment opportunities, enterprise development or culturally appropriate work;

j. Increased co-ordination between ATSIC and DEET in respect of the training requirements of both new and ongoing CDEP projects, and in relation to the enterprise development potential of CDEP projects; and

k. The dissemination of information to Aboriginal communities who are on CDEP or who are planning to apply to receive CDEP funds about successful work programs undertaken by other communities under CDEP.