When the Cultural Development Plan is just written, its structure and content can be evaluated against the principles in this Framework, using the following criteria
| 1. | Does it refer to the Council Plan as a guiding document? | Yes/No |
| 2. | Does it respond to or reference other council strategic documents? | Yes/No |
| 3. | Is the Plan based on the values of the local community? | Yes/No |
| 4. | Is it directed towards goals for the whole community as articulated in the Council Plan? | Yes/No |
| 5. | Is it focussed on achievable, measurable outcomes? | Yes/No |
| 6. | Is decision making underpinned by theory/ theories of changes? | Yes/No |
| 7. | Are these theories of change articulated in the Plan? | Yes/No |
| 8. | Is decision-making in the Plan informed by evidence? | Yes/No |
| 9. | Is this evidence documented in the Plan? | Yes/No |
| 10. | Does the Plan state an intention for evaluation to occur during and at the end of the planning cycle? | Yes/No |
| 11. | Does the Plan indicate that future planning will be responsive to evaluation findings in a learning cycle? | Yes/No |
| 12. | Has the Plan been approved by council? | Yes/No |
| Total Yes responses =
Total No responses= |
Scoring your Plan:
Score one point for every Yes, and 0 for every No.
How did you rate?
12: a great score!
8-11: you’re heading in the right direction
5-8: you’re getting some things right
4 or less: some changes are required!
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References
Dunphy, K. & Yazgin, L. (2015). Analysis of Victorian Local Government Cultural Development Plans. Melbourne: Cultural Development Network.
This article provides an analysis of existing Victorian local government cultural development plans against the principles of the Framework.