Summary of Good Practice Recommendations

Organisations have a responsibility to:

• allocate staff, budget and resources for equitable application and selection processes

• consult under-represented groups on the organisation's application and selection processes

• advertise opportunities through diverse networks

• provide program and application information in plain language statements accessible to screen readers, Auslan interpreted videos, and where possible, Easy English versions of information forms

• provide options for flexible application formats, on request, including emailed applications, video submissions, and, where feasible, Auslan video submissions to be translated by the organisation

• offer application support, such as information sessions, mentoring, workshops and flexible deadlines

• ensure the selection panel includes people with diverse practices and lived experiences

• engage decision-makers with lived experience to make decisions on related opportunities, e.g. First Nations decision-makers for a First Nations opportunity

• pay decision-makers and consultants

• provide training and support to decision-makers, including in equity, unconscious bias, conflicts of interests and microaggressions

• discuss and acknowledge power imbalances on the selection panel; agree to hold each other to account

• create a safe space in the panel room for honest discussion

• make assessment criteria, definitions of merit and scoring processes transparent and available to applicants

• provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants

• solicit and respond to feedback from a diverse array of artists about barriers in existing application processes

• monitor and evaluate the application process over time and track progress towards increased diversity of successful applicants

Artists have a responsibility to:

• apply for opportunities in good faith

• respect the privacy of members of selection panels