What works in Melbourne
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Melbourne
Ask Izzy — Digital Service-Finder for People Experiencing Homelessness is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit service launched in January 2016 that helps people experiencing or at risk of homelessness find nearby housing, food, health and family-violence services; by February 2022 it had logged over 10 million searches with over 10,000 users a month. An independent academic evaluation found the service delivered real benefits but also sometimes showed users ineligible or unavailable services, which eroded trust. The evidence does not quantify outcomes for service-users beyond search volume and usage patterns.
Drawn from: Ask Izzy — Digital Service-Finder for People Experiencing Homelessness · Men's Behaviour Change Programs — Australia's Evaluated but Contested Response to Domestic Violence Perpetrators · Victoria's Men's Behaviour Change Program Network · eSafety Commissioner's Image-Based Abuse Scheme — Australia's Statutory Response to Non-Consensual Intimate Image Sharing & Deepfake Abuse · Australia Post's Machine-Learning Route Planner — Two-Hour Delivery Windows for 500,000 Parcels a Day · ConnectUp — Co-Designed Social-Connection App for People with Disability and Carers · Plan Melbourne's 20-Minute Neighbourhood Pilots — Ambition Outpacing Delivery · Melbourne Connect
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Governance, certification & transferability +20 pts 83 here · 64 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +18 pts 67 here · 48 average
Inclusiveness / equity +16 pts 58 here · 43 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +9 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -8 pts 40 here · 48 average
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Impact on gender equality -14 pts 57 here · 71 average
Efficiency -18 pts 14 here · 33 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 17 here · 37 average
Equity & inclusion -33 pts 17 here · 50 average
Demonstrated reach -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Melbourne. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Ask Izzy — Digital Service-Finder for People Experiencing Homelessness · 92
Victoria's Men's Behaviour Change Program Network · 85
ConnectUp — Co-Designed Social-Connection App for People with Disability and Carers · 76
Plan Melbourne's 20-Minute Neighbourhood Pilots — Ambition Outpacing Delivery · 67
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more