This working paper reflects on Australia’s experience over the last ten years of reform (following the election of Kevin Rudd in 2007 to today) highlighting selected ‘preconditions’ for effective evidence-based policy-making. Sound evidence-to-policy pathways are necessary because it enables governments to make informed decisions to improve community living standards on the basis of the best information available. Utilising case studies the paper highlights six selected inter-related ‘enabling factors’ which support the use of evidence by governments.

On 25th January KSI organized a public knowledge sharing meeting titled "How do You Evaluate a Mental Revolution?”. Fred Carden presented and discussed with the audience a possible framework to evaluate and generate evidence about progress in the changes of attitude and behaviour that are required by President Jokowi's call for a mental revolution across the Indonesian society.

Canberra’s Shine Dome, the venue for the first Australia Indonesia Science Symposium, is a wonderful location to reflect on what has occurred in November, and where KSI is going. It is hard not to agree that the building is itself a statement of innovation, understanding of time, and is befitting of its surroundings and environment.

Bangladesh is one of 11 countries where the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is funding Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) programs.

In the beginning of October, Arnaldo Pellini attended the "Evidence Works 2016: A Global Forum For Government". The event was convened by four organisations, all of which, in different ways, work on the demand and use of evidence in policy making: the Alliance 4 Useful Evidence and NESTA in the UK, and two initiatives from the US, Results for America and Results for All.

Bappenas organized "Bappenas International Conference on Best Development Practice and Policies" in cooperation with nine state universities (Padjadjaran University, Sebelas Maret University, Airlangga University, Brawijaya University, Diponegoro University, University of Indonesia, Sriwijaya University, University of Gadjah Mada, Hasanuddin University) and three civil society organizations (CSOs) which includes Kemitraan, Percik , and Prakarsa, in Bappenas on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015.