Tools + Training.
Practical tools and capacity-building support for organisations embedding First Nations governance. Designed for implementation, clarity, and alignment with global standards.
Tools.
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The FNSAF Maturity Assessment provides organisations with a structured way to understand how First Nations rights, interests, and governance are currently recognised and embedded across decision-making, policy, and operations. The assessment is delivered through a structured questionnaire and produces a scored maturity position within the FNSAF scale.
Results are presented with indicative positioning and high-level considerations to support internal reflection, identify gaps and opportunities, and inform next-step decisions. The assessment is designed to create a shared reference point for boards, executives, and teams before deeper engagement or governance change.
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FNA has generated a series of publications, including white papers, explainer documents, and guides, to facilitate professional development.
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FNA supports organisations to establish independent First Nations advisory groups that strengthen governance, decision-making, and accountability. This offering focuses on recruitment, structure, and mandate design, ensuring advisory groups are credible, fit-for-purpose, and embedded within existing governance arrangements.
Advisory groups are established to provide informed, independent input on First Nations rights, interests, and impacts.
*For First Nations professionals interested in being on an advisory group
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FNA provides strategic advisory support to boards, executive teams, and policy leaders navigating First Nations rights, interests, and governance considerations. Engagements are structured, mandate-based, and aligned to organisational authority, ensuring advice is actionable, accountable, and embedded within decision-making processes.
Advisory support is delivered on a project or retainer basis and focuses on governance design, risk and opportunity identification, and alignment with relevant ESG, human rights, and First Nations governance frameworks.
Training.
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This introductory course provides a structured overview of the First Nations Strategic Alignment Framework, including its purpose, scope, and application within organisational and governance contexts. It is designed to establish a shared baseline understanding of how First Nations rights, interests, and governance considerations are assessed and aligned through the framework.
The course supports early orientation and internal alignment and is intended as a precursor to formal assessment or deeper engagement, rather than a substitute for governance or advisory work.
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This course examines what cultural legitimacy means in organisational, governance, and decision-making contexts where First Nations rights and interests are present. It focuses on how legitimacy is established, undermined, or misrepresented through structures, authority, and processes, rather than through surface-level engagement or activity.
The course is designed to build institutional literacy around cultural authority, governance integrity, and accountability, supporting organisations to recognise where legitimacy is required and how it must be embedded to support credible decision-making.
→ Coming soon
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This course provides a governance-focused examination of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its relevance to organisational decision-making, policy, and accountability. It focuses on how First Nations rights and interests intersect with land, operations, risk, and governance structures.
The course is designed for professionals, executives, and board members who require a clear, non-performative understanding of rights holders, obligations, and governance implications, rather than cultural awareness or compliance training.
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This course examines First Nations governance as a structural and institutional system, distinct from engagement activity or stakeholder management. It explores how governance has been disrupted, how accountability failures occur in practice, and what culturally legitimate and durable governance structures require.
The course is designed to support organisations seeking to strengthen governance capability, particularly where First Nations rights and interests intersect with ESG, policy, infrastructure, or long-term decision-making.
→ Coming January 2026
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This course provides a comprehensive, applied examination of the First Nations Strategic Alignment Framework (FNSAF), including its methodology, assessment logic, and use within organisational and advisory contexts. It is designed for professionals and organisations seeking to apply the framework with rigour and consistency.
The course supports deeper capability in interpreting maturity positioning, governance gaps, and alignment considerations and is distinct from advisory or consulting services delivered by FNA.
→ Coming January