b'BACK TO NAVIGATIONProgress of reconciliation is reflected in the targets set in the Commonwealth Governments 2008, 22 year Closing the Gap agenda. There have been ongoing failures to meet the interim targets. A new national agreement on Closing the Gap was negotiated with Indigenous representatives as a partnership, setting out four priority reforms aimed at changing how governments work in true collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives to address inequities. 1.build and strengthen structures to empower Indigenous people to share decision-making with governments 2.build Indigenous community-controlled sectors to deliver services to support Closing the Gap3.transform mainstream government organisations to improve accountability and better respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples needs and4.improve and share access to data and information to enable Indigenous communities to make informed decisions.Legal Sector ActionThere are many ways law firms can begin a process of reconciliation and begin to build on the five interrelated dimensions of race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity and historical acceptance. These dimensions are used by Reconciliation Australia to measure progress and define outstanding actions. In Australia the legal profession has filled an important role by working in each of these five dimensions to improve reconciliation through; assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Centres direct pro bono services for individuals and groupssecondments of staff to and from firms such as legal centres, land councils and other NGOsmutually beneficial strategic partnerships including coordinating pro bono sponsorships, corporate giving and volunteering Reconciliation Action Plans through Reconciliation Australiadevelopment of Indigenous lawyers through traineeships, scholarships and mentoring National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week activitiesa more diversified supply chain through procurement from Indigenous-owned businesses facilitating structured collaboration programs for reconciliationThe most substantial programs are formal Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) which follow a framework developed and supported by Reconciliation Australia. RAPs embed the principles and purpose of reconciliation in the way organisations function, engage their staff and interact with the community and other organisations. Tailored RAPs are in place in more than 2,200 organisations which reach over 3.9 million employees or students. A further three million belong to clubs or similar groups that also have RAPs. The 2021 RAP Impact Report survey of Stretch and Elevate partners found; 65 per cent of employees in leadership RAP organisations felt reasonably well prepared by their organisation to speak up and confront racially tainted falsehoods, stereotypes or derogatory remarksINITIATIVES Indigenous Business Month 10% Indigenous Literacy Day 15% Supply Nation Membership 23% CareerTrackers participation 38% Volunteering and secondments 41% Affirmative ATSI procurement 44% Scholarships and student mentoring 49% Collaboration for reconciliation 49% Internships and employment 62% Funding and donations 62% Reconciliation Action Plan 67% Cultural awareness training 77% National Reconciliation Week 79% Pro bono support 82% NAIDOC Week 87%Participation 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%59'