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Chapter 1. Goldilocks Data-Finding and Utilizing Data at the Scale of Community Action; Frank Ridzi -- Chapter 2. Community Indicators and Data Driven Decision Making: Complexity of the Challenge and Methodological Strategies; David Abraham -- Chapter 3. The Application of Indicators to Support Long Term Municipal Health Planning and Integrated Planning in Cardinia Shire; Melanie Davern -- Chapter 4. Regional Competitiveness Dashboards: Optimizing Investment & Impact in Greater Minnesota; Matt Schmidt -- Chapter 5. Indicators of Youth Personal Agency; Peg Thomas -- Chapter 6. CRSI (Climate Resilience Screening Index) – Development and Application; Matt Schmidt -- Chapter 7. East Side Health and Well-being Collaborative Community; Teresa Hill -- Chapter 8 -12 - TBD.

Victorian local governments (LGs) are required to develop evidence-based Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans (MPHWPs) that improve health and wellbeing. This study evaluated the implementation of this requirement across 79 LGs. Evidence in 116 documents was categorised by source, issue, and policy specificity. Over 11,000 evidence-occurrences from 200 sources were recorded. More evidence on social determinants was identified than on epidemiology or health behaviours. Most (96%) evidence was descriptive and only 4% supported MPHWP actions. The results suggest the community is an important source of novel interventions, and proposes three related reasons for the dearth of intervention level evidence.

Cities are widely recognised as important settings for promoting health. Nonetheless, making cities more liveable and supportive of health and wellbeing remains a challenge. Decision-makers' capacity to use urban health evidence to create more liveable cities is fundamental to achieving these goals. This paper describes an international partnership designed to build capacity in using liveability indicators aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and social determinants of health, in Bangkok, Thailand. The aim of this paper is to reflect on this partnership and outline factors critical to its success. Partners included the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the UN Global Compact—Cities Programme, the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, and urban scholars based at an Australian university. Numerous critical success factors were identified, including having a bilingual liaison and champion, establishment of two active working groups in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, and incorporating a six-month hand-over period. Other successful outcomes included contextualising liveability for diverse contexts, providing opportunities for reciprocal learning and knowledge exchange, and informing a major Bangkok strategic urban planning initiative. Future partnerships should consider the strategies identified here to maximise the success and longevity of capacity-building partnerships.