National Action Plan Assessment: Assessing Your Region’s Readiness for Clean Industry Development

The National Action Plan: Regional Assessment Process is designed to help evaluate the conditions required to deliver clean industry projects across regions, sectors, and levels of government. It is structured around a hierarchy of Themes, Categories, and Indicators, known collectively as the Critical Success Criteria.

• Themes represent the top-level conditions that underpin success—such as enabling infrastructure, policy alignment, and community support.
• Categories are sub-areas within each theme, such as water infrastructure, workforce, or federal policy settings.
• Indicators are the specific, measurable criteria used to assess whether each category is ‘ready’ or needs attention.

There are 5 Themes, broken down into 17 Categories, and over 50 Indicators. These indicators define what good looks like and support consistent, evidence-based assessments of regional and sectoral preparedness for clean industry development.

This document (Version 2, March 2026) provides an assessment process for 20 Indicators across 6 Categories and 4 Themes. The remainder will be developed and tested with partners through ongoing collaboration. The high-level themes are:

1. Enabling Infrastructure – Is the necessary infrastructure (energy, transport, water, and communications) in place to support clean industries?
2. Industry Capability and Capacity – Does your region have the industry commitment and skilled workforce to decarbonise?
3. Policy and Governance – Are policies at all levels aligned to attract investment and drive progress?
4. Social Acceptance – Have communities been engaged, and are benefits understood and shared?
5. ‍Financing the Transition – Are funding mechanisms and private sector partnerships in place to support large-scale investment?