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The
Strategy Guide
the Clearing-House for the Pan-European Biological and Landscape
Diversity Strategy
Strategy
Monitor
Status and progress towards implementation of the Strategy |
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This Monitor aims at indicating the progress made in implementing
the Strategy. It provides official reviews and assessments as
well as links to independent review and critique.
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Summary
overviews
The following
documents are summaries prepared by the Bureau presidency for reporting
of Strategy activities:
- Summary report
of the 1st Executive Bureau meeting 27-29 November 1996 (MS Word document
STRA-BU (96) 17s)
- Summary report
of the 2nd Executive Bureau meeting 22-23 May 1997 (MS Word Document
STRA-BU (97) 22s)
- Summary report
of the 3rd Executive Bureau meeting 20-21 November 1997
- Summary report
of the 1st Strategy Council meeting 15-17 May 1996
- Summary report
of the 2nd Strategy Council meeting 6-9 April 1998
- Summary of the
Action Theme projects 1997-1998 (MS Word Document)
Evaluation
and Monitor of progress (including a Review and assessment by the Strategy
Council)
Under the Strategy, Chapter 4 specifically refers to
'Review and assessment of the Strategy'. In that chapter it states that
the successful implementation of the Strategy depends on regular review
of progress and will be the occasion for dialogue between the actors involved
in the Strategy. The review procedure is divided into four parts.
- Monitoring of
the extent to which targets are being met
The Action Plans transform the Pan-European Biological and Landscape
Diversity Strategy into tangible results with targets of both a quantitative
and qualitative character. Both types of targets need to be measured
against pre-agreed indicators, and this periodic measurement is the
substance of the monitoring process. The governmental parties adhering
to the Strategy and the private or public actors responsible for its
implementation should adopt a consistent approach for monitoring actual
achievement. To the extent possible, use should be made of existing
indicators and monitoring programmes. The actors should therefore ensure
that projects contain monitoring programmes which identify: specific
parameters to be monitored; methods and time scales; and output specifications.
See also documents :
- Reporting
The review process is institutionally localised in the reporting to
the meetings of the Strategy Council, through regular assemblies of
the governmental parties adhering to the Strategy, where other actors
could assure the operational co-ordination in association with relevant
Convention and Directive Secretariats and Committees, focusing on the
Convention on Biological Diversity, Bern Convention and Habitats Directive.
See documents:
Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy - Progress
of Work 1996-1998 (STRA-CO(98) 3 - E
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Report on the Pan-European Biological and
Landscape Diversity Strategy at the first meeting of the Working Group
of Senior Officials, 29 September 2000, Geneva
The Strategy Guide
- Progress report 13 November 2000
- Updating of
actions
The review process should be the occasion to examine progress or difficulties,
review and amend the Strategy Action Plans, and to initiate new actions.
The Pan-European Strategy text indicates that regular meetings of the
Committees of Ministers, governmental parties adhering to the Strategy
and the private or public actors would facilitate the updating of Action
Plans.
Although the principle
of updating allows flexibility in the means by which to pursue the
objectives of the Strategy, and the specific actions, it must not
be a substitute for the assessment of the Strategy, which should be
a regular opportunity to review the objectives and to redefine the
targets.
- Assessment
Assessment of the effectiveness of the Strategy should take place both
during the course of the regular periods for Action Plans and at the
end of its term of reference, in the latter instance the assessment
acts as a guide for future programmes to maintain and enhance Pan-European
biological and landscape diversity.
The "Environment
for Europe" Conferences of Environment Ministers offers the opportunity
to present the achievements of the Strategy and each of the five year
Action Plans.
The new Work Plan
of PEBLDS states that the Council will work towards quantafiable targets.The
Biodiversity and landscape diversity resolution for the Kyiv conference
is a step in this direction.
Review
and critique
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