Elements and Performance Criteria
- Review existing information
- Identify dimensions of issues
- Form panels and groups to support process
- Key stakeholder groups are approached to obtain views on consultative structures and processes.
- Panels and groups are formed to cater for input of stakeholder information and views, and to obtain assistance on plan development.
- Structure of panels and groups is developed to allow diversity and to promote involvement, ownership and co-operation between stakeholder groups.
- Coordinate the collection of data
- Data collection and surveys on regional factors and issues is coordinated to provide information for the planning process.
- Inherent or stable and dynamic data is identified to ensure plan is developed on sound information basis.
- Rules and relationships between various data sets are developed where required for loading into a database.
- Specialists are sourced to process data for reporting to planning process.
- Arrangements are made for data to be recorded in a database where appropriate for further processing and reporting.
- Data collection and recording is managed within budgetary constraints.
- Coordinate the development of goals and strategies
- The development of goals and strategies is coordinated through the use of technical advice, panels and groups.
- Sources of appropriate technical advice are identified.
- Technical advice is obtained on issues at regional and local levels for integration into goals and strategies.
- Technical advice is provided to groups and panels in appropriate terms to assist in the development of goals and strategies.
- Panels and groups are facilitated to provide suggestion for goals and strategies, and to comment progressively on their formulation at a regional level.
- Original scope and basis for planning process are reviewed at major developmental stages to determine their ongoing validity.
- Coordinate the preparation of a draft plan
- Preparation of draft plan is coordinated using technical and stakeholder input to cater for range of natural resource management issues within economic, industry and social contexts.
- Personnel are coordinated to structure the draft plan to comply with legislative, program and enterprise requirements.
- Draft plan includes goals, strategies and achievable and measurable outcomes that reflect prior consultation and technical advice.
- Draft plan is submitted to enterprise editing, review and approval processes required before public comment.
- Plan consultations
- Consultations are planned to ensure all stakeholders have the opportunity to comment.
- Formal consultations are recorded for use in revisions, and for reporting according to legislative, program and enterprise requirements.
- Consultations are organised to include Indigenous cultural heritage as applicable.
- Coordinate the revision of the plan to reflect consultations
- Revision of draft plan is coordinated to reflect consultation comments within the parameters allowed in legislative, program and enterprise requirements.
- Technical advice is obtained to develop an appropriate response to consultation comments.
- Revised plan is submitted to enterprise editing, review and approval processes required before final approval.
- Revised plan is submitted to regional planning group(s) before final approval.
- Submit plan for approval/endorsement