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PUCM Update 2009

PUCM Update 2009. An Update on LGA & RMA Outcome Evaluation and PUCM Publications. The Planning Under Cooperative Mandates Research Programme was undertaken from 1993-2009.

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PUCM Update 2009

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  1. PUCM Update 2009 An Update on LGA & RMA Outcome Evaluation and PUCM Publications

  2. The Planning Under Cooperative Mandates Research Programme was undertaken from 1993-2009. • Focus was on understanding the implications of the RMA and LGA, their impacts on local government and the resulting outcomes on both organisations’ and the environment. • With a view to improving governance and planning practice.

  3. First aspects of research involved assessments of the quality of plans produced under the RMA and LGA’s • Second aspect evaluated the implementation of these plans • Final aspect evaluated the environmental outcomes. • Key areas studied included: outcomes for Maori; stormwater management; built heritage and urban amenity; but methods and conclusion applicable to much wider range of matters.

  4. Publications have been produced on each phase and these can be viewed or ordered from the PUCM website • www.waikato.ac.nz/igici/pucm

  5. Publications From the PUCM Programme New!Community Outcomes Evaluation (COE) Methodology (PUCM LGA Report 5/6) (Kouwenhoven, P., Mason, G. and Leonard, L.), June 2009 New!Choosing Community-based Indicators to Monitor and Report Progress Towards Community Outcomes (Johnston, K. and Memon, A.), Hamilton: IGCI, PUCM LGA Report 4, April 2008New!Institutional Barriers to Developing Community Indicators in New Zealand: a Preliminary Assessment by Ali Memon and Karen Johnston (Society and Design Division Lincoln University Canterbury, New Zealand) New!Developing Community Outcomes for LTCCP (PowerPoint) by Lorraine Leonard (University of Waikato) and Professor Ali Memon (Lincoln University) New!Choosing Community-based Indicators to Monitor and Report Progress Towards Community Outcomes (PowerPoint) by Karen Johnston (Researcher) and Prof Ali Memon (Lincoln University) New!Evaluating the effectiveness of district and regional plans prepared under the resource management act, Planning Practice Guide 4 (Day P., Mason G., Crawford J., Kouwenhoven P., ) (2009)New! A systems approach to evaluating the achievement of community outcomes, Planning Practice Guide 5 (Kouwenhoven P.), (2009) (NO LINK YET….Contact IGCI for a copy) Community Outcome Processes as a Forum for Community Governance (Leonard, L. and Memon, A.), Hamilton: IGCI, PUCM LGA Report 3, January 2008.

  6. Evaluating Effectiveness of District and Regional Plans • Requires three phase approach to determine: • 1 Internal consistency of plans (i.e. are they capable of delivering outcomes), if so… • 2 Check implementation of plan provisions (i.e. were methods applied, and to what extent), if so… • 3 Assess environmental outcomes on the ground (requires understanding of environmental system, good data, and sound reference points). Complexity lies with selecting indicators that can discriminate between influence of plan-induced activities and others.

  7. Community Plan Outcome Evaluations

  8. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY OUTCOME EVLUATIONS… • Applying a systems approach provides a disciplined framework for understanding cause and effect relationships (theoretically and as perceived by stakeholders) between activities in plans and community outcomes. Models of the system are ideally built with stakeholder participation which fosters greater ownership of the outcomes by the community. • It is recommended that robust and affordable computer systems models (e.g Rapid Assessment Programme – RAP) be used to overcome the lack of monitoring information available for outcome monitoring.

  9. Contact Details: • The International Global Change InstituteUniversity of WaikatoPrivate Bag 3105, HamiltonPhone: +64 7 858 5628 / Fax: +64 7 858 5689E-mail: pucm@waikato.ac.nzhttp://www.waikato.ac.nz/igci/ • Maxine Day

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