Performance Indicators

FAVERO M Y COLABORADORES

Punta del Este

Encuentro; Eighth Meeting of the Advisory Committee; 2014

Acuerdo sobre la Conservación de Albatros y Petreles

MoP4 approved the use and further development of a set of indicators related to bycatch, breeding sites, and status and trends, also considering the development of performance indicators related to capacity building. During AC7 the Advisory Committee noted that the type of indicators proposed offered the opportunity to evaluate both ACAP contributions to the development of relevant capacities within the country, as well as the contributions of individual countries in developing their own capacities. In this paper, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile and New Zealand submit a refined proposal to AC8 giving consideration to Article IV of the Agreement text, which refers to Capacity Development. The following indicators are proposed for the consideration of the Advisory Committee: (1) the number (nature and attendance levels) of meetings, workshops, trainings and other capacity building events where ACAP has assisted technically or financially, and (2) the evolution in the number of meetings, workshops, trainings and other capacity building events since the Party ratified the Agreement. Indicators alone will not enable any evaluation of performance, as these only indicate the behavior of a variable, subject to comparative measurement against certain benchmarks. In the case of the indicators under section 2, it is suggested to estimate relevant actions during the three years pre-ratification by each country of the Agreement in order to offer a baseline or comparative reference for successive three-year periods post-ratification.