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Designer Carrots: The National Market-Based Instruments Forum

October 8, 2008 at 9:45 am · Filed under presentations and tagged: , ,

John Mackenzie from the Collaborative Water Planning Project delivered a presentation at the Designer Carrots: National Market-Based Instruments Forum on the role of social research in the development and delivery of market-based approaches to resource management. John’s presentation highlighted the importance of understanding social drivers, values and aspirations as the basis for enhancing participation in market-based instruments (or MBIs). He also explored established techniques of communication and social marketing for improving the design and delivery of MBIs for the achievement of desired resource condition improvements.

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About Designer Carrots

The Designer Carrots program arose out of the National Market Based Instruments (MBIs) Pilot Program Round Two selection process. During the selection process, the selection advisory panel identified the need for a National MBI Capacity Building Program as they felt additional capacity building was essential to increase the potential for widespread success of well-designed MBIs for natural resource management (NRM).

The $1.2 million national MBI Capacity Building Program, which runs under the banner of Designer Carrots, is developing a number of products to help regional NRM groups and government policy makers build their capacity to better understand and use MBIs as an incentive to encourage land managers to implement best practice NRM.

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National Survey of Water Planners

May 18, 2008 at 12:00 am · Filed under phase two and tagged: , , ,

As part of the Collaborative Water Planning research, we are currently conducting a survey of water planners nationally.

The findings from the survey will be used to inform the development of a tool-kit of current best practices to engage industry, Indigenous and rural communities in water planning, and a proposal for a training and development package.

These products will contribute to water planning nationally by setting guidelines and benchmarks to monitor and evaluate collaboration in water planning and by establishing clear procedures that integrate community preferences into water planning. The products will also contribute to regional water planning by assisting water agencies to improve water planning approaches; by helping to minimise conflicts between parties; by providing models and case studies for good collaboration; by helping develop stronger long-term relationships between stakeholders.

Survey Objectives

· Baseline state and national experience, expectations, issues and capacity gaps for collaborative planning

· Identify training needs and opportunities

· Explore common issues and identify exemplary approaches to public participation in water planning

· Inform the development of national guidelines for public participation in water planning

· Explore potential and need for specific capacity-building interventions for water planners

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