For the most frequent the regional delivery model, half the mentions were made by respondents from NRM regional organisations who were supportive of the way the model was structured, the effectiveness of the NRM regional organisations and the Regional plans. Some NRM local groups and ‘other’ respondents were also in favour of the regional model, with particular emphasis on Regional Landcare Facilitators as beneficial. Very few industry groups mentioned the model as the thing they would not change. According to one stakeholder from an NRM regional organisation Regional delivery structure. This structure allows strategic and targeted on ground delivery across areas despite other organisations capacity, politics in the area, population size or focus of other business and groups. [NRM regional organisation stakeholder] A lot of stakeholders welcomed the multiyear timeframe of the NLP; this was equally frequently mentioned by the two main stakeholder groups, NRM regional organisations and NRM local groups, less frequently by other groups. funding is fantastic. The introduction of a 5-year NLP has been wonderful for the stability of staffing, long-term planning and delivery of well-planned outputs and outcomes. It also reduced the overhead burden by not requiring annual processes. [NRM regional organisation stakeholder] The community and local involvement aspects were mostly popular among state and local government, NRM local groups, Industry and Other groups. Local engagement is vital - never centralise control when so many different areas of this country require different solutions to their local environment parameters. [Industry group stakeholder] Retaining the funding of the NLP, in particular small grants, was a key theme among direct NLP grant recipients and NRM local groups. Other key themes from individual stakeholder groups included MERI plans (NRM regional organisations), and the focus on sustainable agriculture (industry groups). Areas for improvement identified by stakeholders Stakeholders also had the opportunity to identify areas for improvement for specific aspects of the NLP. As in the previous analysis, any mention of positive aspects of the NLP were excluded from this particular analysis as this was covered in another question. Program delivery approach All stakeholder groups had also the opportunity to comment on the NLP program delivery approach (through small grants and regional delivery) and identify areas for improvement. This open-ended question is the one that received the most comments. Out of 916 survey
For the most frequent the regional delivery model, half the mentions were made by respondents from NRM regional organisations who were supportive of the way the model was structured, the effectiveness of the NRM regional organisations and the Regional plans. Some NRM local groups and ‘other’ respondents were also in favour of the regional model, with particular emphasis on Regional Landcare Facilitators as beneficial. Very few industry groups mentioned the model as the thing they would not change. According to one stakeholder from an NRM regional organisation Regional delivery structure. This structure allows strategic and targeted on ground delivery across areas despite other organisations capacity, politics in the area, population size or focus of other business and groups. [NRM regional organisation stakeholder] A lot of stakeholders welcomed the multiyear timeframe of the NLP; this was equally frequently mentioned by the two main stakeholder groups, NRM regional organisations and NRM local groups, less frequently by other groups. funding is fantastic. The introduction of a 5-year NLP has been wonderful for the stability of staffing, long-term planning and delivery of well-planned outputs and outcomes. It also reduced the overhead burden by not requiring annual processes. [NRM regional organisation stakeholder] The community and local involvement aspects were mostly popular among state and local government, NRM local groups, Industry and Other groups. Local engagement is vital - never centralise control when so many different areas of this country require different solutions to their local environment parameters. [Industry group stakeholder] Retaining the funding of the NLP, in particular small grants, was a key theme among direct NLP grant recipients and NRM local groups. Other key themes from individual stakeholder groups included MERI plans (NRM regional organisations), and the focus on sustainable agriculture (industry groups). Areas for improvement identified by stakeholders Stakeholders also had the opportunity to identify areas for improvement for specific aspects of the NLP. As in the previous analysis, any mention of positive aspects of the NLP were excluded from this particular analysis as this was covered in another question. Program delivery approach All stakeholder groups had also the opportunity to comment on the NLP program delivery approach (through small grants and regional delivery) and identify areas for improvement. This open-ended question is the one that received the most comments. Out of 916 survey
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