Develop and implement high quality evaluation plans, which consider ‘what does and will we know whether we have reached success look like?’ ‘how it?’ Through increasing transparency, this should assist policy makers in their decision-making and allow other stakeholders to obtain a picture of the operation of the system at an aggregated level over time. Any future tranches of reforms should be incorporated into the performance monitoring system as they arise, with appropriate measures and data strategies. Reconsider communications in light of stakeholder information needs and preferences Presently, there seems quite high reliance on the ADC website (and perhaps the ITRF) to communicate changes to the anti-dumping system. These means of communication tend to reach stakeholders who are already moderately to heavily involved rather than potential stakeholders who are presently unaware or only marginally engaged. As an example, in relation to reform 4.2, an Anti-Dumping Notice (ADN) was placed on the ADC website about categories of exporters. However not all external stakeholders were aware that this advice existed: There exists a lack of transparency associated with what the ADC categorizes as 'cooperative' and 'non-cooperative' exporter. There exist no published guidelines on this issue, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis. As far as [we are] aware any changes to the guidelines on treatment of parties have not been published. This raises further questions: How frequently are interested stakeholders unaware that pertinent information exists or are unable to find it? How easy is it for them to navigate their way through the ADC website to information that is useful to them? Which stakeholder groups are well-serviced by current communication strategies and which may not be? What potential alternatives are there? What are the strengths and the weaknesses of the current approaches? Might a mini-review of communication strategies and their effectiveness be warranted? Another opportunity for improvement relates to reform 5.1, where the roles of the various agencies should be communicated more clearly and consistently to external stakeholders, with the mutual agreement of all agencies involved.
Develop and implement high quality evaluation plans, which consider ‘what does success look like?’ and ‘how will we know whether we have reached it?’ Through increasing transparency, this should assist policy makers in their decision-making and allow other stakeholders to obtain a picture of the operation of the system at an aggregated level over time. Any future tranches of reforms should be incorporated into the performance monitoring system as they arise, with appropriate measures and data strategies. Reconsider communications in light of stakeholder information needs and preferences Presently, there seems quite high reliance on the ADC website (and perhaps the ITRF) to communicate changes to the anti-dumping system. These means of communication tend to reach stakeholders who are already moderately to heavily involved rather than potential stakeholders who are presently unaware or only marginally engaged. As an example, in relation to reform 4.2, an Anti-Dumping Notice (ADN) was placed on the ADC website about categories of exporters. However not all external stakeholders were aware that this advice existed: There exists a lack of transparency associated with what the ADC categorizes as 'cooperative' and 'non-cooperative' exporter. There exist no published guidelines on this issue, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis. As far as [we are] aware any changes to the guidelines on treatment of parties have not been published. This raises further questions: How frequently are interested stakeholders unaware that pertinent information exists or are unable to find it? How easy is it for them to navigate their way through the ADC website to information that is useful to them? Which stakeholder groups are well-serviced by current communication strategies and which may not be? What potential alternatives are there? What are the strengths and the weaknesses of the current approaches? Might a mini-review of communication strategies and their effectiveness be warranted? Another opportunity for improvement relates to reform 5.1, where the roles of the various agencies should be communicated more clearly and consistently to external stakeholders, with the mutual agreement of all agencies involved.
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