Reef Trust performance evaluations and adaptive management performance indicators, key evaluation questions, and Reef principles will be undertaken in 2018-19. This program evaluations evaluation will be informed by the department’s evaluation policy with Periodic evaluation of the Reef Trust is undertaken a view to assessing the programs overall regularly in the lead-up to identifying the next performance and to inform future delivery of phase of investments. This regular evaluation activities to support the implementation of the Reef provides the opportunity to adaptively manage the 2050 Plan. program continuously improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Reef Trust interventions, and Project evaluations review the appropriateness of the policies which underpin the program. Evaluation of the performance of Reef Trust projects The program undertakes stakeholder consultation in delivering activities and outputs against the three processes in developing successive phases of Reef Trust outcomes is undertaken every six months investment. This includes science, industry, regional and at the end of each project through processes and non-government organisations and landholders established in the Atlas of Living Australia monitoring and includes information on existing and emerging and reporting process . The main purpose gaps and priorities, reflections on past investments of the evaluations is to inform project performance and processes and comments on proposed and improvement evaluations. The Department’s investments. In addition programs are guided by the project managers can draw on these reports to inform and the through its performance measures. the development of successive investment phases of the Reef Trust - particularly to inform adaptive A Reef Trust program evaluation will be management of the Trust to meet evolving issues undertaken against the objective, outcomes, key facing the reef. 9
Reef Trust performance evaluations and adaptive management Reef program evaluations Periodic evaluation of the Reef Trust is undertaken regularly in the lead-up to identifying the next phase of investments. This regular evaluation provides the opportunity to adaptively manage the program continuously improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Reef Trust interventions, and review the appropriateness of the policies which underpin the program. The program undertakes stakeholder consultation processes in developing successive phases of investment. This includes science, industry, regional and non-government organisations and landholders and includes information on existing and emerging gaps and priorities, reflections on past investments and processes and comments on proposed investments. In addition programs are guided by the and the through its performance measures. A Reef Trust program evaluation will be undertaken against the objective, outcomes, key performance indicators, key evaluation questions, and principles will be undertaken in 2018-19. This evaluation will be informed by the department’s evaluation policy with a view to assessing the programs overall performance and to inform future delivery of activities to support the implementation of the Reef 2050 Plan. Project evaluations Evaluation of the performance of Reef Trust projects in delivering activities and outputs against the three Reef Trust outcomes is undertaken every six months and at the end of each project through processes established in the Atlas of Living Australia monitoring and reporting process . The main purpose of the evaluations is to inform project performance and improvement evaluations. The Department’s project managers can draw on these reports to inform the development of successive investment phases of the Reef Trust - particularly to inform adaptive management of the Trust to meet evolving issues facing the reef. 9
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