Is the current budget The available budget is acceptable but could be further improved to fully 2 sufficient? achieve effective management The available budget is sufficient and meets the full management needs of the 3 Ramsar Site Inputs 16. Security of budget There is no secure budget for the Ramsar Site and management is wholly 0 reliant on outside or highly variable funding Is the budget secure? There is very little secure budget and the Ramsar Site could not function 1 adequately without outside funding There is a reasonably secure core budget for regular operation of the Ramsar 2 Site but many innovations and initiatives are reliant on outside funding There is a secure budget for the Ramsar Site and its management needs 3 Inputs 17. Management of Budget management is very poor and significantly undermines effectiveness 0 budget (e.g. late release of budget in financial year) Budget management is poor and constrains effectiveness 1 Is the budget managed Budget management is adequate but could be improved 2 to meet critical Budget management is excellent and meets management needs 3 management needs? Process 18. Equipment There are little or no equipment and facilities for management needs 0 are some equipment and facilities but these are inadequate for most 1 Is equipment management needs sufficient for are equipment and facilities, but still some gaps that constrain 2 management needs? management There are adequate equipment and facilities 3 Input 19. Maintenance of There is little or no maintenance of equipment and facilities 0 equipment is some maintenance of equipment and facilities 1 ad hoc There is basic maintenance of equipment and facilities 2
Is the current budget sufficient? Inputs The available budget is acceptable but could be further improved to fully achieve effective management 2 The available budget is sufficient and meets the full management needs of the Ramsar Site 3 16. Security of budget Is the budget secure? Inputs There is no secure budget for the Ramsar Site and management is wholly reliant on outside or highly variable funding 0 There is very little secure budget and the Ramsar Site could not function adequately without outside funding 1 There is a reasonably secure core budget for regular operation of the Ramsar Site but many innovations and initiatives are reliant on outside funding 2 There is a secure budget for the Ramsar Site and its management needs 3 17. Management of budget Is the budget managed to meet critical management needs? Process Budget management is very poor and significantly undermines effectiveness (e.g. late release of budget in financial year) 0 Budget management is poor and constrains effectiveness 1 Budget management is adequate but could be improved 2 Budget management is excellent and meets management needs 3 18. Equipment Is equipment sufficient for management needs? Input There are little or no equipment and facilities for management needs 0 are some equipment and facilities but these are inadequate for most management needs 1 are equipment and facilities, but still some gaps that constrain management 2 There are adequate equipment and facilities 3 19. Maintenance of equipment There is little or no maintenance of equipment and facilities 0 is some ad hoc maintenance of equipment and facilities 1 There is basic maintenance of equipment and facilities 2
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