COM 4.3

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Competence Level

Category name:

Local communities and cultures

Category code:

COM

Category function:

Establishing systems of protected area governance and management that address the needs and rights of local communities.

Competence level:

LEVEL 4

Code:

Scope of work:

Direction and management of large organisations.

Typical function:

EXECUTIVE

Knowledge statement:

Institutionalise formal participation of local communities in governance and management of protected areas.

Knowledge criterion:

National policy and legislation regarding governance of PAs and natural resources. Options for and examples of improving and extending governance of PAs. IUCN governance and protected area categories and related guidance.

Performance criterion:

Actively encouraging and enabling appropriate forms of participatory governance of protected areas (e.g. through establishing a range of PA categories and management systems that enable community support and participation formalising mechanisms for participatory governance supporting PA directors to establish participatory governance recognising Community Conserved Areas etc.) Enabling access for PA personnel and local communities to information guidance training and support for improved governance.