COM 3.1

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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 3

Code:

Scope of work:

Direction and management of medium sized organisations.

Typical function:

SENIOR MANAGER

Knowledge statement:

Direct the participatory collection and assessment of socio-economic and cultural information.

Knowledge criterion:

Main parameters and indicators used in community assessments (e.g. locations populations cultures rights livelihoods welfare living conditions local traditions and cultural practices indigenous knowledge local forms of governance). Participatory survey and assessment techniques. Potential costs benefits and impacts of survey techniques.

Performance criterion:

Ensuring that a protected area administration has an adequate knowledge and understanding of local and indigenous communities. Working with specialists in community-based research and assessment. Ensuring that information gathering is participatory and respectful of the beliefs and traditions of local and indigenous peoples. Working with local communities to identify and where possible quantify impacts (positive and negative) of a protected area on local communities and of local communities on a protected area.