COM 3.4

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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:

Negotiate and maintain formal agreements with communities.

Knowledge criterion:

Principles and practices of negotiation and participatory decision making. Legal aspects of contracts and agreements. Customary decision making and agreement processes.

Performance criterion:

Participatorily negotiating and agreeing formal agreements (e.g. permit and licensing schemes management and resource use rights limits and quotas boundaries and use zones buffer zones revenue generation and benefit sharing schemes etc.). Recognising traditional rights.