COM 3.7

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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:

Promote and support the cultural identity and traditional knowledge and practices of local communities.

Knowledge criterion:

Culture and cultural practices of local communities. Traditional beliefs and concepts of local communities. Sensitivities of local communities with respect to traditional knowledge.

Performance criterion:

Acknowledging and making use of traditional knowledge experience forms of management and decision making and other intangible heritage. Proactively encouraging and supporting local traditional practices compatible with PA objectives (e.g. architectural styles languages. handicrafts land and resource management practices cultural events).