PPP 4.4

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Competence Level

Category name:

Protected Area Policy Planning and Projects

Category code:

PPP

Category function:

Providing a strategic and rationally planned framework for protected area management.

Competence level:

LEVEL 4

Code:

4

Scope of work:

Direction and management of large organisations.

Typical function:

EXECUTIVE

Knowledge statement:

Coordinate processes for gazetting categorising establishing and modifying protected areas.

Knowledge criterion:

National legislation and regulations for PA proposal and legal designation. International best practice for PA proposal and legal designation. Special requirements for particular types of protected area (e.g. Marine Protected Areas including those beyond the limits of national jurisdiction).

Performance criterion:

Leading the legal gazettement and establishment of protected areas according to national laws and regulations. Applying management categories according to national legislation and IUCN guidance. Leading the process for modifying protected areas according to national laws and regulations. Leading the establishment of regional networks of protected areas and conservation sites (e.g. Natura 2000 sites in the European Union).