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Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report
SECTION E. DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABILITY MONITORING PLAN
[See Toolkit 2.4.3 and 2.6.1]
Discuss stakeholders’ ideas on monitoring sustainable development indicators. Do people
have ideas on how this could be done in a cost effective way? Are there ways in which
stakeholders can participate in monitoring?
The stakeholders considered successful monitoring of the indicators to be based on an elaborate
plan that should be initiated by the stakeholders and coordinated by the implementing organization
but with great input and chance for participation for the community.
The participants developed the following acronym ‘FORRIC’ (Fair, Open and Transparent, Relevant,
Responsive, Inclusive and Credible) to be guiding line for their participation.
1. Fair
The stakeholders considered the need for a fair and non partial exercise that included all members
of society without special preference for any religion, region, clan or any other preference, unless as
may be warranted by prevailing and agreed upon special cases. The stakeholders who included the
administration and local political leadership offered an extended platform for enhancing fairness by
ensuring that all groups are brought on board. The project implementers should avoid bias.
2. Open and transparent
The stakeholders attached success to depend on how open and transparent the exercise is and how
the community will perceive it to be. The two elements were distinctly separated. The first one taking
the measures that will be taken to achieve transparency and openness, the following was agreed
upon; 1. All steps should be explained and understood 2. All activities should be well publicized and
documented.
To ensure the public perception is positive it was agreed that the public should be great chance to
publicize the project and participate as well as awareness creation in all forums and sectors.
3. Relevant
It was discussed that all activities, steps and forums should be focus on the main issue. It was
observed that the public and the implementing agency Tembea have a role to play in maintaining
the project on focus. It was stated that to achieve this all through the project duration stakeholders
need to focus on issues that matter. It was observed that as the process goes on clear indicators will
be designed to report on achievement.
4. Responsive
The stakeholders held the view that it will be important to observe and evaluate how the inputs and
requirements of the stakeholders were received, discussed, decided upon, and mainstreamed and
feedback.
Gold Standard Passport version 2.1 July 2009
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