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according to its core visi<strong>on</strong> and principles, including partnerships between government, civil society<br />
and community organisati<strong>on</strong>s. The government is resp<strong>on</strong>sible for <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> management<br />
of <strong>the</strong> park, but, in additi<strong>on</strong> to financial c<strong>on</strong>straints, government lacks technical expertise in many<br />
required fields. Protected area management in any situati<strong>on</strong> is a complex undertaking, and within <strong>the</strong><br />
BMNP this is compounded by <strong>the</strong> presence of communities living within <strong>the</strong> park and <strong>the</strong> diverse<br />
instituti<strong>on</strong>s and authorities with overlapping resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities across <strong>the</strong> park and wider landscape.<br />
Partnerships are needed to access <strong>the</strong> diverse capacity required for successful management within<br />
such a complex c<strong>on</strong>text. The success of participatory forest management in a number of areas in<br />
Ethiopia has shown that community-government-NGO partnerships can work. In <strong>Bale</strong> success<br />
hinges <strong>on</strong> incorporating internati<strong>on</strong>al partners – both as d<strong>on</strong>or organisati<strong>on</strong>s over <strong>the</strong> l<strong>on</strong>g-term (it<br />
is likely that <strong>Bale</strong> will always need external funding, and its biodiversity and ecosystem service<br />
values are of internati<strong>on</strong>al significance), and as technical partners in <strong>the</strong> medium term, until <strong>the</strong><br />
capacity of nati<strong>on</strong>al civil society is built to play a similar role (i.e. identifying and bringing in new<br />
technical approaches, finding funding for new initiatives or funding gaps, and holding management<br />
authorities accountable for <strong>the</strong>ir acti<strong>on</strong>s).<br />
The General Management Plan for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bale</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park provides a shared<br />
visi<strong>on</strong> and agreed acti<strong>on</strong>s for what needs to be d<strong>on</strong>e to secure <strong>the</strong> l<strong>on</strong>g-term future of <strong>the</strong> park. The<br />
challenge is now in moving from successful planning to effective and efficient implementati<strong>on</strong>. The<br />
keys to success in this process are five-fold: i) an appropriate instituti<strong>on</strong>al framework; ii) improved<br />
participati<strong>on</strong> in decisi<strong>on</strong>-making and management based <strong>on</strong> trust, dialogue and mutual learning; iii)<br />
securing <strong>the</strong> necessary finances and making sure <strong>the</strong>se are used efficiently and transparently; iii)<br />
ensuring that m<strong>on</strong>itoring and evaluati<strong>on</strong> take place with feedback to management, and iv) building<br />
true partnerships based <strong>on</strong> transparency and accountability.<br />
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