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training and capacity-building, the forthcoming English
Heritage Training Strategy will provide clear indications
of our priorities. Management and policy priorities
will of course be related to threats and opportunities.
Priorities for these will be found in English Heritage
Regional Plans and guidance for specific repair grant
schemes as appropriate
Some policy-based research programmes have been
outlined by the UK Historic Environment Research
Group (UKHERG - see http://www.heritagelink/docs/
UKHERG research policy.pdf).
External applicants to grants programmes
are in every case strongly advised to follow
grants application guidance and discuss
with relevant English Heritage staff as
appropriate before submitting proposals.
In the case of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability
Fund, for example, projects must also match with
Defra objectives if they are to be considered for
funding support.
Project Development and Management
English Heritage subscribes to the Government’s
recommendations on project development, namely
ROAMEF. This acronym indicates the need for:
clarity of Rationale and Objectives, robust Appraisal
systems, means of Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback
on every project. This principle lies at the heart of
Management of Research Projects in the Historic
Environment (MoRPHE: www.english-heritage.org.
uk/upload/pdf/MoRPHE-Project-Managers-Guide.pdf).
MoRPHE has been adopted for all historic environment
projects undertaken by English Heritage, and from April
1st 2008 its adoption becomes a condition of grant
for the Historic Environment Enabling Programme
and the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. It adopts
and expands the principles previously set out in
Management of Archaeological Projects (MAP2) to
ensure a holistic approach to the historic environment.
Since each project sets out to achieve an objective,
their structure should identify key milestones or targets
to be met during their life-cycle, and specific outcomes
related to the objective concerned. English Heritage
uses the SMART system of target evaluation: Specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
MoRPHE project management
guidance compliance is now a
condition of grant for HEEP and
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