Environmental Education Strategy - Campbelltown City Council ...

Environmental Education Strategy 2009-2012The report will also consider the overall progression and implementation of theStrategy in regards to the priority areas. These documents will also serve as tools todemonstrate to the community the various programs that Council is undertaking. Theannual reporting process will be used to inform the development of the Annual ActionPlans for the following year.3.4.4 Performance IndicatorsThere is a need to critically review both existing and potential new environmentaleducation initiatives to measure their success and effectiveness, and to evaluatetheir “value for money” for Council. This will ensure that Council’s educationprograms strategically address environmental topics and issues in a manner that iseffective and efficient. This will be achieved via the development PerformanceIndicators (PIs) and sub reporting against the PIs.The challenge in developing PIs, is the diverse nature of environmental educationactivities undertaken. This challenge arises because a variety of methods, targetaudiences and topics are addressed by Council in these activities. As such, it isrecognised that flexible guidelines for the development of PIs is most appropriate,rather than a rigid approach.Please refer to the Implementation Plan (Section 4) for PIs that have been developedfor both existing and new environmental education activities. When new programsare developed by Council, relevant PIs will also be developed in an effort to gaugetheir effectiveness.3.4.5 Strategy ReviewAt the conclusion of the timeframe for the Strategy (June 2012), a comprehensivereview of the Strategy will be undertaken in concurrence with the implementation ofthe Local Government integrated planning framework. The review will analyse theeffectiveness of the Strategy in providing a framework for environmental education inthe Campbelltown LGA. It will focus on the individual programs and theireffectiveness, as well as looking at the overall state of the environment in the area,and undertaking a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysisof the strategy in responding to this. The review will then make recommendationsbased upon these findings, in terms of identifying if there is a need to develop asubsequent Strategy and if so, to identify the key issues that it should address.Version 2.03 18/3/10Page 24 of 48