Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004 Appendix 31
Goals Indicators
criteria
conservation activities, protected area
as a result of research in the Rila
management etc.;
Monastery NP in the field of
• Organize forms of ecological and cultural
historical and natural sciences.
education;
• Number and type of
advertisement.
• Number and type of actual
attracted customers (research
units, universities, private
business etc.)
6. Partners and Local Communities
The resources and the potential of the Park should be • A mechanism and an annual plan for • Number of stakeholder meetings.
used in consideration of the interests, rights and
responsibilities of the owner and of other stakeholders.
• Implement sustainable environmentally sound
resource use mechanisms in the Park as a tool for its
nature conservation objectives
- hold specialized courses with stakeholders on
non-timber natural resource use, development
and offering of tourist products and services etc;
- employ alternative natural resource use methods
by means of cultivated growing around the park,
higher level of local processing, certification for
environmentally clean products etc.;
• Implement a program for the development and use of
the Rila Monastery NP to potentially satisfy the
economic needs of the owner jointly with local
communities;
- create conditions and give technical assistance
to the owner and to local communities
(consultancy, projects, business plans etc.) to
conduct economic activities in compliance with
the management goals of the Park in
consideration of the effective legislation
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coordination and interaction of
stakeholder Park management activities
are developed and implemented.
Effective partnerships are established
and contracts with different persons and
institutions are carried out to meet Park
objectives.
Forms of alternative resource use are
developed.
The forests in the Park and in the
sustainable forestry zone are certified.
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Number of joint initiatives
organized and conducted by the
partners.
Number of persons and
institutions involved in resource
use related activities and trends.
Number of conflicts between
partners.
Number of people employed in the
Park or in park related activities.
Revenue amounts for the local
communities from activities in, or
related to, the Park (net profit,
turnover).
Number of schools that are
partners of the Park, conducting
annual activities.
Number of cultural institutions that
are partners of the Park and
number of park related events/
activities.
- develop mechanisms and approaches
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan (Draft) – Appendices
2004 - 2013
Measurement and evaluation tools Participants
Nature Park
Directorate, MAF,
regional and local
authorities, users of
resources, schools,
cultural institutions etc.
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