Identify activities contributing to MEA implementation
After a preliminary assessment by the researcher, a workshop with the PA management is being held. The length is dependent on the number of MEAs as well as the number of active discussants. Tables were already prepared with implementation steps known to the researcher and drafts for recommendations. The content of the tables, as well as missing information, were discussed in detail. Discussion should take place in a spirit of openness and trust. The discussants from the PA management should be aware that results might be published (if planned).
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Engaged PA-managers can make a difference, but continued evaluation is necessary to ensure that recommendations developed are fully implemented.
• In case of transboundary PAs, all management authorities should be involved in those aspects and issues of a Convention Check that require transboundary cooperation in their later implementation.
• In case of multilevel-governance systems, some recommendations are developed that can only be implemented at other levels than the PA management agency. In case these levels are not involved in the implementation of a Convention-Check, they can be quite reluctant to implement the recommendations developed if these levels were not participating in the development.
• However, sometimes it is better to just implement a Convention Check as when higher levels would get informed about the planned Check in advance, they might intervene which can lead to its non-implementation.