Delivery Strand: Governance
5.4 The Bird Aware Partnership benefits from strong Governance arrangements being in place, with decision makers knowledgeable about the purpose and aims of the Partnership and intent on enabling its ongoing success. Scrutiny provided by the Partnership for South Hampshire further ensures robust processes are upheld and integral to the work of the Partnership. In Footprint Ecology’s review of the Partnership’s first 5 years, it found that Bird Aware Solent was identified as ‘well run, organised and professional’ and that there was a ‘smooth process for mitigation delivery’.
5.5 The Partnership will continue under the existing governance structure for decision making, whilst continuing to make use of a series of specialist knowledge skill sets within the wider Partnership to inform reporting procedures, recommendations and outcomes.
5.6 The Project Board is committed to regular reviews and ongoing evaluation of the Partnership, its workstreams, Team and outputs. The Project Board also takes time to reflect on its leadership and contribution to the work of Bird Aware, in a way that enables the Project Board to remain agile and capable of adapting to changing circumstances.
5.7 In the coming period, the Partnership will also expand its activities and priorities to cover the following: