Elements of Accomplishment Tracking
Accomplishment Tracking involves collecting, managing, and querying data about on-the-ground-projects, as well as having the capacity to generate reports.
What is tracking?
Tracking is a process that involves finding and then following projects in the IWJV that are getting done on the ground and obtaining a description of the project when it is completed. (It is not monitoring, accounting, or evaluating).
What do we track?
The IWJV Accomplishment Tracking program addresses habitat projects (on-the-ground-projects) in the Joint Venture.
Why do we track accomplishments?
- Accomplishment Tracking has broad ramifications to the credibility of JVs and plays a role in annual allocations of Joint Venture funding.
- It is recommended in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Assessment, Recommendation 1d: Improved tracking of habitat accomplishments in many JVs. It is essential that the Plan community knows what was accomplished. Issues to sort out include variation in definitions among partners and JVs, coordination of acreage claims by multiple partners, and responsibility/capacity for aggregating JV-partner accomplishments. This information should be aggregated in a manner that is also useful for biological models.
Benefits of Accomplishment Tracking
- Enables a JV to be accountable for that portion of funding it receives related to habitat projects
- Gathers a multitude of information about habitat projects that can be used in other JV endeavors
- Provides a measure of progress made towards achieving IWJV goals and objectives
Tools for Accomplishment Tracking
- Multiple-integrated databases
- Project leaders list
- Internet accessible interface
- Existing partnerships