A Delivery Plan for the ETWF Strategy

 

Forestry Commission England and Natural England have lead the development of the Delivery Plan (4.8mb PDF), which was launched by Huw Irranca-Davies MP on the 15th of December 2008. The Plan sets out what needs to be done to achieve the five Aims of the Strategy as a national level framework.

It is intended to provide guidance and support for delivery at regional and local levels.  It focuses on;

• building connections between ideas, partners and resources;
• removing barriers to secure benefits more easily;
• targeting resources to where there is need;
• integrating delivery for greater efficiency;
• supporting effective market based approaches.

The opportunities for co-ordination and collaboration are potentially very great indeed.  Many organisations have objectives that resonate with the ETWF Strategy.  By achieving their own organisational objectives these partners can make real and valuable contributions to the ETWF Delivery Plan. A key role for the plan is to show what is being done and who is involved so that partnerships and collaborative approaches can be developed much more easily and be more effective.

The published Delivery Plan is complemented by a more detailed List of Actions (512kb XLS) that records what Forestry Commission England, Natural England and the many national partners involved are actually doing.  Right click and “Save Target As” to download the spreadsheet to your computer.  You must have Microsoft Excel installed to use it but alternatively you can read the contents of the List of Actions spreadsheet as a PDF.

Contributions to the Delivery Plan

It is recognised that many other organisations can and do contribute, but perhaps not at the national level. Indeed, much of this Strategy’s vision can only be achieved through collaboration at national, regional and local levels. Regional Forestry Frameworks and their associated action plans are the appropriate places to hold this level of action. The national Delivery Plan will, therefore, only relate directly to national work. It will however provide a strategic framework for ongoing regional planning and help with decisions about local action on trees, woods and forests.

There will also be opportunities for any contributor to add to or revise the record of actions during the life of the Plan. This will serve as a valuable information based to help Departments and organisations make co-ordinated decisions over where their own resources might be best applied to meet their own objectives as well as contribute to the Trees, Woods and Forest Strategy.