Caring for our Country

Monitoring & evaluation

MERI for Caring for our Country

An important part of the Caring for our Country initiative is the commitment to establishing simple, efficient, reliable and cost-effective mechanisms for measuring and reporting on outcomes from Caring for our Country investment.

The monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement (MERI) of Caring for our Country is a fundamental part of the investment process and has been planned for in the design of programs and their projects in line with the NRM MERI Framework.

The Australian Government is taking a strategic approach to measuring achievements of Caring for our Country investment, and this will occur through a MERI strategy.

The key challenges are:

The MERI Strategy

Measuring and reporting on Caring for Our Country outcomes, and learning from what we do, will occur through a MERI strategy. The strategy will be released mid-2009 after consultation with stakeholders.

The strategy has four components:

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