User Needs Assessment/ Performance Indicators combined break-out group

IABIN Users Large universe of potential IABIN clients IABIN needs a typology to cluster groups of users and applications Are the intended users the most important users? How do you know?

Performance Indicators IABIN has a challenge in establishing a causal relationship between donor investments and conservation results Project performance indicators are not the same as biodiversity status indicators IABIN’s project performance indicators do not tell anything about IABIN’s impact

Pragmatics Performance Considerations Do IABIN inputs leverage other projects (e.g., the GEF projects involving protected areas?) How can IABIN data holdings be packaged into products relevant to the intended users? expert databases and human networks Can IABIN aggregate across a portfolio of biodiversity projects using status indicators?

Target Users according to PAD operational users, e.g., national park managers subnational users - municipal or provincial authorities national authorities regional or global programs

Examples of IABIN data in operations management effectiveness tracking tools basic biodiversity indicators

Examples of IABIN data at subnational level IABIN ETN has developed a risk assessment tool for Lake Nicaragua and associated watersheds and produced risk assessment maps IABIN ETN has produced a maximum entropy forecasting system for certain invasive species in Belize

Examples of IABIN data at national level NORAD, World Bank funded IABIN ETN to produce Dengue Forecasting system for Nicaragua Potential national products include overlays: Biodiversity and poverty maps Pollinator distributions and protected areas Protected areas and hydropower

IABIN data at regional and global levels A potential data product is the production of an annual state of the environment report for Central America based upon the CCAD biodiversity indicators

Recommendations IABIN needs to test assumptions in PAD of the four classes of users IABIN must track and evaluate its data user through on-line user registration, surveys also track back through the TNs - consult with TNs on how they track users

Recommendations (cont.) IABIN should engage strategic partners as data brokers - e.g. GEF implementing agencies UNEP, UNDP, and the World Bank

Recommendations (cont.) IABIN should produce strong case study materials (case studies, powerpoints) and/or develop new products to demonstrate IABIN applicability across the four user groups Input to Mission statement: IABIN should position itself to become the premier vehicle for evidence-based conservation in the Americas