ANNEX 2
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C2010 Readiness Assessment Questionnaire
The objective of the Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment is to make a quick, public judgment of the progress of each country in taking the basic steps that are necessary if the 2010 commitment is to be met. These basic steps are as follows:
Has a national commitment to achieve the 2010 target been explicitly confirmed?
Although every country has formally made a commitment to achieve the 2010 target in various international fora, it is important for the 2010 process that this commitment has been confirmed publicly by the respective government to a national audience.
Has an assessment been undertaken of the actions that will be necessary to achieve the 2010 target?
If appropriate and effective measures are to be taken, each government needs to undertake a rigorous assessment of the need for action. Ideally this should be a comprehensive, integrated assessment that also extends to the effects on biodiversity outside the country’s borders.
Have the necessary 2010 actions been formulated and adopted?
The importance of specifying the actions that need to be taken in order to meet the 2010 target is not simply that all necessary measures are identified and that it is clearly established how, by whom and by when they should be implemented, but that all relevant stakeholders are actively brought together within the process and mobilised.
Does the country measure the status of progress towards 2010? Does it have biodiversity monitoring and indicators in place?
Results
53 countries were invited to respond. 21 responses to the questionnaire were received from: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
About this page
This document is part of the Countdown 2010 Readiness Assessment 2007. Download the entire study in English or Russian or read the chapters online.
Pan-European Progress Towards Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target
Introduction
Forests and Biodiversity
Agriculture and Biodiversity
The Pan-European Ecological Network
Invasive Alien Species
Financing Biodiversity
Biodiversity Monitoring and Indicators
Public Participation and Awareness
Additional Challenges
Annex 1: Status and trends of 2010 indicators
Annex 2: C2010 Readiness Assessment Questionnaire
Annex 3: Online Survey on the 2010 Biodiversity Target
Annex 4: Recommendations for high nature value farmland
Annex 5: SEBI2010 Indicators
