Or. Admin. R. 695-047-0060 – Evaluation Criteria

Focused Investment Partnership Initiative applications shall be evaluated on:

(1) The extent to which the partnership has the capacity to partner and engage the community within the Initiative geography;
(2) The extent to which the partnership demonstrates an established governance structure and a shared history of collaboratively implementing Conservation Actions and adaptively managing to achieve Conservation Outputs;
(3) The composition of the partnership is appropriate to achieve Ecological Outcomes within the Initiative;
(4) The extent to which the partnership's Theory of Change supports the proposed Initiative and aligns with a Board identified ecological priority;
(5) The extent to which the Conservation Actions and Conservation Outputs described in the proposed Work Plan will make progress toward Ecological Outcomes;
(6) The extent to which the partnership demonstrates a process to track Conservation Outputs that are aligned with Ecological Outcomes; and
(7) The extent to which the allocation of funds across proposed grant types will support the achievement of the proposed Ecological Outcomes and catalyze additional investments.

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