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Review of DEC

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Review of the Department of Environment and Conservation (December 2007)

In 2007, the Director General of the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), and the Minister for the Environment; Climate Change, commissioned a review to examine and report on the performance of DEC and make recommendations on program implementation and delivery of services.

Many of the recommendations in the report, dated December 2007, deal with priorities for improving business performance and the integration of the agency’s various sections, branches and divisions.

The department’s response to the review, dated June 2008, includes a response to each of the report’s 80 recommendations. Some of the areas the department will be focussing on include:

  • issues relating to the attraction, retention, training, recognition and support of staff;
  • strengthening information management and the information and communication technology that supports the business of the department;
  • improving the management of risk across the spectrum of DEC’s activities, including the rollout of improved environmental regulation through both regional delivery and strong central standards and support;
  • giving shape and function to the Government’s sustainability agenda and how this is organised within the department;
  • advocating the importance of and continuing to provide high quality environmental protection and conservation to the WA community, clearly articulating what DEC is doing and strengthening our engagement with stakeholders; and
  • putting in place a revised executive management framework for DEC and a strategic planning and management framework for the department’s services.

Download:

icon Response to the review of the Department of Environment and Conservation (June 2008) (247.67 kB) 

icon Review of the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (December 2007) (956.53 kB) 

icon Appendix 1 - Organisation Chart, Current (18.6 kB) 

icon Appendix 2 - Organisation Chart, Option One (19.59 kB) 

icon Appendix 3 - Organisation Chart, Option Two (19.61 kB)