How are sharing of costs, mandate, mutual responsibilities and accountability for results determined?
Since the inception of LMDA, emphasis has been placed on partnership arrangements. For many LLMP funded projects, members of the partner government agencies sit on the project proponent’s Board or Advisory Committee. In the case of zonal boards, which receive a significant portion of LLMP funding, a board member sits on regional LMDA committees. In this way, mandates, goals and mutual responsibilities for projects and regions are discussed and determined as well as project funding. Examples of where partnerships have worked well are numerous. For one pan provincial project, the coordinator stated that some of the real issues of the project would not have been understood without government at the table. Furthermore, the HRCC staff person on the project study committee provided continuous and invaluable input. Several zonal board executive directors gave examples of HRCC previously preparing business plans for a region without consulting with the boards’ members who understood the region
