The Corangamite Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS) is a high-level blueprint for catchment health. It provides a strategic, integrated framework for natural resource management in the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority’s region and is based around nine landscape systems and 5 natural resource assets themes.

The RCS was approved for release in 2022. This Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan outlines the processes that will be implemented to progressively evaluate implementation
and progress towards desired outcomes to help inform natural resource management in the region.

The RCS is a complex Strategy to deliver by the nature of the temporal and spatial scales, desired outcomes, interventions, multiple players and externalities. Therefore, this MEL plan primarily focuses on the achievement of RCS outcomes and draws evidence from the projects, programs and business as usual activities to determine contribution to the outcomes.
Evaluation also assesses RCS implementation over its life and focuses this at delivery against priority directions.

The evaluation process is guided by several key principles including best practice guidance for evaluative practice, these are:

Apply ethical practices to evaluation

Complement and consolidate existing systems and ensure cost-effective processes

Use practical and objective verification