Head down... on the Group Plan

Well, we are head down on the Group Plan at the moment. We're making a concerted effort to finish the draft of the Plan in time for the next CEG meeting on 16 June. We've opted not to mini-workshop these but draft them out in line with the Director's Guide.

I've just spent some time on the Monitoring and Evaluation chapter and taken the opportunity to have a close look at Jo Horrocks' capability assessment tool. To be honest, the work that has been done by MCDEM on this front looks pretty good. I think we'll find the tool useful for benchmarking where we are at but also identifying how we conpare to the rest of NZ. One of the things that has stood out for me is the desparate need to get a baseline of preparedness data. Quite how we'll do this is not yet determined but I'm working on it.

Evan has made good progress on the risk profile material and that chapter will be the focus over the next few days. Brendan has been working on recovery and that will be our focus in a few weeks.

I'm also looking at the Triennial Business Plan. Given that we don't want to include outputs on the Group Plan this time round, I've been adding the work projects and activities to the Business Plan as we go. I think our challenge will be developing a sense of urgency in achieving some of these outcomes. Perhaps more on this thought later.