NCGS Stakeholder Roles
The capacity in which an agent relates to a site or programme. An agent appears in the graph only as an IRI and a role (ADR-0007).
Fieldworker
A person employed and trained by the implementing partner to make observations.
Funder
The organisation paying for the programme.
Government department
A national or provincial department such as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment or Education.
Implementing partner
The organisation that plans, plants, educates, monitors and reports.
Landowner
The person or body whose agreement is needed before planting.
Learner
A pupil or community member attending an education session.
Monitoring, reporting and verification partner
An organisation appointed by the funder to verify independently of the implementing partner.
Municipality
The local or district municipality in which the site lies.
Nursery
A supplier of tree stock.
Office analyst
A person employed by the implementing partner, enrolled in this role to record a site’s cover or point from the office in the office-analyst observer role (#130).
Owner
A person who looks after trees on their own property, typically a household. An owner holds the property, and so may give the landowner’s agreement to planting as its signatory. Distinct from steward.
Reviewer
A person who validates or verifies artifacts under the standard.
Site manager
The person responsible for the site day to day: a principal, clinic manager or facility head.
Standards body
The organisation that authors and operates the standard.
Steward
A person who looks after trees on property that is not their own, such as a school caretaker.
Supervisor
A person employed by the implementing partner to supervise fieldworkers, enrolled in this role to observe in the supervisor observer role and to restate or override (ADR-0004, ADR-0018).