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GROUP |
METHOD APPLIED |
NUMBER INITIALLY FORECAST |
NUMBER OF INDVIDUALS CONTACTED |
NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OPSC/OPG/EC Board |
interview |
4 |
4 |
3 |
EC staff and |
interview |
15 |
28 |
22 |
Signatory partners |
interview |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Industry |
interview |
10 |
X13 |
0 |
First Nations |
interview |
15 |
17 |
7 |
Local government |
survey |
30 |
|
Changed to 8 |
Local government |
interview |
15 |
15 |
8 |
ENGO |
interview |
|
5 |
|
ENGO |
survey |
20 |
|
Changed to 5 |
Project partners and |
focus |
50 |
14 |
10 |
Project Team Leads |
survey |
35 |
27 |
19 |
Due to the lack of accessible, accurate and readily available contact information to develop the needed samples for all of the proposed methodologies, Elevate Consulting had difficulty in drawing sufficient numbers of stakeholders. As a result, some initially planned survey and focus group instruments could not be validly undertaken or were constrained in their size. In practice though, numerous obstacles were encountered in attempting to develop cohorts of local government, non-governmental, and industry respondents for interviews, survey samples and focus group participants. Furthermore, the Management Information System does not collect or report on any contact information for partners. Hence these cohorts must be developed by referral from PTLs, as they are the only owners of such information. Adding to this, responses to voicemails and emails were extremely slow. All combined, this resulted in a significant amount of time being spent in attempting to contact respondents and in seeking such referrals.
Much of the information provided in support of the evaluation was out of date or inaccurate. This was particularly evident with the Management Information System. In particular, a significantly lower number of "distinct" PTLs with completed or ongoing projects was encountered. Despite an initial identification of well over a hundred names listed as PTLs, there were actually fewer than 35. This discrepancy meant that the proposed sample frames for surveys, interviews and focus groups, as well as referrals to local government, First Nations, and non-governmental respondents, would not work as planned. Only 19 PTL survey completions were obtained from a targeted number of 30. Further, the low number of referrals from PTLs did not allow for some methodologies to be carried out. The surveys for local government and environmental non-governmental organizations, while successfully deployed, yielded only five and four completions, respectively-an insufficient number from which to draw any valid and reliable findings. The results of these two surveys have not, therefore, been included in this report. In addition, the low number of referrals also did not allow for the targeted number of interviews for local government representatives, non-governmental organizations, and industry to be completed. Indeed, not one industry contact could be identified for an interview. At the project's outset, there was a plan to hold 5 focus groups involving some 50 delivery partners; however, the lack of participants narrowed the focus group to just one with 10 in attendance.
13 No interviewees were identified by EC (GBCO) or by the PTLs