2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - TNC Noosa_Oyster Project _6_Monthly_Report

Project partners and governance
This Partnership commenced on 25 July 2019 and will run for three years and three months, with the outcomes of the
Partnership to be reviewed in July 2022. The total operating budget is $2.4M, inclusive of $1.2M from The Nature Conservancy
(TNC), which includes $200,000 from the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS), and $1.2M from NSC. In 2021, the
Australian Government-funded national Reef Builder project provided an additional $1.2m to the project, bringing the total
project budget to $3.6m.

Project management is led by TNC in partnership with NSC and the Noosa community (see Figure 2). A Technical Advisory
Committee will oversee scientific and technical aspects of the project and include representatives from TNC, NSC, State
Government, Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners and other experts as required. The governance arrangements for this project are
defined in the Alliance and Funding Agreement between TNC and NSC executed on 25th July 2019.




Figure 2. Project Delivery Team, including Project Sponsors, Technical Advisory Group and Subject Matter Experts.



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