Evaluation of the Red List Consortium

Universalia was mandated by the IUCN to assess the effectiveness of the consortium created to manage the Red List Program (comprised of the Species Survival Commission, Conservation International, Bird Life International and Nature Service) and to develop a framework for evaluating partnerships. The specific objectives of the Review were to: 1) To assess the extent to which the rationale for the Consortium is still valid; 2) To assess the extent to which the organizational arrangements, management and governance of the Consortium are effective and still appropriate; 3) To assess the benefits of the Consortium to the four Red List partners; 4 To document the lessons from the first years of experience with the Consortium; 5) To make recommendations related to the above issues for the future development, management and governance of the Red List Consortium; and 6) and To develop and test an approach and methodology for the review of partnerships that can be used in future IUCN reviews of other partnership arrangements.