Volunteers Monitoring Programs

Table 1.2.9 Ranking of parameters used in volunteer monitoring programs (N = 772) (from http //www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/dir.html/)...

CSREES, 2003. E. Herron, K. Stepenuck, K. Addy, Getting Started Finding Resources in the Guide for Growing CSREES Volunteer Monitoring Programs, Factsheet m, available from http //www.usawaterquality.org/volunteer/... 

A second example is the monitoring system in the Philippines. The Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Project provides information on the welfare status of the population, particularly vulnerable groups, to policy makers, program imple-menters, and the general public. The system combines survey and administrative data from several levels community volunteers collect and process selected indicators at the local level municipal planning and development coordinators combine the data for their local governments provincial planning and development coordinators combine the data for their municipalities and the National Statistics Office combines data for provinces, supplemented with relevant household data derived from national surveys. 

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