221125PerformanceCtteePaper3AACaperChair

This document contains the latest updates on the Cairngorms Capercaillie Project. The Performance Committee is asked to review delivery updates and consider progress towards the project's agreed purposes, any strategically significant impacts on delivery of the Cairngorms National Park Authority's (CNPA) Corporate Plan and National Park Partnership Plan, and any material impacts on the CNPA's strategic risk management. There has been positive progress made against all of the project's approved purposes with strong links to ongoing activities to strengthen information flow and support adaptive project and legacy planning. All project risks and issues, as identified in the quarterly progress report, are either in a favourable status or being managed closely at Project Board level with mitigation plans in place, and the project is operating with sufficient staff capacity to achieve its objectives. The Project Board agreed in June that the project should seek an extension to the current grant expiry in order to secure a firm legacy across all areas of work within the project.