delegating public responsibilities

Dear Mr Addison,

thank you for your enquiry. I will ensure you are provided with the information requested by 21st November.

Yours Sincerely

Sue McQueen

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Dear Mr Addison,

I have investigated the request for information you made via our website
on 24th October. JNCC has and continues to work with the RSPB in a variety
of ways, however, none of the work has entailed placing any pubic
responsibilities in the RSPB's hands. Whilst you only asked for
information about such work it may be helpful to illustrate the nature of
the working relationship between JNCC and the RSPB by providing some
specific examples of the type of work that we do together as follows.

RSPB and JNCC are funding partners, along with other non-governmental
organisations, on projects to collect, interpret and publish bird data.
Examples of such projects are: Wetland Bird Survey; Breeding Bird Survey;
Rare Breeding Birds Panel and Seabird Monitoring Programme. Further
information about these schemes and their results is available on JNCC's
website through the following link [1]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3721.

RSPB has undertaken research under contract to JNCC. Details of such
contracts are published by JNCC each year in its Annual Report. A full
list of contracts is provided below.

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RSPB participates in relevant meetings and workshops of stakeholders
organised by JNCC to obtain views and share experience. A recent example
of this was the workshop on invasive alien species in UK Overseas
Territories ([3]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-4081).

JNCC and RSPB also participate in meetings and fora organised by others.
An example of this is the UK SPA & Ramsar (Avian) Scientific Working Group
which is a consultative group established by Defra.
([4]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1770).

I trust this information is helpful and meets your requirements.
Yours Sincerely
Sue McQueen

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Sue McQueen would like to recall the message, "Re: Freedom of Information request - delegating public responsibilities".

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Dear Mr Addison,

I have investigated the request for information you made via our website
on 24th October. JNCC has and continues to work with the RSPB in a variety
of ways, however, none of the work has entailed placing any public
responsibilities in the RSPB's hands. Whilst you only asked for
information about such work it may be helpful to illustrate the nature of
the working relationship between JNCC and the RSPB by providing some
specific examples of the type of work that we do together as follows.

RSPB and JNCC are funding partners, along with other non-governmental
organisations, on projects to collect, interpret and publish bird data.
Examples of such projects are: Wetland Bird Survey; Breeding Bird Survey;
Rare Breeding Birds Panel and Seabird Monitoring Programme. Further
information about these schemes and their results is available on JNCC's
website through the following link [1]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3721.

RSPB has undertaken research under contract to JNCC. Details of such
contracts are published by JNCC each year in its Annual Report. A full
list of contracts is provided below.

[2]ole0.bmp

RSPB participates in relevant meetings and workshops of stakeholders
organised by JNCC to obtain views and share experience. A recent example
of this was the workshop on invasive alien species in UK Overseas
Territories ([3]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-4081).

JNCC and RSPB also participate in meetings and fora organised by others.
An example of this is the UK SPA & Ramsar (Avian) Scientific Working Group
which is a consultative group established by Defra.
([4]http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1770).

I trust this information is helpful and meets your requirements.
Yours Sincerely
Sue McQueen

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