Case Studies By Service Area
Organisational Strategy, Design & Change
Ministry for the Environment – Taking on new functions under proposed EEZ legislation
The scope
MartinJenkins was engaged by the Ministry for the Environment to undertake a capability review of the Ministry’s readiness to take on statutory functions under proposed Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) legislation. The focus of the review was on resource requirements and organisational delivery options.
Our Involvement
Our review team comprised Paul Clarke (team leader), Chloe Anderson (capability analysis and organisational design), Ben Bush (financial and economic analysis) and Richard Tait (organisational and strategic analysis). The project director was Michael Mills who also provided advice on regulatory services. The review included examination of the proposed legislation, consultation with specialist and key external stakeholders including other agencies involved in natural resource regulation, consideration of the fit with other current and proposed regulatory services of the Ministry, and cost analysis of potential options.
The Outcome
The result was a report detailing the capability required to deliver the proposed functions and organisational options for delivering the new statutory functions, including a comprehensive cost analysis of the proposed preferred option. We also made a number of internal and external presentations of our findings.
The MartinJenkins Difference
This assignment required experience and knowledge of implementing new legislation and delivering regulatory services. MartinJenkins was able to provide a strong multidisciplinary team that was able to develop pragmatic solutions taking into account the environment in which the regulatory services would operate and the current capability and organisational arrangements of the Ministry. We worked closely with key stakeholders to ensure that the review met their needs. We added further value by providing insight into the governance arrangements proposed in the legislation and structuring the financial analysis in a way that would support later decisions on the cost recovery framework.
