Independent Review of Implementation of BCA Accreditation - Phase 1

The Department has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to undertake a review on the implementation of phase 1 of the BCA accreditation process. The aim of the review is to identify the successes of the phase 1 implementation and how best to carry these successes through into phases 2 and 3, and opportunities for improvement where phase 1 learnings indicate that a particular approach or activity was not as effective. The review will examine the roles and effectiveness of the Department, IANZ and councils in the BCA accreditation process and the impacts of the process on those organisations.

As part of the review, PWC intend:

• reviewing files and reports prepared by the Department and others in the course of implementing the BCA accreditation scheme
• conducting an online survey of all councils
• visiting up to 15 councils and discussing their experience with accreditation with key staff
• interviewing key staff within the Department, IANZ, Local Government NZ, BOINZ, NZIA, RMBF and other key sector stakeholders.

The aim is for a review to be completed by early February. The Department encourages all councils to take the opportunity to provide feedback to PWC so the learnings can be applied to phase 2 of the accreditation process.