Designing for Adaptive Management Tools and strategies for developing our work groups and work plans Outline Basics of adaptive management Building agreements and setting priorities Processes for effective evaluation ID: 640813
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Collaborative Planning and Designing for Adaptive Management
Tools and strategies for developing our work groups and work plansSlide2
OutlineBasics of adaptive managementBuilding agreements and setting priorities Processes for effective evaluation
Effective monitoring and adaptive managementChange mechanismsClosing the feedback loopAn immediate funding opportunity to support our workSlide3
Basics of adaptive management Designing a deliberate process is keySlide4
Building agreements and setting prioritiesCollaborative planning
Assess conditions togetherIdentify alternative management strategies
Prioritize management objectives
Prioritize management recommendations
Joint Fact-finding
For resolving disagreements
Document agreed upon issues and those still in dispute
Define zone of agreementSlide5
Processes for effective evaluationMBO
Utilization-focused evaluationFocused on improvement in planning and managementAsks how, why and by whom will the results be used
After-action
Review
Rapidly review management action in terms of desired outcomes and implementation realities
Allows for discussion of unintended events, isolate key lessons, and ID changes
Periodic process and
program
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eviewsRegularly scheduled – annually, biennially Revisit and reflect on program and policy strategies and goalsEncourage critical reflectionSlide6
Effectiveness monitoring and adaptive management Integrating monitoring with evaluation processesQuantitative and/or
qualitativeLevels based upon needs, resources and long-term commitmentWhether research-based or observational, monitoring, multi-party evaluation and shared-learning are needed to;Interpret results
Assess what works
Assess what needs to change and,
ID how it should changeSlide7
Change mechanisms
Making sure recommended adaptation get used!Written recordsMeeting notes and evaluation reportsFormal recommendations or requests for action
Semi-bonding agreements
Decision or trigger points in Management Plans and Procedures
Working relationships
Regular, informal relationships
Practitioner networks
Facilitators, coordinators and leadersSlide8
Closing the feedback loopWhat makes or breaks collaborative planning, evaluation and adaptation?
Individual willingness to experiment and learnOrganizational commitment to collaboration and adaptive managementSlide9
An immediate funding opportunity
The Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program (CCLS)Outcome 1: Community-based and collaborative organizations within California are successful in coming to agreement on the design and implementation of watershed and/or landscape scale restoration projects.
Outcome 2
: Community-based organizations and collaborative groups have developed plans for facilitating job creation and retention and business development in their region.
Outcome 3
: Community-based organizations and collaborative groups are successful in securing additional resources through USDA Rural Development, Natural Resources Conservation Service or other funders to implement projects and programs leading to job creation and business development. Slide10
Qualifying activities
Community outreach that helps support a collaborative group and enables them to be more effective on the ground; Workshops and training related to facilitation, contracting, and other topics that will assist groups in building their capacity to meet the program goals; and
Dissemination
of best practices and tools to assist community-based nonprofit organizations and collaborative groups in project development, implementation, and monitoring.
Organizational
and staff support, including facilitation, technical assistance, networking and peer to peer evaluations leading to shared learning;
Travel related to collaborative group activities;
Development
of action plans, project strategic documents ,or other similar documents as a result of or necessary for collaborative processes;