Collaborative Planning and - PowerPoint Presentation

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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;