Efroymson Coaches Network: - Conservation Gateway

Objective 2: EnhanceKnowledge-SharingMechanisms for sharing best practices, tools, innovationsand lessons learned are readily available, communicatedand marketed regularly, easily accessed bythe wider CAP/Open Standards user community,and accessed annually by the majority of coachesin the Efroymson Network.Strategic Action 2.1:All member organizations commit to include a percentageof time in individual coach’s annual goals to participatein knowledge-sharing across the network. Specificknowledge-sharing media will vary but could includeexchanges, mentoring, Web site contributions, translations,case studies, ConPro (a shared, fully searchable,objective twoconservation project experience database) updates,open workshops, work groups and participation inNetwork events.Strategic Action 2.2:Develop and actively distribute all CAP/OpenStandards tools and products as open-source materialsto ensure greater use and widespread application.Strategic Action 2.3:Provide a “coach book” forum for all coaches to shareinformation directly with each other.Strategic Action 2.4:By 2011 all coaches are fully utilizing ConPro to shareinformation about ongoing projects that use CAP/OpenStandards processes.Coach Paul Koch (right) working with Habitat 141Team, Victoria, Australia.Efroymson Coaches NetworkMission & Long-term GoalsThe Efroymson Coaches Network catalyzeseffective conservation across landsand waters worldwide through actionplanning, coaching, knowledge-sharingand innovation. Its long-term goals are to:1. Provide coaching support to practitionersworldwide in the application ofconservation action planning to theirproject to ensure that practitionershave the confidence to implementtheir plan of action and achievetangible conservation results.Objective 3: Institutionalize the CAP/Open Standards Adaptive ManagementApproachStrengthen each Efroymson Coaches Network partnerorganization’s priority conservation projects by helpingteams integrate the basic principles of the CAP/OpenStandards process into their highest priority projects.Strategic Action 3.1:Secure support from top leadership in each partnerorganization for the CAP/Open Standards processby 2009.Strategic Action 3.2:Strengthen the Network’s capacity to support partnerorganizations’ CAP/Open Standards projects by increasingthe number of trained coaches, with dedicatedtime, by at least 25 percent by 2012.Strategic Action 3.3:Using The Nature Conservancy as a test case,prioritize providing network coach support tohighest priority projects.Strategic Action 3.4:Develop and use measures to direct, marketand track network progress and impact.2. Ensure continuous improvementof the conservation action planningmethodology based on the realexperiences and input of field users.3. Share best practices and lessonslearned across the worldwide communityof conservation practitioners.4. Provide a common language andframework for conservation decisionmakingacross multiple scales andorganizational program needs andsupport decision makers to integratethe core components of the CAP/Open Standards framework asappropriate.objective threeLongleaf Pine, North Florida Project, Coach Doria Gordon.5. Expand the Network to includestrong “franchises” (or coach groups)within key partner organizations thatactively support and promote CAP/Open Standards conservation projectmanagement methods and tools asstandard practice around the world.