- New multi-agency programs address complicated environmental problems involving many stakeholders over long periods of time. - Many local projects must be aligned and integrated to achieve watershed and coastal zone goals. - Program plans and operations should be community-led, transparent, and independent to show continued progress toward long-term goals that may take decades.

1. COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT
OF MULTI-AGENCY PROGRAMS
FLEXIBLE PROGRAM STRUCTURE
STRATEGIC OPERATING
PROGRESS PLAN PROCESS
REPORTING
MANDATE EXECUTION EBM / AM
AUTHORITY
FRAMEWORK • New multi-agency programs address
GOALS complicated environmental
REGIONAL
ULTIMATE OBJECTIVES REPORTING TO problems that involve many
STAKEHOLDERS stakeholders over a long time.
OUTCOMES
LOCAL
OBJECTIVES PROJECTS • Many local projects have to be
SHARED REVIEW & aligned and integrated to address
OUTCOMES PROJECTS FUNDING watershed/coastal-zone goals.
STORIES • Program plans and operations
PROJECT MANAGEMENT should be community-led,
INDICATORS transparent, and independent.
ACTION ITEMS
OUTPUTS WORKING GROUPS • Continued funding requires showing
IMMEDIATE
SECURE DOCUMENTS MANAGEMENT
OUTCOMES progress toward goals that might
EXTERNAL PROJECTS WORKFLOW
take decades to attain.
CONTRIBUTED FRAMEWORKS SOLUTION
• Multi-agency programs can
collaborate efficiently by using a
web2.0 workspace.
From the Newport Bay • New ideas such as ecosystem-based
Watershed Management management can be implemented
Committee in California as collaborative processes.
• The accumulated knowledge and
DYNAMIC processes of a program can be
maintained despite turnover of
PLANNING people.
PROCESS
VISION
• The passion of an engaged
From the Fraser Salmon STRATEGIC PLAN
OUTCOMES
community can be transformed into
& Watersheds Program in organized actions by access to new
tools for sharing knowledge and
British Columbia work.
OUTPUTS
• A community can write a inspiring
SHARED story about the future of their place,
catalyzing the changes needed to
OUTCOMES Authority Ultimate make that story become true. They
LOGIC Strategies Shared just need the right tools.
Projects Immediate
MODEL
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