Archives by Tag 'strategic planning'

Lake Tahoe Research and Science Consortium (2004-2005)

CONCUR was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in June 2004 to work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and other federal, state and local entities to design a process for coordinating Lake Tahoe-focused science- and research-related activities. The effort is intended to assist those entities needing to [...]

Strategic Planning for NMFS Protected Resources Outreach and Education (2005)

CONCUR worked with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) outreach and education coordinators to develop a national Outreach and Education Strategic Plan focused on protected resources. The purpose of the Plan was to coordinate and outline protected resources outreach and education actions for the next three to five years. The three-day effort brought together fifteen [...]

Strategic Planning and Organizational Capacity-Building for Federal Agency Partners in the Pacific Islands (2003-2004)

CONCUR provided strategic planning and facilitation services to assist key governmental agencies to form a stronger partnership in the vast Pacific Islands Region. In the spring of 2003, the Pacific Islands Region was established as an autonomous region within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The establishment of the new region created a strong [...]

Strategic Planning for the California Urban Water Conservation Council (2002-2004)

CONCUR assisted the California Urban Water Conservation Council in several strategic planning initiatives. CONCUR designed and facilitated a two-day retreat in February 2004 intended to help the Council, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that brings together California urban water agencies, environmental groups and others committed to accelerating the implementation of urban water conservation best management practices, develop [...]

CALFED: Devising an Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program (1998-2001)

Between 1998 and 2001, CONCUR successfully mediated a dialogue among agricultural, environmental and agency interests working to structure a program that elicits and assures efficient agricultural water management practices.  The effort, known as the Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Steering Committee and part of the federal-state initiative known as the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, helped resolve longstanding [...]

California Urban Water Conservation Council Ultra Low Flush Toilets: Best Management Practices (1999)

In late 1999, CONCUR assisted the California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) in developing consensus targets for ultra-low-flush toilet replacements. The one-day negotiating session, preceded by in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, resulted in an agreement-in-principle that assisted more than a dozen parties in resolving a longstanding disagreement. Negotiators included environmental representatives such as Natural Resources [...]

CALFED Bay-Delta Program Design and Stakeholder Involvement (1996)

Starting in 1996, CONCUR worked closely with senior staff of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program to help design stakeholder involvement processes to support the ground-breaking state-federal initiative intended to broker a long-term solution for the Delta that improves water supply reliability, levee system integrity, water quality and ecosystem restoration.  CONCUR’s work for the Program, a joint [...]

Strategic Planning for Friends of the River (1993)

In the early 1990s, CONCUR undertook a strategic planning effort for the senior staff and Board of Friends of this conservation organizations to strengthen its internal procedures, and to clarify its issue focus and the mix of tools and strategies it applies to water resource and conservation issues in California.

Electric Power Research Institute, Strategic Planning

CONCUR conducted a strategic planning effort to evaluate the prospects for using mediation techniques to resolve low-level waste siting disputes. Specific emphasis was given to the value of a structured stakeholder analysis, and the conduct of a joint fact-finding process to distill and summarize technical information.

AGSAFE Coalition Strategic Planning, Sacramento, California

CONCUR facilitated the Steering Committee, representing 14 diverse constituencies working in the agricultural sector, in a strategic planning session to set up and refine organization priorities.