Elements and Performance Criteria
- Promote the identification of environmental issues
- Group members are encouraged to identify local environmental issues within the context of the group's activities and program scope.
- Identified issues are developed in terms of the problem(s), the cause(s), and actions required.
- Group members are given opportunities to learn about environmental matters and to acquire additional related skills.
- Facilitate development of priorities for action
- Group members are facilitated to develop potential action strategies from identified issues to comply with program scope.
- Different action strategies are given priorities in terms of members' interests and skills, the impact in terms of solving environmental issues and promotion of solutions to environmental issues, and compliance with the program guidelines.
- Facilitation processes used are sensitive to the level of group development.
- Facilitate development of goals
- Group members are facilitated to develop goals of the group in terms of the locality and region environmental contexts, and to link these to action strategies to develop a cohesive action plan.
- Group is encouraged to document their goals and action strategies and to obtain membership approval.
- Group is encouraged to review previous goals and action plans as part of the development of new goals and action plans.
- Role of facilitator/coordinator in group development and management is clearly identified to reduce unrealistic expectations and conflict.
- Minority views and interests are managed to ensure group cohesion is maintained.
- Group is facilitated to develop its goals and projects within its rules of association and program guidelines.
- Goals and action strategies are correlated to regional plans and initiatives.
- Support group to identify and evaluate potential projects
- Group is facilitated to identify a range of potential projects within goals and action strategy.
- Group is facilitated through an evaluation process of alternative projects to determine: compliance with members' interests and skills, project scope within the resources of the group or network of regional groups, compliance within program scope, available funding and potential for acceptance.
- Group is encouraged to review the results of previous projects and submissions for funds as part of the development of new projects.
- Facilitation process is sensitive to individual members viewpoints, perspectives and cultures, and considerate of community goals and plans to manage any potential conflict.
- Support group in development of project proposals and submissions
- Group is facilitated to develop broad project plan within program guidelines and to develop costing.
- Group is assisted to prepare project proposal in terms of the program requirements and to complete submission for lodgement by the due date to the authorities.
- Group is assisted to document project evaluation requirements in accordance with program and proposal requirements.
- Relevant information is sourced to assist the group in the submission.