Update Governance

Over time, the partnership structure may require refinement or restructuring as community dynamics change and leadership roles shift. This action helps to assess the Governing Body’s organizational capacity and leadership to ensure its representation and capacity are sufficient to continue to oversee the implementation of the Roadmap, measure progress, reflect community stakeholder interests, and identify new partnerships. The result is an updated Declaration of Collaboration (DOC).

Activities

Assess the Governing Body’s efficacy in implementing the Just Communities work plan
  • Conduct an internal review of the Governing Body’s performance to ensure its structure is effective and remains representative of community stakeholders and their interests, supports advancement towards meeting the selected targets, and identifies new opportunities to improve project and program delivery.
Assess the backbone organization’s role in supporting implementation
  • Assess the backbone organization to determine if it is providing adequate support to the Governing Body, including staff support. If there is a lack of alignment or conflict between the Governing Body and backbone organization, the Governing Body may determine that a different organization should serve as the backbone.
Update the Declaration of Collaboration
  • Using the Declaration of Collaboration Update Template, reflect changes in membership, backbone organization, and roles and responsibilities.
  • Solicit feedback from the Community Network on the proposed changes to the Declaration of Collaboration before finalizing.

Engagement

  • Conduct a robust internal assessment of the Governing Body to assess its capacity to lead.
  • Hire mediator to lead the review if structural issues are raised or there is significant conflict among members of the Governing Body or backbone organization.
  • Convene a separate listening session(s) with the Community Network to gather feedback on the efficacy and representation of the Governing Body and backbone organization.

Certification Templates

Certifciation Templates are only available for active APs and Certification candidates.