Workshop 2: Strategic Planning for Environmental Funds

Host fund: Kenya Wildlife Service Fund
Venue: Mombasa, Kenya
Date: March, 29th to 31th, 2011
Organization: Funbio, on behalf of RedLAC
Coordinators: Carlos Quintela and Steven Phillips

Download here
Workshop Invitation in English and French
Workshop Agenda
Complete workshop material in English, Spanish and Spanish

Participants' Future Steps
During the workshop, participants were asked to write a short essay reporting their future steps on Strategic Planning, inspired by the lectures and debates. Read their intentions.

Podcasts
RedLAC has selected some of the most relevant and interesting moments of the workshop on Strategic Planning.

Coordinators

Carlos Quintela is the current Chemonics International director for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Master in Biology, he has worked with institutions such as WCS, FONAMA, the Avina Foundation and the World Bank. 

Steven Phillips is the Principal Examiner at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. PhD in Economics and CFA Charterholder he has previously worked with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.

Download their presentations: Getting Started; Laying the Groundwork; The Big Picture; The context; Defining the strategy; Planning for implementation and Staying on track.

Invited Speakers
Camila Monteiro is the RedLAC Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the Communications and Networks team in Funbio. Gratuated in the FGV Business School, she has worked  for different companies in the private sector, including Microsoft and Schlumberger. View Funbio's case presentation.

José Luiz Gómez is the Executive Director of the Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez since 2004. Master in Political Economics, he has worked in many public institutions to achieve sustainable rural development and international cooperatio. View Fondo Accion's case presentation.

Joseph Osewe, Head of Productivity Improvement and Quality Assurance and Arthur Tuda, Senior Warden Coast Conservation Area. View Kenya Wildlife Service Fund's case presentation.

Other Resources
Business Planning for Nonprofits by Brigette Rouson
US Forest Service Guide to Protected Area Management Planning in Central Africa
Guidelines for Management Planning for Protected Areas by Lee Thomas and Julie Middleton
Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation by the Conservation Measures Partnership in English, Spanish and French
Mission Statements
The Performance Management Toolkit
CARPE II Revised Performance Management Plan
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation by USAID: Baselines and targets; Preparing a performance monitoring plan; Selecting performance indicators 2009 and Selecting performance indicators 2010
Evaluation Policy by the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning of USAID
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Strategic Plan
Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation By Carter McNamara

Also check the 2nd Workshop Photo Album.