Operational Issues 2: Typical Activities of City Partnership Facilitator

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Stage 1: Exploration

Activities:

  1. Research/network/Identify key players/participants
  2. Individual private meetings
  3. Communications: face to face, telephone, correspondence, fax, etc.
  4. Identify agendas, histories, dreams/vision, potential natural points of conection
  5. Analysis/feedback/confirmation
  6. Report/letter writing
  7. Listening!

 

Stage 2: Formation

Activities:

  1. Individual meetings with leaders/ministries
  2. Initial go/no-go (formation) meeting of larger group

. Setup/planning

. Administration

. Meeting facilitation

. Follow-up

  1. On-going communications with partners agencies
  2. Monitoring action plan
  3. Encouraging/building vision
  4. Evaluation/review/feedback
  5. Listening!

 

Stage 3: Operational

Activities:

  1. Individual meetings w/partner agency leaders/”champions”
  2. Meetings with steering committee or other leadership team
  3. Annual review/planning meetings with leadership
  4. Identify/encourage/train working group/task force leaders
  5. Participation in working group meetings
  6. Encourage/facilitate:

. Coordination

. Communications

. Evaluation

. Reporting/feedback

. Training

. Sense of success

  1. Monitor progress/problems and develop appropriate response