Toolkit for Empowering Practices in Social Economy Governance and Planning

Last Updated on June 4th, 2009

Project Title: Toolkit for Empowering Practices in Social Economy Governance and Planning

Project Number: CL3-02

Term of Project: May, 2008 to 2010

Status: In progress

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Project Summary:

see objectives below

Specific Project-Level Research Objectives:

To create a website of downloadable resources for use in organization training
To provide research and specific models that achieve participation/inclusion/sense of community ownership
To review learnings from Quebec multistakeholder co-operatives
To provide tools for standards of good governance
To define and map democratic values
To provide information for practical board training, board management, and board-staff relations
To study cultural and governance barriers in governance planning created by language and socio-economic differences
To study the challenges in managing diversity

Expected Deliverables:

A website with ready-to-use planning tools, participatory processes, and checklists for governance tasks, etc. (Social Economy Governance Portal)
Presentations
Case studies
Specially commissioned research papers designed to fill gaps in existing knowledge
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Project Poster: none available

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Projected Expenditures: $30,000 (plus possibility of $10,000 in outside sponsorships and in-kind contributions)

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