COLLABORATIVE FORMAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES From Research to Practice Meagan Nuss Faculty Research Assistant Dr. Emily Jane Davis Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist
Oregon Forest Collaborative Workshop November 9 – 10 2015
Overview 2
Project Background ¨ Data Collection ¨ Formality “Score” ¨ Results ¨ Discussion ¨
Project Background 3
Evaluating Collaboratives as a Model of Natural Resource Governance Governance: Ø “The rules and forms that guide collective decision making”... Ø Which includes both “formal and informal institutions, social groups, processes, interactions, and traditions.” Stoker 1998; Reed and Bruyneel 2010
Project Background – Factors of Success 4
Operating environment, e.g., issues of concern, activities, who participates ¨ Capacity to organize, coordinate, manage people, resources, and tasks ¨ Informal social aspects, e.g., trust, social capital, use of social networks, time spent working together ¨
Conley and Moote 2003; Cheng and Sturtevant 2012; Lauber et al 2008
Data Collection
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Portland
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Descriptive ¨ Ownership focus ¨ Dominant § ¦5 activities ¨ ¨ Date of origin
Formal Organizational Capacities ¨ 501c3 status Bend ¨ Frequency of meetings ¨ Presence of regular dedicated facilitator ¨ Established policies and procedures ¨ Active standing leadership committee
Ecosystem Workforce Program and Oregon State University, October 2014
Formal Organizational Capacity Score – “Formality Score” 6
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501c3 status Frequency of meetings Presence of regular dedicated facilitator Established policies and procedures Active standing leadership committee
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Results 8
501c3 unique for higher scores, none recently established, West-side, or public only ¨ Lower scores mostly West-side and/or all-lands ¨ 8 is most common score, spread across location and ownership focus. More than half established recently ¨ All groups with 8 shared common characteristics ¨
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What Does it Mean? 9
We don’t know! “Formality” can be beneficial or detracting ¨ Not yet able to connect formality score to perceived success ¨ Score of 8 represents new formula? ¨
What Does it Mean to You? 10
How would you rate your collaborative on a formal governance scale? ¨ Which formal governance structures are most important to your group and why? ¨ What are some of the challenges associated with formal structures? ¨ What are some key informal elements, and do you see a connection between formal structures and informal elements of a group? ¨ Pros and cons of being a 501c3? ¨
Thank You! Meagan Nuss Faculty Research Assistant
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