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Example engagements

Example engagements for and facilitations by Collaborative processes®
Parties  The Desired Goal
USEPA, Nutrient Pollution Workshop   The EPA engaged Collaborative Processes to conduct a pre-workshop survey, plan and facilitate a workshop where agricultural interests could meet with federal and state regulators could discuss how to best approach the issue of nutrient pollution.
Various Edwards Aquifer stakeholders through the Edwards Aquifer RIP   Engaged Collaborative Processes to facilitate Steering Committee decision making about balancing social needs for water with Endangered Species requirement (work undertaken in association with CNREP and CBI)
State of Idaho, Department of Water Resources   Collaborative Processes teamed with the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy to assist the State of Idaho develop comprehensive aquifer management plans for the Treasure Valley and Rathdrum Prairie. .
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands   Engaged Collaborative Processes to draft an article summarizing the typologies of collaborative associations.
Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska   Engaged Collaborative Processes to facilitate a three state dialogue on disputes over how water is managed on an interstate river.
SNV (the Dutch Development Organization)   Engaged Collaborative Processes to draft a chapter for their new book on the role of the professional working in capacity development.
Regional Healthcare provider   Engaged Collaborative Processes to facilitate a dialogue/day long session on updating its strategic initiatives to respond to the changing business environment.
Department of the Navy and Yuma County Arizona

Engaged Collaborative Processes to facilitate a dialogue on how to value land belonging to the County that is needed for a military base expansion.
USEPA, State of Colorado, Lake County, City of Leadville, area citizens Improved working relationships after long periods of dysfunction; develop a framework for completing Superfund/CERCLA work toward eventual completion of all work on the site.
University of Denver Law School, University of Colorado Law School, major law firms, courts and government law departments Facilitate the decisions needed to turn the goal of improved diversity in the Colorado legal community from concept to a plan of action.
Denver Regional Council of Governments and its 65 member governments Facilitate a policy dialogue about how to best update and improve its growth management approach.
International Statistical Institute and its affiliated sections from around the world Plan and facilitate a day long session to assist the Institute in restructuring to improve the ability of the Institute and its affiliates to accomplish their intended mission and update the function to adapt to new circumstances in the use of statistics.
US Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming and Montana and citizen groups Assess the nature of conflict existing on the Big Horn River at the Wyoming - Montana border.
Colorado Historical Society and local citizens, local American Indian population Plan and facilitate a series of dialogue sessions about "What is Indian Identity"? What does it mean to be an American Indian in this time and location?
South Denver Regional cities Plan and facilitate sessions on how to coordinate snow emergency responses among varying communities.
Bonneville Power Authority Plan and facilitate training in conflict and improved approaches to conflict
USA Corps of Engineers, EPA, USFWS, various state agencies from 10 states, local governments, environmental groups and business organizations Plan and co-facilitate sessions among the parties to assess how to best release Missouri River water from a reservoir to assist endangered species without causing undue risk or damage to the low lands on along the River.
INTRAC (International Training and Resource Centre, Oxford, UK Planned and facilitated a Washington DC day long strategy session to assess the impacts of counter terror laws on international development and integrate the results into a larger research program.
Statewide association of ground water users

Planned and facilitate a retreat to develop a strategy to address a variety of legal and economic forces threatened the existence and function of a statewide association of ground water users. I planned and facilitated a day long retreat to help the association identify the major risks it faced and develop at the retreat an action plan for addressing these forces.

EPA (Office of Intl Affairs), Water For People and 12 African NGOs Planned and cofacilitated a two day retreat in Dar es Salaam for the parties in which to share data and make plans about how the parties could work together. Result was formation of ECAPP, an informal association of NGO working in East Africa

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