The AEN has received a request from the Alberta Water Council (AWC) to identify two to three ENGO sector participants for a new working group: Developing a Water for Life Partnership Strategy.
Deadline to indicate interest is at noon Monday April 12, 2010.
Background
The Council recognized a need to improve communication, coordination, integration and cooperation between the Alberta Water Council and the other Water for Life partnerships – particularly the Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils and decided to create a Working Group to further examine the issue.No firm project description exists – the purpose of the Working Group will be to develop a clear, concise, achievable project (ie. Develop a Terms of Reference)
The Working Group will not “do” the project, but will describe a project to be completed by a Project Team.
Membership
- Sectors should have an interest in this issue (deal makers, deal breakers, implementers)
- Representative does not have to be a Council Director or Alternate
- Representative needs to have characteristics described below, from Council’s Process Guidelines
For this particular group, we need a cross-section of representatives with significant experience participating in one or more of the WFL partnerships – WPACs, WSGs or AWC. Ideally, this Working Group will have 2 or 3 representatives from each broad category, but this will be adjusted as interest demands.
For the Developing a Water for Life Partnership Strategy group, from April 1 to June 10, 2010.
The first group meeting will be during the week of May 3 to May 7, 2010. Representatives are not required to participate in any subsequent, but many sectors have found this helpful. Project Team commitments are generally 9-15 months in length.
AWC stakeholders who participate on working groups, project teams or standing committees can claim travel expenses and honoraria as follows:
- $100 for each half-day meeting
- $200 for each full-day meeting
- $85 for preparation/follow-up for each meeting, and
- $85 for travel if it takes more than a total of three hours to travel to and from a meeting.
- Report regularly to the AEN Water Caucus
- Willingness to consult with the AEN Water Caucus as constituency reference group
- Represent a particular stakeholder organization or sector
- Have the time required to complete the work of the Council
- Report regularly to their sector
- Follow the rules and principles of consensus decision making
- Be knowledgeable about water, watershed function, sector use of water, and for this project - Water for Life partnerships
- Respect the opinions and experience of others
- Make constructive contributions that advance the team’s goals and objectives, and help others to do the same
- Be able to represent the interests of their sector while working creatively and constructively with others towards a common goal
- Brief their sector’s Director regularly, including prior to the team’s report and recommendations being presented to the Board
- As appropriate, participate in briefing Directors and Alternates in their broad category
- Liaise with their sector’s participants on the Board and other Council teams to maximize synergy, ensure coordination, and prevent duplication by keeping each other informed.