strategic planning LADA- Assessing the Status, Causes and Impact of Land Degradation

lada - Goal Create basis for informed policy advice on land degradation at global, national and local level

lada - Objectives 1: Develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation 2: Build the national, regional and international capacity to analyse, design, plan and implement interventions

Strategic planning a dynamic and continuous process results in a strategy outlines the vision and broad objectives outlines the methods or tactics takes stock of capacities and current environment and anticipate and plan for future events

START Mission, goals and values Needs & situation assessment Strategic Objectives Outcome measures Strategies Program & situation monitoring Problem analysis Program goal and objectives Program description Monitoring and performance measurement

strategic planning tools Vision of Success Statement- where you want to be To analyze effect of operating environment and generate strategies Stakeholder Analysis Force Field Analysis SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Capacities/ Vulnerabilities Analysis Impact Analysis - analyze impact of proposed strategies Viability Analysis -

Strategic Planning Tool 1: Vision of Success Statement

“At the end of 2010, if the LADA project is considered a great success, what will that success look like?” “At the end of 2012, if the LADA project has been a great success, what will that success look like?”

Strategic Planning Tool 2: Stakeholder Analysis

stakeholder analysis Use to: Identify people, groups, institutions that influence Anticipate kind of influence (positive or negative) Develop Strategies to get the most effective support possible for your initiative

Strategic Planning Tool 3: Force Field Analysis

Strategic Planning Tool 3: Force Field Analysis Change is result of a struggle between opposing forces Which course of action to take? Has the most driving forces and least resistant forces.

Strategic Planning Tool 4: SWOT Analysis

Strategic Planning Tool 4: SWOT Analysis Identify the strengths/ weaknesses of your organization (current and internal) Identify the opportunities and threats (future- oriented and external)

Strategic Planning Tool 5: Capacities/ Vulnerabilities Analysis

Strategic Planning Tool 5: Capacities/ Vulnerabilities Analysis To ensure that proposed strategies or programmes are geared to build upon the capacities of the local community or institutions

Strategic Planning Tool 6: Impact Analysis

Strategic Planning Tool 6: Impact Analysis To identify the impacts (positive and negative) of the proposed strategy on the operating environment

Strategic Planning Tool 7: Viability Analysis

Strategic Planning Tool 7: Viability Analysis The Priority Matrix Rank alternative strategies for intervention (or other problems/issues) according to particular criteria of importance

strategic planning LADA- Assessing the Status, Causes and Impact of Land Degradation