A local Action Team is a theme-based group of stakeholders who come together in a community to champion development activities related to this theme. E.g. a group of cycling related stakeholders form a local Cycling Action Team to develop cycling. The action team can...
There are many reasons why a community may want to establish a specific action team, including: Address a local challenge or develop local opportunities Bring like-minded stakeholders together to champion a local development theme Make your community a better place to...
An Action Team can take a variety of formats, which is ultimately decided by the group itself through meetings. The format may also change over time e.g. start off in a simple format and develop to be a more hands-on approach. Some sample formats include: ...
So, how do you go about setting up an action team in your community? Here is a suggested step-by-step process. Coordination Team Propose: The coordination team or some local stakeholders ask the coordination team to “propose” the action team. Dashboard Action Team...
So how do we decide if to go live with an action team? The meeting can be held in person or online however it should be a meeting open to everyone in the community. It is strongly suggested that in order for an action team to go live, 2+ individuals agree to become...
Action Team Management Structure: The action team can agree its own structure which may change over time. Two sample structure include Flat/Simple Structure: 2+ admins call meetings, update the plans, help build project teams and other action team members contribute...
If the action team takes on projects, maybe not everyone in the team wishes to do the same projects therefore they can build separate “project teams” to deliver different projects. The action team can decide how best to format and run such project teams. The action...
To effectively and efficiently manage an action team it is suggested that they adhere to the following guidelines Create Team Email Address (Gmail): An email address should be set up for the group to allow it to send/receive emails. Setting up a team email address...
The action team decide how best to navigate and develop their action team. The action team is requested to adhere to a few simple procedures to ensure that their action team fits easily within the wider community program. These include: Plan/Record Updates: the...
