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Musqueam Comprehensive Sustainable Community Development Plan

Musqueam Comprehensive Sustainable Community Development Plan. CCP Workshop - AANDC October 10 th , 2012. Presentation Overview. Background and History Overview of the Plan Best Practices and our Framework Communication & Transparency Quick Starts M & E Reasons for our Success

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Musqueam Comprehensive Sustainable Community Development Plan

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  1. MusqueamComprehensive Sustainable Community Development Plan CCP Workshop - AANDC October 10th, 2012

  2. Presentation Overview • Background and History • Overview of the Plan • Best Practicesand our Framework • Communication & Transparency • Quick Starts • M & E • Reasons for our Success • Thanks

  3. Musqueam Nation • Main reserve is located on the Fraser River across from YVR+ • Musqueam has 3 reserves • We have been present in our traditional territory for over 9,000 years • Our traditional territory is 144,888 hectares

  4. Musqueam History • The name Musqueam relates back to the River Grass, the name of the grass is məθkʷəy̓. • We are traditional hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people and have descended from the cultural group known as the Coast Salish. • We traveled far and wide, traded and inter-married with Nations located in BC, Vancouver Island and Washington State

  5. Our Community Today

  6. What is our Community Plan? • A shared vision for a healthy sustainable community + • Support for community objectives + • Integrated plans with actions, policies and programs around each objective ___________________________________ = Our community plan

  7. Overview of our Community Plan • A five year process • A living plan • Community –driven and community based • Input used to inform decisions • Monitoring and evaluation of plan implementation is built in and will be ongoing

  8. Best Practices and Transferability • Musqueam has been cited as a best practice • Our plan has won awards from the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Planning Institute of BC • First Nations agencies and communities, external governments, institutions, and organizations have asked us to share our experience

  9. Our Planning Framework

  10. Community Engagement • Community Open Houses • Community survey (prioritizing - insight) • Traditional methods (family gatherings) • Elders • Youth • Off-reserve and on-reserve • Decision specific evaluation committees • Community committees • Project Support Team • Interviews

  11. Communication & Transparency • Logo & name, • Newsletters, • Website, • Social media (ie Facebook)

  12. Communication & Transparency Using Metaphor

  13. Quick Starts Planning and Action Working Together • Keeps people engaged • Planning output being used as it is developed • Examples • Sports field • Children Playground • Longhouse Renovations • Aboriginal pavilion • Legacy Trust Prioritization

  14. Community Center and Gym

  15. The Heart of the Communityrendering

  16. Next Steps for the CCP Team • Community planning • Address our housing needs • Self-governance planning • By-Laws, Begin negotiations with government • Continue to implement CCP and LUP • Engage with partners and neighbours • Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation • First Nation specific • Learn, feedback, support implementation, • Maintain participation, transparency , accountability

  17. Monitoring & Evaluation Project Purpose Improve governance • Improve ongoing communication and engagement between community, administration and council • Internal department integration • Ensure actions reflect Musqueam values • Facilitate ongoing learning, incorporate cultural traditions Have more impact • Continue to improve projects, programs, policies

  18. What is M & E? • Build on One Heart On Mind • Engage Program Administrators / Staff • Engage community

  19. Ensure Community Objectives and Council Objectiveslink with CoreObjectives and Vision

  20. Review Department Strategies

  21. Review Department Action Plans

  22. Measurement Indicators • Impact Monitoring: • Community Survey (Member Census) • Staff Survey • Can we do better? • Evaluate against external data (ie Health Surveys, Housing, and Graduation Stats)

  23. M&E Project Benefits Improves Governance • Builds on the CCP transparency and accountability • Enhances efficiency • Simplifies and, where possible, automates reporting, such as AANDC

  24. Reasons for Our Success • Worked as a team from the start • Many members needed for different areas • We are all equally important • We learn from each other • Everyone’s input is important • Consultants provide the tools we need to carry the process on our own

  25. Reasons for Our Success • Entrepreneurial approach to funding • Seed money from the Band, but self-funded • A broad range of community communication tools • Incorporating traditional Musqueam decision-making practices and values • Meaningful and extensive community engagement – community driven

  26. Reasons for Our Success • A champion is key to a project’s success • Council, administration and community should be on board • Graphics and visuals are expensive but pay off • Create new relationships with outside agencies • Do your research – call, email, build relationships at all levels

  27. hay čxʷ ə - Thank you Larissa Grant – Planning Team larissa@musqueam.bc.ca Dianne Sparrow – Associate Director dbsparrow@musqueam.bc.ca Musqueam First Nation Treaty, Lands & Resources www.musqueam.bc.ca www.oneheartonemind.ca

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