Strengthening Equitable Community Resilience Criteria and Guiding Principles for the Gulf Research Program's Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) Initiative (2023) / Chapter Skim
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5 Applying the Criteria and Guiding Principles: Challenges, Opportunities, and Other Considerations
5 Applying the Criteria and Guiding Principles: Challenges, Opportunities, and Other Considerations
Pages 58-74
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The goal of this chapter is to explain how these considerations are critical for EnCoRe to successfully apply the core community selection criteria and guiding principles of this report (as described in Chapter 4)
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In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. After purchase, the United States did not definitively address Indigenous land claims until the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA)
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FIGURE 5-2 The 12 regions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. SOURCE: ANSCA Regional Association, n.d.
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. 4 For more information, see "About the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act," https://ancsaregional.com/aboutancsa/#:~:text=ANCSA%20extinguished%20aboriginal%20land%20title,profit (accessed May 5, 2022)
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for any project implementation and for project planning that might require transportation or site visits. When funders consider a 12-month project season or cycle, many Alaskan communities must seek exemptions or extensions.
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If the local Tribe is a very underserved community, outside entities should consider hiring a regional consultant to assist in developing partnerships with the Tribe and facilitating the successful development and implementation of the intended program or project. Two trusted partners that work statewide are the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
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. 11 Comments shared with the committee by Ruth Miller and Juan Parras, Environmental Justice Panel, October 4, 2021, and Desirae Mack and Evon Peter, Alaska Panel, December 17, 2021.
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can alleviate the burden of bureaucratic processes and allow communities to focus on completing project goals. In this respect, the EnCoRe initiative can consider the format of the funding application.
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The 19 Comments made to the committee by Desirae Mack, Alaska Panel, December 17, 2021. 20 This idea was mentioned multiple times, in general conversation; by speakers in the Alaska Panel, December 17, 2021; and by Ruth Miller, Environmental Justice Panel, October 4, 2021.
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In fact, four different evaluation-related considerations were raised during this committee's work that are necessary to apply the recommended selection criteria and guiding principles effectively. We will briefly describe each consideration and ways forward for the EnCoRe initiative.
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Based on what we have learned, traditional evaluations of proposals are unlikely to be effective, and different internal evaluation strategies may be needed. 23 The following questions can aid in internal evaluation: ● Are there processes in place to align with the local community resilience framework and support successful implementation?
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and provide EnCoRe a starting point for an enterprise evaluation. Ongoing review and dedicated use of project-specific and collective logic models promotes project synergy and enhances collective impact (Langhinrichsen-Rohling et al., 2017)
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Addressing the most complex and vexing challenges in creating resilient communities will come only when a diversity of thought, expertise, and resources is brought together to form long-term and lasting solutions. As EnCoRe seeks to be an innovative funding mechanism that can support communities in a way that promotes enduring capacity building and meaningful resilience gains, it is critical to consider how other entities and efforts can also support these outcomes and sustain progress.
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A lack of resources at the local government level to help these communities address the growing threats of climate change is one of the most significant barriers to implementing a successful and equitable climate adaptation strategy at both the local and regional levels. Multijurisdictional planning agencies play a key role here, and the sustainability of EnCoRe partnerships would benefit from extending these partnerships to such agencies.
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For example, in 2009, NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Team and the four Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs (in Florida, Missouri/Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas) began to form the Gulf of Mexico Climate and Resilience Community of Practice.
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EnCoRe needs to avoid excluding any potential partnerships by this requirement, and instead consider developing a resource page that provides communities with contacts to supporting entities and incentives to connect with these entities. Additionally, the EnCoRe initiative would benefit from developing its own sustainability plan and should consider requiring sustainability plans for the participating communities that have the capacity and connections to do so over the course of their project.
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29 Comments made to the committee by the Alaska and Sea Grant and the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) panels, on December 17, 2021, and January 28, 2022, respectively.
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