Interested in a CLI Process?
Could your community or organization benefit from improved collaboration and reconciliation? The Collaborative Leadership Initiative provides expertise and support to help groups tackle shared challenges through innovative partnerships. Contact us at [email protected] to explore how CLI can help you build bridges and create lasting solutions.
Is the CLI Model a Good Fit for Your Community?
Explore how the CLI model could work in your community. Below are guidelines to help you discover whether it’s the right fit.
- Presence of Challenge and Identified Priority – There is a challenging water problem or conflict that demonstrates the need for greater collaboration. The challenge has been identified by the Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments as a key priority but are struggling to identify ways to collaborate.
- Feasibility – The identified water challenge can be realistically addressed at the local level.
- Governance Complexity – A significant part of the solution to the water challenge is rooted in complex governance systems and overlapping jurisdictions. There must be a willingness to develop new decision-making structures and processes.
- Supportive of Broader Context – The jurisdiction has a policy environment that is receptive to reconciliation-based governance innovation and to the specific water challenge. Elected leaders (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) recognize that the status quo is not working, and there is a willingness to try a new reconciliation-based governance approach.
Current Trainings
CIER Ecoversity – Collaborative Consent
This course provides an introduction to the concept of collaborative consent. Participants will gain knowledge and tools to advance collaborative decision making between Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments over our shared lands, waters, and resources. A certificate will be issued upon course completion.
CIER Ecoversity – First Nations Integrated Watershed Planning
This course will guide participants in creating an effective watershed plan for their community. The course includes five guidebooks that propose a model of watershed planning that is led by First Nations and creates an opportunity to address unique First Nation needs, relationships, and rights. These guidebooks aim to support increased First Nations’ involvement in regional watershed planning processes. A certificate will be issued upon course completion identifying them as an Integrated Watershed Planning Champion.
Support Our Work
As a non-profit organization, CIER relies on the support of individuals and organizations who believe in the power of collaboration to create meaningful change. Your contributions help us bring communities together, tackle shared challenges, and build sustainable futures. Join us in making a difference—support CLI today.
