Sustainability
Organizational Self-Assessment Tool (Bailey House, Inc.) - AIDS Housing of Washington Resource Library
—Website, free
"This self-assessment tool is intended to help organizations evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and move towards greater sustainability. Primary areas of focus include board development, finance, fundraising, human resources, planning, program and services, and public relations and marketing. Also includes a housing section for organizations that currently provide, or are interesting in providing, supportive housing.
http://www.aidshousing.org/ahw_library2275/ahw_library_show.htm?doc_id=236854US Environmental Protection Agency - Enforcement and Assistance
—Website, free
This website of the EPA provides different regional sectors with enforcement tools with regard to environmental protection, pollution prevention, and sustainable management and practices. Auditing tools are available to increase environmental compliance.
http://www.epa.gov/region1/enforcementandassistance/index.html#CAPPHealthcare: Pollution Prevention & Best Management Practices - US Environmental Protection Agency
—PDF, free
The EPA Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention program provides hospital with an Environmental Assessment Template, an offline questionnaire to evaluate performance with regard to the management of water, air, wastes, etc. within healthcare organizations.
http://www.epa.gov/region1/healthcare/pdfs/EPAHospitalTool.pdfUNDP Participatory Organizational Evaluation Tool (POET)
—Website, free
To be used by Southern CSOs and their partners, this tool is framed on the PROSE methodology (Participatory, Results-Oriented Self-Evaluation). It will help you measure your organizational capacities and consensus level in seven capacity areas: human and financial resources management, equitable participation, sustainability of program benefits, partnerships, organizational learning and strategic management/governance. The 63 pages user guide is available in pdf format from which you can print your necessary worksheets.
http://www.eldis.org/go/display/?id=27116&type=DocumentNational Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP) Organizational Assessment Tool
—Website, approximately US$10
This workbook is particularly addressed to environmental education organizations and professionals. It aims to help you improve your effectiveness and fill your mission and objectives. Covering all areas that concern internal development (culture, team building, governance, strategic planning, management, stakeholders, and program evaluation), this tool provides you with a comprehensive review of your organization so that you can increase its leadership and sustainability.
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap/publications/oat/oatintro.htmJournal of Extension (JOE) Checklist to Assess Collaboration
—Website, free
This article provides a self-evaluation tool to assess the performance or utility of your "existing and forming" collaborative groups. You can find two main sections on this page: a short literature review on collaboration and the collaboration checklist (with its terms being defined and guidelines for interpreting your results). You might want to print the checklist section and distribute it to other collaborators.
http://www.joe.org/joe/1999april/tt1.html
