Video 11: Sustainability

Video 11: Sustainability

Sustainability is very important to project development and should be consideredthroughout the design process. Incorporating sustainability into project designand implementation is crucial for long-term outcomes and continued benefit toyour community after the project has ended. In this chapter, we discuss severalsustainability strategies that can be used to sustain your outcomes.

  • Welcome to the ANA Project Planning & Development On-demand Training Series.
  • This is Video 11, Sustainability Planning.
  • Sustainability is the process of continuing the benefits created through your project and sustaining the outcomes to benefit the community in the long term. When designing a project, sustainability should be one of the first things that you begin thinking about the moment you begin. It's important to think about how you can turn this pilot project into a long-term program. Remember, a project is a short amount of time and a small amount of money to implement a pilot. A program sustains these activities and outcomes further. There are different strategies to consider with sustainability. Institutionalization is integrating your project's activities into your tribe or organization's current programs. Describe how your project can fit within this organizational operational structure. In some cases, sustainability may come in the form of partner or external agencies continuing your activities. If your project generates revenue, then there's the possibility to have programmatic funds sustain these activities in the long term. When talking about this, it's important to provide details to show potential market, and fee structures, and show how much revenue you plan on generating. Programmatic funding is typically larger amounts of money and longer portions of time. These can come in the form of grants from other federal agencies or other non-discretionary funds. You can also utilize programmatic funding through your 93-638 or 477 funding. Sometimes the tribe can also be the long-term funder. Lastly, increased capacity is when the outcomes of your project lead to continued benefits to your community. For example, if your project develops a language curriculum, you could utilize the material to benefit other language learning or educational programs within your organization.
  • For Activity 10, we will now develop your sustainability strategy. Consider how you're going to sustain your outcomes and activities after your project ends. Using the table provided, please describe how you can sustain your project by integrating project activities into your current programs through institutionalization, by internal and partnership resources, program income if applicable, programmatic funding, and increased capacity.
  • Thank you for viewing Video 11 of the Project Planning & Development On-Demand Training Series. If you have any questions regarding project development or the Administration for Native Americans, please feel free to contact us at anaalaska.org.

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Video 1: ANA Funding Opportunities
Video 1: ANA Funding Opportunities
Video 2: Community Led Planning
Video 2: Community Led Planning
Video 3: Long Term Community Goal
Video 3: Long Term Community Goal
Video 4: Identify the Condition
Video 4: Identify the Condition
Video 5: Project Goal
Video 5: Project Goal
Video 6: Objectives
Video 6: Objectives
Video 7: Data Metrics of Success
Video 7: Data Metrics of Success
Video 8: Resources and Partnerships
Video 8: Resources and Partnerships
Video 9: Approach and Workplan
Video 9: Approach and Workplan
Video 10: Contingency Planning
Video 10: Contingency Planning
Video 11: Sustainability
Video 11: Sustainability
Video 12: Developing a Project Budget
Video 12: Developing a Project Budget
Video 13: Organizational Capacity
Video 13: Organizational Capacity
Video 14: Next Steps
Video 14: Next Steps