Roadmap Toolbox
Roadmap Step: Planning actions
Action planning is usually a distinct step from that of strategy development. While strategies provide the overall vision and direction, action planning is a more detailed process, including setting out expected costs and resources, timing, identification of potential risks and barriers, planning community involvement.
This page presents specific action planning tools.
Idea Wheel
The Idea Wheel method can generate a lot of ideas and help prioritisation in short time. The tool was originally created to come up with solutions to issues and trends that companies are facing but has since been used in numerous processes and situations to generate ideas. For example, the tool can be used to work with residents to come up with solutions to challenges that their village is facing. This well-structured approach ensures that you end up with plenty of ideas without your brainstorming workshop ending in chaos.
Read moreSustainable support for citizens’ initiatives: The ‘sustainizability model’
The sustainizability model consists of six domains - each with their typical characteristics, values, and standards - each of which can ideally be considered in the planning of any initiative. The model’s advantage is to link various initiatives in a structured way – and bring the relevant expertise related to these for a more integrated approach. The idea is that during a first phase people need to work in the “six siloes” according to their relevant expertise, and then brought together for a more integrated approach.
Read moreCitizen involvement through Systemic Consensing
Systemic Consensing is a method to take decisions in groups, i.e. identifying the option that is viable and has the least resistance from all group members. The method makes all opinions heard and leads to long lasting solutions.
Read moreWebsite appraisal and communication planning tool
The ‘Website appraisal and communication planning tool’ has been developed with the aim to help local communities assessing their own website and communication tools that can be the basis of taking further actions for improving the website and communication strategy of a local community.
The tool can help to take the first steps in developing a comprehensive communication strategy, through considering various communication tools from internal to external communication.
Growing your local economy – ‘Plugging the Leaks’
The ‘Plugging the Leaks’ tool is used to bring local people together to discuss their local community wealth and self-sufficiency, to help them understand how the money circulates in their local economy and how quickly it leaves (leaks). Through a series of workshop activities local people learn how to address these leaky issues and develop ideas and projects to strengthen the economy of their area by keeping the money circulating locally for longer.
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