Report to the 2005

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Report to the 2005 Northeast Pasture
Consortium from and about Non-Governmental
Public Service Organizations and the six
Consortium priorities Sue Ellen Johnson New
England Small Farm Institute and the University
of Connecticut
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Understanding the (Institutional) Landscape
Public Sector
Government Federal State County USDA LGU Ext
Private Sector
Non-governmental For Profit Not-for-profit
Privately held Private Publicly held
Membership
Grazing Producers
Another Perspective based on goals
Not-for-profit
For profit
Private Sector Personal gain
Government Sector Public service
Third Grassroots Sector Public service
Grazing Producers
Grazing
Grazing
Is science separate? Can science be a separate
sector?
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The Players Whos labeled what (technically,
historically..)
Public Purpose
Private Gain
Public Purpose
Government USDA ARS/NRCS AES LGU
Private Sector Business
Third Sector
Non-Governmental Organizations
For Profit
Not-for-Profit
PRIVATE NON-PROFIT
Privately held Publicly held
Charitable Foundations Private
Colleges Private Institutions Board-controlled
organizations
Community Based Organizations -Voting membership
organizations-
Grassroots
Producers
MUDDLED ?!
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We are all touching and describing the
elephant. The elephant is alive, and the
elephant is moving.
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My 15 minute task
Discuss the place of the third sector private,
not-for-profit, public purpose NGOs and CBOs in
the NE Pasture Consortium What role DO they
have? What role SHOULD they have? What role do
they WANT to have? What role WILL they have?
Diversity of perspectives Multiple
situations Consensus?
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• What kind of input and role for NGOs in
• Political support?
• Priority setting ?
• Financial participation?
• On-the-ground project design and implementation
  ?
• Outreach?
• Leadership?
• Decision-making
• Probably not the same opinion from every NGO and
  CBO.

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• Types of Participation or Participatory Roles
• Consultative - informing decisions
• Directive - making decisions
• Facilitative - enabling activities
• (sometimes grunt work)
• Approval/Review- validation- endorsing decisions
• Evaluative - judging decisions/activities

S.E. Johnson and K.Z. Ruhf - NESAWG NE Land Grant
University Stakeholder Report, Forthcoming 2005
Different roles demand different levels of
commitment, shared leadership and shared expertise
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The other BIG question Who decides the role of
NGOs and CBOs? 1. In pasture development and
research in the Northeast? 2. In the NE Pasture
Consortium? 3. In each of the six priorities?
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The Key Issues Ownership
Advocacy Collaboration and Cooperation A
place at the table
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What is our goal? Principle To assure more
and better quality and more relevant pasture
research, manifested in a growing, more
successful grazing sector Practicality
Political and financial support for pasture
research from a growing grazing
sector Constraint Limited political capital
and organizational resources.
What is at stake? Careers, livelihoods,
farms..
Deal with the issues based on Shared
leadership and shared expertise Mutual
respect
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NGO-CBO Brainstorming on the Consortiums Six
Priorities
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Other priorities Regulatory issues production,
processing, food safety, marketing Parasite
management