Your local capacity and obligations shape your resilience opportunities. Having an accurate grasp of your current capacity will help you to set realistic goals. If needed, an organizational assessment can help build a common understanding of your processes, structure and strengths. This tool may deepen how well you know your organization’s direction and goals.
When you define your capacity to build resilience, think about the following:
- Staff. Is there an adequate number of staff members to complete the plan? If so, how much time can staff make for plan development, execution, monitoring and updates?
- Skills. The resilience measures your community takes may depend on whether you have access to mapping support, community relations, engineering or other skillsets.
- Budget. Can you secure and manage funding for planning or carrying out your resilience measures?
- Partnerships. Are there chances for you to work with your organization, within your community, and with neighboring communities or regional bodies?