Presented by Ken Bierly of OWEB at Within Our Reach 2012

1. The Willamette
Challenge

2. What Happens After the Award?

3. Twinning

4. Twinning
Mentoring partnerships across the globe to
restore rivers
Transfer valuable knowledge and experience
to other river groups facing similar challenges
Exchange of knowledge and skills to ensure
rivers are restored efficiently, effectively and
sustainably

5. Twinning
Connect Riverprize Alumni with
river managemers/restoration
groups in need of their expertise
Be a catalyst for best practices for
river restoration

6. What do the Willamette Partners
Offer?
We are funders linked with land trusts and
watershed councils
We have very strong and critical science
advisors
We have a complex and strong public agency
involvement
We have a number of strongly committed
landowners

7. What Criteria Should We Use?
Personal Relationship with the “twin”
group
High levels of motivation
Available skills
Key public support
Adequate funding

8. Who Might be Compatible?
Geography (Similar latitude?)
Local connections (by someone who
can be involved)
Language capacity
Match of Skills (ours) with Need (theirs)

9. What is Needed?
Business Case Proposal to The International
RiverFoundation
3-5 year business plan with milestones and
deliverables
$100,000 for the twinning
Memorandum of Understanding with the chosen
“twin”
Report “key performance indicators”

10. International RiverFoundation
Assistance
Communications
Database of interested groups
Suggestions for funding
Cross cultural communications advice
Mentor for issues that may arise
Organizational (International RiverFoundation)
support