The Future of the BPPWhat’s Next?

Executive Committee Leadership Timeline-Urgency Decision making processes

Organizing Principles for the Network Going Forward

Self Determining Entrepreneurial Accountable Self-Sustaining

Executive Committee Recommendations

4 broad strategies of future BPPTo collaborate on and jointly advance cross border programmatic issuesTo work together to mobilize more and more effective resources to address regional issuesTo strengthen the institutional capacity of member organizationsTo provide leadership and influence public policy

Strategy 1To collaborate on and jointly advance cross border programmatic issues of common concern

Compile data, information and best practices on border issues

Exchange information and learn together Identify and define priority issues Create and implement action plans in priority

areas

Strategy 2To work together to mobilize more and more effective philanthropic resources to address border issues

Jointly approach new and existing funders (corporate and others) for special opportunity grantsIncrease grants to border communities( both grants from CFs to border communities, as well as grants from outside the region)Increase visibility through joint marketing, networking efforts

Strategy 3Strengthen the Institutional Capacity of Border Community Foundations

Training and technical assistance to strengthen BCF skills

Identify opportunities to reduce back office costs of members through combined purchasing power, sharing of resources, etc.

Strategy 4Provide leadership and influence public policy at the local, regional and transnational levels on issues that affect the border and border foundations

Executive Committee wants the input of BPP members as to whether the majority of members support this strategy, and if so, what would be the priority activities under it.

Future Structure

2 recommendations so far:

Membership open to current partners, and in the future consider other grantmaking institutions, and possibly other types of members

Phase III BPP should be incubated at host foundation/s where back office costs can be covered

Flow For Next Three Days

Today: -Review and discuss purpose and four broad strategies of

the future BPP—the “why”Tomorrow:-Flesh out the strategies and activities within each area –

the “what and how”Friday:-Determine committee activities and timeline

Questions for Small Group Work Today

1) Do you have questions about the purpose and 4 strategies?

2) Are these the appropriate strategies for phase III? Are they the right ones?

3) Would you propose any changes/edits?4) Specifically, do you endorse strategy 4?5) Do you think your organization would sign on and commit

resources to Phase III if these are the strategies?