Planning for success and environmental sustainability

A five-step guide for developing, planning, implementing and evaluating a successful Rotary project

1. Outline

Do you want to plan sizzling Rotary projects that deliver effective outcomes for people and the environment? This five-step guide with tools, templates and worked examples are all based on successful Rotary projects and good business practices. These resources will help you to develop, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate, and sustain successful Rotary projects, while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability.

The Guide can be introduced in face-to-face and interactive workshops where you will learn how best to apply the Guide for your own projects and how to access the online templates worked examples and other resources.

2. About the guide

There are many excellent examples of well-run Rotary projects. However, it is not always easy for new Rotarians to work out how to convert an idea for a project into a proposal for either a club board or for a grant application. Once a project has been approved, they may not then know how to effectively implement the program and monitor and evaluate it for lasting, measurable outcomes. This Guide will help address these needs and gives a simple step-by-step process, plus suggestions for how to access further information from their District and Rotary International websites.

The Guide has been designed to suit any type of project, regardless of its size, budget or timeline. The principles of good project planning are the same for any project; it’s just that the complexity of the planning may be greater with larger projects than smaller ones.

3. Who the guide is for

This Guide was originally designed for Rotary District 9810 Community, Sustainability and International team leaders, Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors who are interested in developing and conducting projects. However, it will be available for those in other districts as well through the resource package above.