Establish Strategic Planning and Development at NVC - This summarizes the Native Village of Council (NVC) proposal to Administration for Children and Families – ANA (ACF-ANA) Social Economic Development Strategies for Alaska (SEDS-AK) to “Establish Strategic Planning and Development at NVC.” The current community condition is that NVC governance has no strategy to achieve long-term vision of the organization and limited administrative capacity to execute near-term goals and objectives. By establishing comprehensive Strategic Planning and Development, NVC will leverage seed funds from its partner, Kawerak, Inc., to increase its ability to govern the organization, and increase its administrative capacity to implement and monitor strategic goals and objectives. Through Planning Retreats facilitated annually by a contracted third-party Consultant, the NVC Governing Council will create an Annual Strategic Plan document each year of the project. Quarterly Strategic Planning Processes in each year of the project will monitor the administration of strategic goals and objectives and establish strategic practices within existing NVC governance. In addition to overseeing execution of Strategic Planning Cycles, the PI/PD Development staff will establish Planning and Development Policies and Procedures that align NVC’s development policies with its strategic goals and objectives. Through training and engagement in the sector of self-determination, NVC will increase its capacity to govern through increased knowledge of the sector, and increase administrative capacity for strategic implementation of goals and objectives. Council is about 100 miles below the Arctic Circle. The Native Village of Council (NVC) is the governance and administrative body of Inupiat peoples who originate from the area around the Niukluk River, a tributary of Fish River, and surrounding areas near Nome, Alaska, on the Seward Peninsula. NVC Enrolled Members are descendants of Iġałuiŋmiut, Iġniqtaġmiut, and Qawiaraġmiut, the Inuit peoples who are connected by the lineage of Fish River families northeast of Nome in the Bering Straits region of Alaska.
