Nominations have closed for this prestigious award for those who have made a lasting impact on cooperating association partnerships. The deadline was 5/23.
The Stewardship Atlas gathers stewardship-enriching tools, from the basics of engagement to extraordinary and innovative ideas from parks across the country.  Resources that help cultivate engagement with parks. It’s a gathering place for ideas that also offers growing space for all to contribute their success stories and experiences. Since the NPS is vast, it’s difficult to
Do you have questions about Cooperating Associations and Partnerships? Access a list of regional coordinators here.
Overview The Standard Cooperating Association Agreement requires NPS units to document intellectual property items through Exhibit B – Intellectual Property or as part of Annual Operating Plans. Incorporating intellectual property into the Standard Cooperative Association Agreement documents the generally existing ownership and licensing practices between the National Park Service and its Cooperating Association partners. Exhibit
Visitor Center Futures is a workgroup whose members explore opportunities to reimagine visitor centers and challenge our assumptions to better meet visitor needs.
The National Park Service has many agreement templates available to facilitate various kinds of partnerships
The Annual Aid-to-NPS Work Plan lays out the ways in which financial donations (a.k.a. Aid-to-NPS) from the Cooperating Association will be used to support the interpretation, education, and research activities of the National Park Service for a specific year. Even if there are no planned donations or expenditures for the year, please submit the Superintendent
Cooperating Associations and Partnerships announces this year’s recipient of the James V. Murfin award is Jim Adams, Executive Director of Discover Your Northwest. The James V. Murfin Award recognizes an individual who has made significant and lasting contributions throughout their career to strengthen partnerships between the National Park Service and cooperating associations. The award was
This training series will help parks and partners build and strengthen their relationship through knowledge, awareness, and mutual understanding of their joint missions and initiatives.
Learn many ways to incorporate messaging about the VIP 50th anniversary into your volunteer-based events you're planning! It's a great time to focus on storytelling and recognize your volunteers.
Discover details of the Annual Operating Plan, focus on appropriate and inappropriate uses of Annual Aid-to-NPS funds, and learn how to keep a Scope of Sales updated and relevant.
This recorded webinar examines Director's Order 32, which mandates parks take action to promote a sustainable business environment for cooperating associations.
This webinar highlights the intent and purpose, key points, and challenging aspects of the Annual Aid-to-NPS, Scope of Sales, and the Annual Operating Plans and how they are key to a successful partnership.
Learn more about DO 32 and RM 32 and why they are important.
In this recorded session you will explore how to make good, ethical decisions as federal employees while working with NPS partners.
Overview Are you interested in learning more about the National Park Service’s Cooperating Associations, including understanding this important partnership; its history, role, and function; and the application of Director’s Order (DO) 32 and Reference Manual (RM) 32? This is the first webinar in a series of planned webinars focused on important topics in Cooperating Associations
The Bevinetto Fellow Program is a two-year leadership training and development program that provides an opportunity to be a part of the legislative process.
This course provides an overview of legislation, regulation, authorization, directive and policy that form the basis for the Volunteer-In-Parks program.
This presentation, given at the 2016 L&D conference, highlights current research and shares observations about Communities of Practice.
This recorded webinar provides helpful tips and tricks to ensure that the content of your agency's social media is accessible to those with disabilities.
The Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit provides best practices and tips on ensuring that all social media content is accessible to everyone.
In March, the Institute invited 30 individuals to the Communities of Practice Workshop.