Assessing Your Organization

Using the AYO to complete an assessment of your organization

The Ontario Land Trusts Alliance (OLTA) developed the Assessing Your Organization Program (AYO) based on The Land Trust Alliance (US) program. The six-part program is available in English and French. As part of the assessment platform the four Alliances have partnered to make this tool available nation-wide.

Assessing Your Organization Program (AYO) is intended to help strengthen land trusts through a systematic review and discussion of their governance and operating practices in light of the 2019 Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices (CLT S&Ps).

The AYO was designed for land trusts and other groups that wish to undertake an analysis of their progress toward implementing the CLT S&Ps. The AYO process helps land trust boards meet legal requirements and regulations, recruit and train excellent board members, set priorities for organizational development, as well as secure land efficiently and effectively for conservation and protection.