Instrument - Artic River Pre-Summit KM

Arctic Rivers Summit – Pre-summit survey questions

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This evaluation is being conducted by the Arctic Rivers Project, Ryan Toohey, with the U.S. Geological Survey is the main contact (rtoohey@usgs.gov) for this evaluation.

 

We will collect information from stakeholders of the Arctic Rivers Project, which include representatives of Indigenous communities in Alaska, representatives of Indigenous organizations, State and Federal entities, and others regarding the effectiveness of participatory methods and achievement of overall project goals. Evaluation information will be collected via an online survey. Questions will focus on the relevancy of the project to participants, methods used to engage with participants, feedback about project components, input for the direction of the project, preferred communication methods, current and future use of project products. This information will allow for a greater understanding of the effectiveness of community engagement, the co-production process, and participation in the direction of the project. This information will help guide the project through its various phases, and it will help enhance communication and product development. We aim to share this information directly with participants in the project and the larger co-production of knowledge community through peer-reviewed publications and other science communication products.

 

We estimate that it will take an hour to complete the interview.  Your responses will not be shared with anyone outside of the Arctic Rivers Project team, but may be anonymized, aggregated, and published in a future report or journal article. We will share the survey results with you and will be sure to get permission if we would like to include direct quotes in any way. We thank you for your time! 

 

Privacy Act Statement: You are not required to provide your contact information in order to submit your survey response. However, if you do not provide contact information, we may not be able to contact you for additional information to verify your responses. If you do provide contact information, this information will not be shared with any other organization and will only be used to initiate follow-up communication about this project if needed. The records for this collection will be maintained in the appropriate Privacy Act System of Records identified as [DOI Social Networks (Interior/USGS-8) published at 76 FR 44033, 7/22/2011].  

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501), states that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number and expiration date. You may submit comments on any aspect of this collection. Please note that comments submitted in response to this collection are public record. Comments on this collection should be sent to the Clearance Office at gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.  [16 U.S.C. 1a7] authorized collection of this information. This information will be used by the U.S. Geological Survey to better serve the public. Response to this request is voluntary. We estimate that it will take 60 minutes to prepare and respond to this collection. We will not distribute responses associated with you as an individual. We ask you for some basic contact information to help us interpret the results and, if needed, to contact you for clarification.  

Arctic Rivers Summit – Pre-summit survey questions:

1. Are you attending the summit as a representative of any of the following (please select all that apply)?

• Alaska Native Village

• First Nation Community

• State or Provincial agency

• Federal Agency

• Academic Institution

• Tribal or Aboriginal Non-Profit Organization

• Non-Profit Organization

• Other (Please fill in)

[if respondent chooses “Alaska Native Village” or “First Nation Community” they are routed to the 1a and 1b; if they select any other choices they route to question 1c]

1.a. What community are you representing at the Summit?

Open response

1.b. What role do you have in that community? (Please choose all that apply)

• Community member

• Tribal Council or First Nation Government member

• Employee of a First Nation or Tribal Government

• Elder

• Youth

• City employee

• Alaska Village corporation employee

• Alaska Regional corporation employee

• Indigenous organization employee

• Other (please fill in)

1.c. Please describe your role at [state/federal/academic institution – this will autofill based on their response to question 1]

Open response

2. What are your goals for attending the summit?

(Please select all that apply)

• Learn more about climate science

• Learn about adaptation strategies from other communities

• Learn about climate impacts from other communities

• Learn about funding opportunities from other communities

• Learn how to be involved in the Arctic Rivers Project

• Guide the science of the Arctic Rivers Project

• Network with other communities and scientists

• Share my knowledge and experiences

• Identify actions and strategies to adapt to climate change

• Other (please describe)

3. Did you review the Arctic Rivers Summit website before attending the summit?

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

[if yes routes to 4a -c, if no and unsure route to 5]

4.a. What parts of the Summit website did you find useful?

Open response

4.b. What was missing from the Summit website?

Open response

4.c. How could the Summit website be improved?

Open response

5. Have you heard of the term knowledge co-production?

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

[Yes and unsure route to 5a, no routes to 6]

5.a. What does knowledge co-production mean to you?

Open response

6. Have you heard of free, prior, and informed consent?

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

[Yes and unsure route to 6a, no routes to 7]

6a. What does free prior, and informed consent mean to you?

Open response

7. Have you reviewed the Arctic Rivers Project co-production protocols? (These were provided on the Arctic Rivers Summit website.)

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

[Yes and unsure route to 7a no routes to 8]

7a. What feedback do you have for the knowledge co-production protocols?

8. Is there anything else you would like us to know?