A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities build the capacity for collaborative community planning. NCI offers training and consultation for designing and facilitating successful charrettes leading to implementation and progress.
The National Charrette Institute (NCI), a nonprofit educational institution, offers training in charrette design and implementation, including several certificate programs in charrette design and facilitation. NCI also offers a publication series with resources in charrettes and community planning, several live webinars each year, a database of tools and resources, and technical assistance and coaching in designing citizen programs.
The NCI Charette System is a collaborative planning process that harnesses the talents and energies of interested parties to create and support a feasible plan that represents transformative community change. It is usually at least four consecutive days, an open and collaborative process that includes all interested parties, involves all disciplines in a series of short feedback loops, produces a feasible plan, and is based on a generalist, holistic approach.
The Dynamic Planning process serves as the template for NCI’s Charrette System design. The Process includes three steps: Research, Education, and Charrette Preparation; Charrette; and Plan Implementation. NCI considers multiple strategies instrumental in running a successful charrette process. These include working collaboratively, compressing work sessions, communicating in short feedback loops, studying the details and the whole, and holding the charrette on or near the site.
NCI has completed numerous training sessions and has facilitated planning charrettes across the country. Notable projects include charrettes with the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Association of Professional Community Planners of Saskatchewan, and the Baltimore County Office of Planning.
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