Collective Organisation Maturity Evaluation Tool (COMET): a toolkit for forest and farm producer organisations

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme wishes to pilot an organisational maturity evaluation process for collective organisations such as forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) that are currently supported by the FFF. 

The evaluation process will measure the progress these FFPOs have made in gaining organisational maturity. It aims to inform interested parties of the degree to which organisations indicated for support have made progress towards being mature or ‘able to stand on their own feet’ with or without further FFF financial support.

The purpose of the Collective Organisation Maturity Evaluation Tool (COMET) is to try and provide a quick and easy assessment of organisational maturity with credible accuracy. COMET draws on key indicators to assess maturity in the following five key areas: internal organisational governance, environmental sustainability, business development, financial management and social inclusion.