Overview of Current and Planned Functionality

 

 

The Community Issues Management Initiative is currently in its second and final year of beta testing.  The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) is collaborating with CIM Community Partners to evolve CIM from beta to Version 1.0 by December 31, 2008. Please feel free to use the beta version and offer comments or suggestions. You are required to register as a user during this beta phase.  The URL is: www.cim-network.org

 

 
   

What is CIM?

CIM is a global web-based system where trained facilitators help organizations frame, manage and take action on complex issues. CIM provides a platform for engaging public and nonprofit sector organizations and citizens to consider issues that impact their regional, state, national or global community.

 

 

Two types of organization partnerships are currently available and reflect different levels of engagement and cost:  CIM Community Partners, who serve as CIM's primary focus and guide its design and development, and CIM Data Partners, who contribute data to the CIM data warehouse:

 

 

The CIM website is open to the public.  However, during the beta testing phase of this initiative the general user does not have access to CIM's complete suite of tools. This document provides an overview of tools that are available to the general public. This document also highlights tools that the general public does not see - those tools that are only available to CIM Community Partners.
   

 

These tools are currently available to the public and CIM Community Partners:

(1) Interactive Mapping

(2) My Folder