This Tool Guide includes more than 100 curated tools and resources recommended by 1000L partners to support coordinated landscape planning and action. In particular, the tools offered here will equip LPs to operationalize ILM elements and achieve the key outputs 2 described in the Practical Guide. We created this catalog from a global inventory based on several criteria: ease of use, low cost, accessability, minimal technical capacity required and relevance to a broad range of landscape initiatives. This list will continually evolve as new tools are developed or improved.

Users of this guide may notice several references to the same resources, including the MSP (multi-stakeholder partnership) Guide and accompanying MSP Tool Guide, the Partnering Toolbook, the SDG Partnership Guidebook and the Presencing Institute’s Theory U tools. While our guide highlights specific tools from these resources that align with key outputs for landscapes, we recommend landscape practitioners draw upon these tools in their entirety, as they address key foundational competencies essential to an LP’s success, including facilitation, shared leadership, relationship management and network building, communication, conflict management and negotiation and diversity and inclusion.

The tools in this guide are organized by element and output to allow practitioners to easily find helpful tools and resources necessary for engaging in each of the outlined ILM processes. Each output contains a list of links to tools accompanied by brief descriptions of how LPs may use them. The tools support the development and practice of various skills essential for practicing ILM. They range from extensive partnership guides to mapping software, financial toolkits, monitoring and evaluation frameworks and beyond. LPs should adapt their toolbox to fit their unique needs and purposes.