COM EN 4

• Empowerment


  The act of giving somebody more control over their own life or the situation they are in or giving somebody the power or authority to do something
• Advocacy


  The support, advice and help given to people, often with special needs or aims, who are unable to speak for themselves
• Empowerment and Advocacy highlight the collaborative nature of various groups and people working together to attain a specific goal that may promote betterment of the quality of life and social change
• People Empowerment


  The process that increases community autonomy and individual self-determination
• Advocacy


  Refers to enabling marginalized groups and promoting their individual rights
• Advocacy is a process of supporting people and advancing or promoting the rights these individuals have
• Advocacy is a tool in attaining people empowerment
• Strategies of Empowerment and Advocacy of a Community Action Initiative

  1. Secure Strong Leadership

  2. Establish Formal Structure

  3. Engage the Stakeholders

  4. Conduct a Needs Assessment

  5. Create a Strategic Plan
• Commitment


  Dedication of self to a certain person or a cause
• Commitment is very important to accomplish a certain community action initiative with participation of the citizens
• Participatory Development


  Aims to engage the marginalized in development projects which are designed and initiated for their own benefit
• Forms of Participatory Development

  • Passive Participation
  • Participation by Consultation
  • Participation by Collaboration
  • Empowerment Participation
• Stakeholders


  The people, groups or institutions that may be affected by, can significantly influence or are important to the achievement of the stated purpose of a community action initiative
• Who are the Stakeholders?

  • General public
  • Government
  • Representative assemblies
  • Civil society organizations
  • Private sector
  • Donor and international financial institutions
• Community Action Initiatives (CAI)


  Community-led projects that help the community go through change and build character
• CAI


  • Citizens take a leading role in providing public services and goods
  • Aims for social, environmental, and political change that will help its stakeholders to grow and have an ease in living their lives
• Participatory Approach


  Everyone who has a stake in the intervention has a voice, either in person or by representation
• Asset-Based Approach


  Focuses on STRENGTHS, views diversity in thought, culture, and traits as positive assets, every community is valuable and has strengths and potential
• Community-Based Approach


  An approach to implementing local development projects that advocates for community participation in decision-making and management, with a goal of using local knowledge and resources to run more effective projects
• Welfare Approach


  A system in which the government undertakes the chief responsibility for providing for the social and economic security of its population, usually through unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, and other social-security measures
• Spiritual-Psychosocial Approach


  A spiritual aspect closely aligns with the values and principles that underpin community development, an essential component along with social, economic, political, cultural, environmental, personal and survival aspects
• Rights-Based Approach


  A people-centered approach to development based on the norms and standards of international human rights law, empowering people to know and claim their rights and increasing the ability and accountability of individuals and institutions who are responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling rights
• Phases of Community Action

  1. Conducting initial preparation

  2. Organizing the community for action

  3. Exploring the health issues and setting priorities

  4. Planning

  5. Acting and evaluating together

  6. Scaling up
• Strategies of Empowerment and Advocacy of a Community Action Initiative

  • Secure Strong Leadership
  • Establish Formal Structure
  • Engage the Stakeholders
  • Conduct a Needs Assessment
  • Create a Strategic Plan
• Three Forms of Community Action

  • Building community and social capacity - helping the community to share knowledge, skills and ideas
  • Community resilience - helping the community to support itself
  • Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in design, cross-sector collaboration and partnerships
• Interview


  A conversation between a facilitator (the interviewer) and a community stakeholder (the respondent), allows interviewers to gain a deeper understanding of the respondents' ideas and feelings
• Surveys


  A popular method of collecting information and opinions, can reveal the community's perceived strengths, assets, weaknesses, and needs, can be general or targeted to specific groups, can be administered through email, phone, or in person
• Building community and social capacity - helping the community to share knowledge, skills and ideas
• Community resilience - helping the community to support itself
• Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in design, cross-sector collaboration and partnerships
• welfare approach


  a system in which the government undertakes the chief responsibility for providing the social and economic security of its population
• community-based approach


  advocates for community participation in decision-making and management
• building community and social capacity


  helping the community to share knowledge, skills, and ideas
• interview


  it is a conversation between a facilitator and a community stakeholder
• passive participation


  Participation is at the minimum
• participatory by collaboration


  Stakeholders with predetermined goals participate during the discussion, analysis, and decision-making stage.
• community resilience


  helping the community to support itself
• participatory approach


   "everyone who has at stake in the intervention has a voice, either in person or by representation"
• spiritual-psychosocial approach


  community development along with social, economic, political, cultural, environmental, personal and survival"
• commitment


   It includes dedication of self to a certain person or a cause