Community participation involves local people and organisations in a project from start to finish. In this policy or white paper, Wilde Ganzen's approach to community participation is explained.
Self-confidence and a change in mindset in the community are essential for community participation. The Vision, Commitment and Action method (VCA) provides organisations with concrete tools and techniques to make the community aware of its own capacities as well as responsibilities.
This manual provides organisations with concrete techniques and participatory forms of work to facilitate a meeting.
Do you and your partner want to map out who constitutes the community and which stakeholders are involved? Then you can use these (free) toolkits or course.
Plan your activities through "Open Space" where all stakeholders can contribute to success in an energetic a collaborative way.
This tool allows organisations to test the extent to which their projects and programs are actually aligned with community-led development.
Do you also want to shift power in your relationship with your partner or community? Then use the Power Awareness Tool developed by partners from Wilde Ganzen in partnership with Partos.
A simple tool that uses 13 questions to give organisations insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their Monitoring & Evaluation system in the context of community-led development.
Evaluate project outcomes with stakeholders.
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