How to Empower Poor Communities?(Through WB Community Driven Development Approach)

are well educated and highly knowledgeable; Live in urban areas away from communities; Not familiar with local cultures and practices; impatient with rural people; Uneasy about spending time in the rural areas with

communities; Do not trust the communities with large sums of money;

Pretend we can bring solutions to the village; Always very scientific in our approach; Suspicious of community members so do not eat with

them; Regard them illiterate so we want to do things for them; Have access to money, networks and infrastructure.

WE…..

Development is a process that increases choices (for communities) to improve people’s wellbeing in terms of the lives that people have a reason to value (Cavaje, 2000; Emmerij, 1997)

Development involves change and improvement due to a net increase in assets (human, physical, financial, social and natural)

Development

Community-driven development (CDD) also called Community-based approaches to development.

Community-Driven Development (CDD) programs operate on the principles of transparency, participation, local empowerment, demand-responsiveness, greater downward accountability, and enhanced local capacity.

Community-driven development describes the process that ensures communities have a voice and a choice to achieve sustainable livelihoods they have a reason to value.

Seek to empower local communities to identify and implement the projects they most need.

What is Community Driven Development (CDD)?

Community-driven development (CDD) is a development initiative that provides control of the development process, resources and decision making authority directly to groups in the community. The underlying assumption of CDD projects are that communities are the best judges of how their lives and livelihoods can be improved and, if provided with adequate resources and information, they can organize themselves to provide for their immediate needs. Lastly, the community plans and builds the project and takes responsibility for monitoring its progress.

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What is CDD?....

1. Project implementation Support2. Community Development Support3. Community Driven Investment program

Components of CDD

1. Project implementation Support

Project management through establishing an efficient, effective and responsive entity for successful project implementation at the provincial , district and sub district level.

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Technical Support, Training &

MonitoringCBOs

EIGs

DRC

PMU

This component include facilitating communities to mobilize into

Community based organizations (CBOs)/Community Development Council(CDCs)

Economic interest groups (EIGs) and Cluster Economic Interest Group (CEIGs) at village/settlement, Union Council/Tehsil level to

develop their capacities.

2. Community Development Support

Community Consensus Meeting/Jirga

2. Community Development Support

Community

EIG

EIG

EIG

Community based organization

CBO

CBO

CBO

CBO

CBO

Economic Interest Group e.g. Livestock, electricians etc

CEIG

CEIG(Cluster Economic Interest Group)

DRC

District Review Committee. Includes Govt DC LG, C&W, CBOs, CEIGs etc

PMU

Project Mgt Unit

CBO’s Training

Female CBO’s Training

3. Community Driven Investment programThis component includes three sub components that focus on basic social and productive infrastructure creating economic opportunities for self reliance and empowerment of targeted communities. A-Social infrastructure:Including Feeder roads, culverts, bridges, street pavement, irrigation schemes, community education, health centers, livestock facilities etc.B-Productive infrastructure:Finance small scale physical and socio-economic infrastructure, income earning assets i.e. vocational training/skill development centers, community grain storage facilities, cattle trough, irrigation schemes, livestock water pool, solar convergence of water pump, agriculture machines (maize Sheller, rice thresher, fruit processing/packaging equipment.)C-Asset building for ultra poor:Addressing the development needs of ultra poor and vulnerable groups in the targeted villages. It include re-acqusition of lost assists e.g. home/shelter or income source (Livestock, Poultry etc)

3. Community Driven Investment program….. Community Action Plan(CAP) Meeting

Community Action Plan(CAP) Meeting

District Review Committee (DRC) Meeting

Inauguration of street pavement

Selected 110 youths for skilled training after proper training need assessment.

Skills include Motor cycle, mobile repairing, AC & Refrigeration, UPS and tailoring.

6 months training.Provided tool kitsPaid one year shops rent.

Youth employment opportunities

Best CDD happens where community are self organizing and taking charge of own development  When CDD is happening we see,

1. Empowered communities 2. Strengthened local governments 3. Communities holding government accountable4. Capacity to support strengthened at the different levels

of governance 

When CDD Happens…

Communities need to be seen as equal partners in development processes so you talk, think, walk and sense the issues together;

A successful CDD is a co-production phenomenon of communities and development practitioners so there is co-sensing and co-creation of solutions

Social capital/assets are an important element in sustainable CDD processes

We the development practitioners are the missing piece in the puzzle of development as we often withhold our assets which are critical to CDD processes.

CDD processes take time to seen results;

Conclusion

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مننه تاسوUmer DilEmail id:

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