Strengthening Community

Resilience Through Coalition

BuildingBarguna District, Bangladesh

Group 5:

Edmond Box, Elena Linn, Erica Wilson, Jennifer Holt

Strategic Plan

Mission: Community Resilience

Goal: Center for Cooperative Sustainable Development

Objective: Community Empowerment

Partnership Centers

Key Stakeholders …

◦ Community members

◦ Local authority

◦ NGOs

form coalitions…

◦ Sustainable Agriculture

◦ Housing Development

◦ Water Safety

◦ Economic Development

in order to collaborate and leverage resources .

Information and

Communication

Community

Competence

Social Capital

Economic

Development

Norris Model

of Community

Resilience

Timeline of Coalition Progression

Phase I

• Information gathering & Infrastructure

• Years 1 and 2

• 40% of budget

Phase II

• Action

• Years 3 and 4

• 20% of budget

Phase III

• Maintenance

• Year 5 and beyond

• 40% of budget

PHASE I: Information Phase

Year 1

◦ Construction of Partnership Centers

◦ Network with NGOs working in the community

◦ Communicate with community members

Year 2

◦ Establish coalitions

◦ Conduct coalition and community needs assessments

◦ Coalitions develop plans to address needs

PHASE II: Action Phase

Assist coalition members in seeking funding opportunities

Execute plans developed by coalitions in Phase I

UNDP – Training

construction

workers

Practical Action –

Rainwater

catchment

Kiva – Microloans

to start diverse

businesses

Housing Economy Water

Mercy Corps –

Linkage to markets

Practical Action –

Saline tolerant rice

Practical Action –

Floating gardens

Agriculture

PHASE II: Action Phase

Increase Partnership Center functions◦ Continuing education for community

members

Grant writing

Leadership training

Subject matter experts for focus areas

◦ Use local FM radio station to disseminate information about

NGO activities within upazilas

Disaster preparedness

Educational programs

PHASE III: Maintenance

Identify Needs

Form Coalitions

Create Plan

Secure Funding

Implement

Continuing education

Grant writing

Leadership training

Expert seminars via teleconference

Self-sustaining

Phasing out of foreign full-time staff

Evaluation

Phase I◦ Community center constructed

◦ Number of organizations participating in coalitions

◦ Needs assessment across coalitions identifying gaps in

expertise and services

Phase II◦ Each coalition responsible for semi-annual reports on

number of people served, costs

◦ Qualitative data from focus groups with community and

coalition members

Phase III◦ Number of grants applied/obtained/completed

Budget

Infrastructure

Equipment

Staff

Benefits

Benefits of strategic plan

Self sustaining

Highly replicable

Efficiency – prevention of duplication of efforts and

leverage resources

Benefits to the community

High community involvement

Integration of existing NGO and community resources

Community empowerment

Increased disaster resilience

Economic growth and diversity

Anticipated Challenges

Corruption Land rights Construction workers and supplies Transportation Weather Cultural barriers and disparities Low literacy rates

Information and

Communication

Community

Competence

Social Capital

Economic

Development

Any

Questions?

Community Resilience

Item Cost (USD) Quantity Years Total(USD)

Land 40,000 20 1 800,000

Main

Community

Center

200,000 5 1 1,000,000

Branch

Community

Center

100,000 15 1 1,500,000

Computer 1,000 25 1 25,000

Generator 5,000 20 1 100,000

Staff 3000 90 5 1,350,000

Foreign staff

fee

10000 30 5 1,500,000

Travel for

outside

specialists

2,000 20 2 80,000

Maintenance/

Security

100,000 1 5 500,000

Radio

equipment and

2,000 5 1 10,000