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
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