Social Mobilization & Organization
HDPG is committed to work at the grass roots level and in this regard has
succeeded in involving the local communities in the self-help initiatives
for sustainable social and economic development. HDPG will have to form
Community Based Organizations (CBOs) during the course of time. The process
involves mobilization of the local community to form a group/organization
that can best serve the interest of the community. These CBOs then needs
further strengthening to be self sustaining in future.
Capacity
Building of CBOs
Community self-reliance will also require skills training. At this stage
it too early to identity specific training needs since this will be dependant
on detailed programs with upgrading communities. However, it is envisaged
that training will be required in the following fields over time:
Health promotion and communication skills
Group formation and development
Action planning
Financial planning and accounts
Skills required for planning, management and execution of community
programs.
Community Participation
HDPG intends to undertake large integrated rural development projects
in NWF province through village based organizations of men and women,
who are actively involved in identification, planning and implementation
of the village level development activities. Throughout this program,
HDPG aims to strengthen public-private partnership and encourage the
burgeoning dialogue between communities, government and NGOs. Its focus
on institutional development is intended to improve overall capacity
and efficiency to encourage good government, i.e. transparency, accountability,
checks and balance. In all its work HDPG strives to make a reality of
the participatory approach in mobilizing communities. Projects will
be planned in an informed way and community perceived needs and community
knowledge will be given due consideration. These will create a sense
of ownership and long term sustainability of the projects.
The success of any intervention
depends on the efficient utilization of all the available resources and
thus the maximum utilization of local resources is the key to cost effective
and sustainable projects.
Self
Sufficiency/ Breaking the Dependency Syndrome
HDPG strongly believes in community ownership of the programs, which in
turn creates a sense of self-reliance and therefore, breaks the dependency
syndrome. The concerned community will identify the projects, participate
in planing, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluation. Once they
are given full participation, they will sustain it on their own resources.
HDPG will provide technical
assistance to the community through their respective CBOs in planning,
designing and implementation of the project. During the implementation
phase of the project, the community, HDPG and donor agency will monitor
the project activities. This approach will strengthen the CBOs and COs
and will increase their sense of ownership, determination and commitment
during the life cycle of the project. It will help in institutionalization
of various program components and make them sustainable at the community
level. From the very first day the project will be considered as the community
project and HDPG will only spend time in managing the project and will
strive for development of institutions and human resource development.
This will help in creating and building the capacity of local activists
and institutions to become more aware and self reliant in the future.
The approach is to hold community
meetings before undertaking any project to fully involve the locals in
the project activities and to sustain the project through he community
efforts and resources. One of the objectives of this plan is to involve
the community as a partner during the implementation of the project and
after completion, as the sole owner of the project. This is a new approach
and to succeed, it is imperative that NGO and GOs (governmental organizations)
must recognize the CBOs as the real project implementers with supervision
and technical support from the NGOs and GOs.
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