Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification (SLED)

PREPARING FOR SLED
Activities
Preparing the SLED team
(Step 1.1)
Checklist
Team understand SLA framework and Appreciative Inquiry;
Team understand SLED process and objectives;
Team have appropriate skills and knowledge for facilitating SLED;
Where additional skills and knowledge are required, appropriate partners have been
identified;
SLED team have understanding about how information is accessed and used within
the community;
SLED information / publicity materials developed and accessible for team and potential
participants;
Team have appropriate gender mix
Processes established to enable continued learning and doing for team.
Review and validation of
secondary information (Step
1.2)
Secondary information reviewed and synthesised;
Key informants in the community identified;
Secondary information presented to and validated with the key informants;
Secondary information presented to other householders and groups where appropriate.
Planning SLED Work (Step
1.3)
Discovery Phase components objectives clearly articulated;
Process shaped to suit local context;
SLED supporting processes integrated into work programme;
Skill requirements for the team defined;
SLED plans developed and discussed with key informants;
Verifiable indicators for progress defined.
Preparing partners (Step 1.4)
Potential SLED partners identified;
Partners roles and responsibilities defined;
Team has met with partners and discussed the process and potential roles;
Strategy for engagement developed and initiated;
Partners prepared to participate in SLED process.
LEARNING ABOUT LIVELIHOODS
Activities
Understanding Community
Context and Resources
(Step 1.2.1)
Understanding livelihoods
and livelihood diversity (Step
1.2.2)
Checklist – for SLED team and participants
Community reference group established;
Community profile developed with reference group;
Team has promoted a wider appreciation of village resources, institutions and strengths
across the community.
Team conducted a series of transect walks to explore community diversity;
Household interviews conducted with representative range of people;
SLED team and participants understand who the different groups are within the
community, what assets they have and their key strengths;
Livelihood diversity matrix developed with reference group and findings are
disseminated within community;
Groups within the community have learnt about the livelihoods of others within the
community.
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