[PDF] Community Development Toolkit - CommDev

Community Action Plans16continuedHow to use this toolThis exercise is usually done in a communityworkshop, when all interested communitymembers are invited to participate inplanning for community development.The mining company can initiate andunderwrite this workshop, in collaborationwith key local stakeholders. As broad arange of participants as possible should beinvited, including representatives from thepublic sector. Efforts should be made toensure that women, youth, the elderly anddisabled are enabled to participate and anycultural or religious minority groups mustalso be fully represented. Experiencedfacilitators who understand how toencourage community members to take thelead are the best people to manage theproduction of CAPs. These facilitators shouldalso have a good knowledge of communitydevelopment processes and of successfulprograms elsewhere so that they can offerideas and suggestions to broaden the scopeof the plans where necessary.There are six principal steps in developinga CAP for a specific problem. The sameprocedure should be followed for each of theselected opportunities. The specific plans canthen be combined to form an overall CAP forthe community. The community may wish toframe its planning process in a strategicplanning framework, as outlined in tool 6,including the community’s vision, communitydevelopment mission statement, goals,purposes, outputs and inputs.STEP 1State the specific objective that will addressthe identified issue.STEP 2Develop a list of activities that must beundertaken to achieve the objective.STEP 3Decide who in the community or whatunit/agency is most appropriate to undertakeeach activity.STEP 4Decide when the activities are to be done.STEP 5Decide what resource and budget will beneeded for each activity and who willcontribute resources.STEP 6Name who will take responsibility forensuring that the plan is implemented.The CAP then becomes the managementtool for community development activities, tobe managed by the community with supportfrom company, government and NGOpartners. Part of the management processesfor the CAP will include selecting indicators(tool 19) for monitoring and evaluation ofprograms and reporting to communitymembers and development partners onprogram challenges and achievements.See Tables 19 and 20 for examples of CAPs.MANAGEMENT TOOLSCommunity Development Toolkit167