Partnerships management: Involving communities
For higher level managers
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Community-Based Initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
pdf, 789kb
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2003
Healthy villages; healthy cities; women in development
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Community Involvement in Health Development: A Review of the Concept and Practice
Haile Mariam Kahssay and Peter Oakley (ed.), 1999, WHO
Participation as collaboration; project benefits; empowerment; district health systems; development structures
(Overview: 24 pages, pdf 1MB, Full document: 154 pages) -
What’s Behind the Budget? Politics, Rights and Accountability in the Budget Process
Andy Norton and Diane Elson, 2002, Overseas Development Institute
Human rights, entitlements and citizen participation; gender-sensitive, pro-poor focus; transparent systems of decision-making and access to information
(64 pages, pdf 427kb) -
Working The Middle: Roles and Challenges of Intermediaries
Xavier de Souza Briggs, 2003, The Community Problem-Solving Project @ MIT
Problems and opportunities: civic process and knowledge; operational capacity; performance and accountability; legitimacy and political support
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We Are All Negotiators Now: An Introduction to Negotiation in Community Problem-Solving
pdf, 1.26Mb
Xavier de Souza Briggs, 2003, The Community Problem-Solving Project @ MIT
Negotiation or conflict management as a problem solving tool sometimes; elements of competition and conflict can co-exist with cooperation; getting community representatives to be truly representative
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Advocacy Toolkit
Graham Gordon, 2002, Tearfund
Advocacy strategy; chatting and listening; semi-structured interviews; focus groups; community mapping; agreeing priorities; forcefield analysis; timeline; power triangles; "but why?" stakeholder mapping; allies and opponents matrix; risk management; activity schedule; lobbying guidelines; the media; evaluation and learning review
(84 pages, pdf 849kb)
En français: Conseils pratiques pour approcher un plaidoyer
En español: Acciones prácticas en defensoría