Signals the CP and CDW are already prepared to work together as partners in development.

Responsibility of continually organizing the community for development rest not only on a single person. CO and participatory community development requires a shared leadership.

The fourth important element of the CO practice was traditionally viewed as the problem, which brings together the community people (CP) and the CDW in a helping process.

usually generally composed of the haves and the have-nots.

CO is like a long journey into a development partnership with the community people.

Argues that community can be brought back to life if local assets, rather than local needs, become the focus.

Decision-making competency

are rich and educated

the stage for CO.

or, determining the reasons and directions for its being

For the people’s organization to be decisively important towards the success of the community’s development initiatives, its constituency has to go through capacity development.

Play a pivotal role in the CO process

A germination process of building trust and cooperation networks, commonly?

should be concerned with the welfare of the whole community.

3 apparent stakeholders

Is an integral part of the development and change processes

Engaged in CO could be a single person or a team of development workers usually attached to an institution known as Development Organization (DO).

Those line agency staff; local, regional and national government officials.

as stated in the light of the DO’s Vision, Mission and Goal (VMG) and programs.

2 basic approaches to managing development initiatives

involves continuous capacity building of the staff and generation of financial and material resources.

Done systematically both in individual or collective fashion.

Should be coming, ideally, form, among the ranks of people in the community.

Promotes greater awareness and increased abilities to identify different problems.

4 critical elements of capacity development

It calls for addition and multiplication of leaders, division of responsibilities and subtraction of obstacles.

Is a function of the dynamic interplay of the four fundamental elements, namely, Community people (CP), Community development worker (CWD), CO process, and Community consciousness.

Those who may be expected to benefit or lose from certain development initiatives: on the losing end, in particular, these are the poor

A germination process of building trust and cooperation networks, commonly called building the social capital.

Prerequisite to planning and acting…

Consisting of several liners and leaders is a must on CO. It ensures the sustainability of the organization.

Refers to the basic continuing effort by which the CDW becomes one with the CP.

the aim is to get the community’s sanction and commitment.

include committed, competent and creative person-power, financial and material resources.

5 Major interrelated phases of CO process

Those with interest in outcomes; like NGO’s, private businesses and industries that may be affected or may have technical expertise.

To become more relevant, should be initiated and sustained by the people themselves.

Against the backdrop of accelerating technological and institutional change

A progressive forward movement that consists of 5 major interrelated phases.

Means developing a partnership with the community.

vast majority of people. they are politically weak, unrecognized, poor

The community is the stage for CO.

A strong people-centered organization is constituted by a core group of leaders and members

Process that facilitates participatory development.

Leadership in the organization is like the trunk of a tree.

or, acceptability to the community in which it operates.

Conscious effort of understanding the reality of the community life as basis for planning.

4 Fundamental Elements of CO Practice

The community consists of people, now popularly known as stakeholders, who have different interest in development.

The partner of the people in development. Act as catalyst for participatory development