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Organization Developmen and Management
Topic 2 – How to Mobilize Community
JICA LGREP
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Topic ObjectiveFor the participants to understand and learn how to conduct Community Mobilization in the context of BAWASA organizing.
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Question 1What is mobilization and why is it important?
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Point 1.1 – What is Community Mobilization?
Community Mobilizationengages all sectors
of the population in a community-wide effort to address a health, social, or environmental issue.
Community
Mobilization
Government sector (LGUs, Government Agencies,
policy-makers)
Private sector (NGOs,
religious groups,
professionals, business sector)
Civil society
(Peoples’ Organizatio
n)
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Point 1.2 – Importance of Community MobilizationCommunity
mobilization empowers individuals and groups to take some kind of action to facilitate change.
In our case, we need to mobilize the community to undertake responsibility in managing their own BAWASA.
Change
Private/
Business
Govern-
ment
Civil Society
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Process of Community Mobilization
People’s awareness raising
People’s goals and
needs
Community decision to undertake
appropriate actions
Community
Action
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Step 1. People’s awareness raisingAn affirmation to ACT takes place
only after a member has understood the goals and needs of the organization.
How do we and the community know the needs and therefore the goals?Through the conduct of PRA where needs will be identified and goals can be defined.
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Step 2. Surfacing of People’s goals and needs Common goals and needs of
community serve as the basis of unity that gives reason in forming people’s organization to effect CHANGE.
In the context of BAWASA organizing, the basic question to answer is:Is it the community’s need and
common goal to establish and manage a Water System?
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Step 3. Community decision to undertake appropriate actionsMotivating community members to proactively ACT
on issues affecting them such as issues related to safe water supply or health issues in relation to water supply.
Community actions are administered legally through formation of Organization/Association.Community had to understand that, in order to undertake
legal actions, it has to be administered by a legal personality such as BAWASA that is duly registered.
Organization/Association working with private and government sectors towards CHANGE.BAWASA had to work with other sectors such as LGUs,
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Question 2How to prepare for Community Mobilization?
Who are the stakeholders involve?
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Point 2.1Learn about what they want to do. (we
need to organize a BAWASA for the project)
Collect and analyze information they will need to plan and implement the program (conduct PRA)
Identify and make the best use of resources, both within and outside the community (strategize and
plan)
Encourage cooperation and support, both within the community and from outside agencies (networking &
sustainability planning)
Preparation towards Community Mobilization
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Point 2.2
Stakeholders involve
Community advocates (team/group/ organization)Initiator of community
mobilization process (CO Team)Policy and decision makers
(municipal and barangay councils)State, city elected officialsState, city influential staffGovernment officials
Donors (ex. JICA)Church, NGOs, Civic
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Question 3How do we analyze the current situation and identify needed CHANGES thru PRA?
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Point 3A variety of formal and informal activities to understand and analyze the community situation and the issues that are important to community members can be employed:
Community walksInformal discussionsInterviewsRole-plays, skits, puppet shows
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ConclusionImportant process in Community
Mobilization in undertaking a Program or Project like BAWASA:Learn from community members about their
goals, needs and problemsFind and recruit the best people (potential
leaders), and outside the community (ex. LGU, NGO, potential donor like JICA, etc.)
Plan the program and take leadership in supporting and maintaining it.
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ReferencesPRRM Archive, PRRM North Cotabato, 1998.COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION GUIDE,
"Division of STD Prevention, CDC", Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 2000.
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