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cWelfareandTr
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MODULE1

Name:Ji
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adaBEED-1

Assessment

A.

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2.B

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4.C

5.A

6.B

B.

1.TRUE

2.FALSE

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FALSE

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1.HowcanNSTP-CWTSst
udent
sser
vet
hecommuni
ty?

NSTP-CWTSai mstopromot eandi ntegratev alueseducat i

on,tr
ansf ormati
onal leader shi
p,
andsust ainablesocial
mobi l
izationfory outhdev elopment ,communi tybuil
ding,nat ional
renewal,andgl obalsol
idari
tybypr ovidingrelevantact i
vi
tiesthatwillcontri
butetot he
physical
, i
ntell
ectual
,spir
it
ual andsoci aldevelopmentofst udents,i
nculcati
ngi nt he
studentsthev aluesofleadership,patri
otism, andsoci alr
esponsibil
ityandet c.NSTP-
CWTSst udentscanser vethecommuni tybymot iv
atingandact i
v el
ypar t
ici
patingi n
communi t
ypr ogramsthataimst oprov i
degoodser vi
ceandessent ialbenefi
tst ot he
peoplewi t
hint hecommuni ty.

2.Whatcany
oucont
ri
but
etohel
pachi
evet
hemi
ssi
on-v
isi
onofNSTP-CWTSi
nyourschool
?

Wecancont r
ibuteinhelpingandachi evi
ngthemissi
onandv i
sionofNSTPbywhol e
hear
tedlyparti
cipati
ngi nalli
tsactiv
iti
esandbyhav i
ngthesel
fdisci
pli
neindoingi
t.We
mustinculcateinourmi ndst hatweat edoi
ngthi
sforourowndev el
opmentasphy sical
ly
,
mentall
y,spir
itual
ly,i
ntell
ectuall
yandsocial
lywel
l y
outh.Andalsopart
ici
pat
inginevery
publ
icandci vi
caf f
air
sourgov ernmenthastooff
er.
 Por
tfol
i
oEnt
ry
Ast hei mpact softhecur rentcr i
sisbui ldongl obal tr
endsofdemocr aticretreatand
soci oeconomi cinequalit
ies,bot hespeci allyvisibl
einci ties,par ti
cipatorypract i
ceshav eal so
beenaf fect
edbyt her estri
ctionsimposedundert hecov i
d-19pandemi c.Nev ertheless,the
Inter nationalObservatoryonPar tici
pat oryDemocr acy( IOPD)adv ocatest hatcitizen
par ti
cipat i
oni sakeyt ooltof ightloneliness,lacki ncul tural,educat i
onal ,
spor tsandsoci al
act i
v it
ies,andenhancet hepr otect i
onoft hemostv ulner ablepeopl ei nthet imeoft hecur rent
pandemi c.Inparti
cular,t
heI OPDhi ghlightstheneedf orgr assr ootsiniti
ativestobedev eloped
i
nt andem wi thl
ocalgov ernment sandot heror ganisations.Yet ,severalchal l
engesar eont he
rise, beingt hetr
ansfor mationofpubl icmeet ingsandf ace- to-facedel iberat
ioni ntov ir
tual onl
ine
set ti
ngsamaj orone.Theshi fttowar dsdi git
al part
icipat i
onshoul dconv i
ncepr omot ersto
ef f
ect ivelymapst akeholder sandengagewi tht hekeyaf fectedpar ti
est hroughadequat e
met hodol ogies.

Inthel astthreedecades, met hodsofci ti

zenpar ticipati
onhav ebeent riggeredbyinter nati
onal,
national andlocal i
nst i
tuti
onsi nEur ope16.Par ti
cipatorypr acticesar edeemedt ost rengthen
democr acy,communi tytrustandconf idence, effectivenessofsol ut
ions, deal
-makingamong
compet it
iveint
erests, eff
ici
encyofex pendi tures, andpubl i
caccount abili
ty.Worldwide, t
he
i
nclusi onofci t
izenv oicesinwhatconcer nsdebat esanddeci si onsov erpubl i
cmat tershasbeen
unfoldedt hroughawi dear rayofpar ti
ci patorymet hods,ai medatengagi ngmul ti
plepubl i
cs,and
addr essingdifferentissues.Accor di
ngly ,vari
ousf ormsofci t
izenpar t
icipati
onhav ebeen
promot edbypubl icaut hori
ties,organisations, andgr assr ootsgr oupsofci ti
zensaimi ngto
i
nfluenceand/ orshape, f
rom differentst ancesandhol dingdi fferentdegr eesofpower ,publi
c
decisions.

Thesect ionbel owbui l

dsont heneedt ounder standwhet herandt owhatext entpar ticipatory
pract i
ceshav ebeenpr omot edint het imeoft hecov id-19pandemi c.Sev eralonlinesour ces
showcasi ngexampl esofpar t
icipat orypract i
ceswer econsul t edtopr ovi
deagr ounded
under standi ngofci ti
zenpar ti
cipat i
oni nt hi
sexcept ional t
ime.I nOct oberandNov ember2020,
thesear chwasbasedondat aav ailableatt heOGP, OECD, I
OPD, andPar ti
cipediawebsi tesand
platforms, whi chcov er
edawi der angeofpar t
ici
pator ypractices,suchast hepr omot i
onof
deliberat i
vei niti
at i
vesonspeci f
ici ssuesconcer ningt hecov i
d- 19pandemi c,thedev elopmentof
solidarity-
basedi ni
tiati
vesai medatpr ovidi
ngmut ual ai
dandsuppor t,aswel last hecr eati
onof
l
ocal networ ksf ortheshar ingofknowl edge,exper t
iseandhel p.Insomecases, citizen
participationwasunder stoodast hepr ov i
sionofi nf
or mat i
onand/ orthelaunchofpubl ic
campai gnsont heconst rai
nt sbr oughtaboutbyt hecov i
d-19pandemi c.Ov erall
,thesear ch
all
owedt oexami nein-dept hsev eral ex amplesofci tizenpar t
icipation,withlocal pract i
ces
clearlyout number i
ngi nternational ,nationalandr egional practices.
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