CSC QUARTER 4

Stakeholder - An individual or organization who shares the same interest in the fulfillment and success
of a project in a given community
- People, groups or institutions that may be affected by, can significantly influence or are
important to the achievement of the stated purpose of a community action initiative

Civic Obligation A responsibility of a citizen consisting of actions which include participation in

government, non-government organizations, and community activities

Psychosocial It helps individuals and communities to heal the psychological wounds and rebuild social
Program structures after an emergency or a critical event

Community Action - Collective efforts done by people directed towards addressing social problems in order to
achieve social well-being
- It helps build community by sharing community members' knowledge, skills, and ideas.
- An activity that increases the understanding, engagement, and empowerment of
communities in the design and delivery of local services putting communities at the heart
of their own local services

Community - The process of developing partnerships and sustaining relationships with and through
Engagement groups for the purpose of working for the common good and addressing issues that affect
their well-being
- It is about people joining forces, sharing ideas and taking part in activities that benefit
the whole community,

Goals of - To build trust

Community - To enlist new resources and allies
- To create a better communication
Engagement - To improve overall health outcomes as successful projects, evolve into lasting
collaborations

Solidarity - A unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common
interest and mutual support within a group
- It is essential to the success of community action
- It creates an environment in which mutual service is encouraged
- Union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests as
between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc

Citizenship Legal status defined by civil, political and social rights. A person is free to act according to
the law and has the right to claim the law's protection.

Civic Obligations Moral obligations with our community to build a peaceful and humane society

Selfish It is where one becomes uninterested with what is happening around which our society
Individualism seems to suffer excessively from.

Self The individual person as a part of a community

Role The function assumed by the individual in community action

Interrelationship The way in which each two or more things are related to the other or others.

Community Problems that concern a large number of people.

Problems
Two ways to 1. Listen to them to better understand about the causes of the problem
Involve People 2. Empower them to participate in program initiatives that are being developed to tackle
the problems they confront.
affected by
Problems
Volunteerism - A basic expression of human relationships
 - It is about the people’s need to participate in their societies and to feel that they matter
to others

Forms of Community Engagement

Community - Collaborative learning and skill sharing for community development
Education - Organizations and programs to promote learning and social development, working with
individuals and groups in their communities using a range of formal and informal methods

Community - Groups working towards common goals for community improvement

Organization - Aims at making desired improvements to a community's social health, wellbeing and
overall functioning

Deliberative - Thoughtful conversations to foster diverse opinions and collaboration to make decisions
Dialogue - a group process that can help to integrate and interpret scientific
and contextual data for the purpose of informing policy development among other
objectives

Direct Service - Hands-on assistance to address community needs

- Service that directly affects the person, animals or places we want to impact

Economic Improving the economic well-being and quality of life in a community

Development
Engaged Research - Researchers collaborate with community to solve real-world problems
- a wide range of rigorous research approaches and methodologies that has a common
interest in collaborative engagement with the community

Institutional - Organizations partnering with communities for mutual benefit

Engagement - Engaged acts could alternatively also belong to a kind of institutional acts, since they
introduce certain adjustments to the institution, changing or modifying its rules,
increasing its consistency and efficiency

Core Values and Principles of Community-action Initiatives

Human Rights - Universal and inalienable in nature, aims to identify the basis for determining the shape,
content and scope of fundamental public norms

Right to Life A moral principle based on the belief that a human has a right to live

Right to Liberty The right of all persons to freedom of their person-freedom of movement and freedom
from arbitrary detentions of others

Right to Property The right to own property, often classified as a human right for natural persons regarding
their possessions

Social Equity Equality and fairness in terms of the treatment of human beings, access to resources, and
life chances

Social Justice A societal value which guides human interaction and in particular, the fair distribution of
societies benefits advantages, and assets, not just by law and in the courts by all aspects
of society

Gender Equality The state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender,
including the state of valuing different behaviors, and aspirations

Participatory - Elicits the involvement of local population in creating policies and in planning,
Development implementing, monitoring, and evaluating development programs and projects that are
designed to empower and help people make effective choices
 - It aims to engage the marginalized in development projects which are designed and
initiated for their own benefit, guided by the possibility of success and sustainability of
development projects that are more attainable if the local community is engaged in the
process of development

Empowerment The act of giving somebody more control over their own life or the situation they are in or
giving somebody the power or authority to do something

Advocacy - The support, advice and help given to people, often with special needs or aims, who are
unable to speak for themselves
- It enables marginalized groups and promotes their individual rights
- A process of supporting people and advancing or promoting the rights these individuals
have, it is a tool in attaining people empowerment

People The process that increases community autonomy and individual self-determination. It
Empowerment aims to ensure that people have the right set of skills and opportunities they need to live
better and dignified lives

Strategies of - Secure Strong Leadership

Empowerment and - Establish Formal Structure
- Engage the Stakeholders
Advocacy of a - Conduct a Needs Assessment
Community Action - Create a Strategic Plan
Initiative
Commitment It’s very important to accomplish a certain community action initiative with participation
of the citizens

PROS of - Participation helps LGUs maximize the use of their resources

Participatory - Enhances trust in the government
- Ensures continuity of plans despite changes in leadership
Development - Accurately identify problems, issues, needs and concerns

CONS of - Costly and slow

Participatory - Tokenism - only a few locals from the community are hand-picked to prove its
participatory credentials
Development

Forms of Participatory Development

Passive Participation is minimum and stakeholders are merely informed about the plans and
Participation progress of the projects

Participation by Stakeholders are being asked for their idea and opinion about certain problem while
Consultation development professionals only listen to their views

Participation by Stakeholders with predetermined goals participate during discussion, analysis and
Collaboration decision-making stage

Empowerment Stakeholders actively participate in the process and its analysis, featuring a joint decision-
Participation making process wherein stakeholders are considered equal copartners with the external
experts

Who are Stakeholders?

General Public Those who are directly or indirectly affected by the project, such as women's groups,
individual and families, indigenous groups, religious groups

Government Civil servants in ministries, cabinets, etc.

Representation Elected government bodies, such as parliament, national and local assemblies, district and
Assemblies municipal assemblies, elected community leaders

Civil society Networks, national and international NGOs, grassroots organizations, trade unions, policy
organizations development and research institutes, media, community-based organizations

Donor and Resource providers and development partners

International
Finance
Institutions

Phases of Community Action

Establishing links - Process of identifying and locating different actors and players within a community who
and partnership share a common interest, purpose and goals
- Types of Partnerships
building with local 1. Community-based
groups 2. Government-based
3. Faith-based

Community Social research method which involves building up a picture of the nature, needs and
Profiling resources of a locality or community, with the active participation of its members, to
create and implement an action plan to address the issues unearthed

Needs and Used to assess the resources or skills that exist among the people or communities with
resource which a project plans to work
assessment
Participatory action - Process by which a community undertakes to reach a given socio-economic goal by
planning and consciously diagnosing its problems and charting a course of action to resolve those
problems
leadership - Experts are needed, but only as facilitators
development - Sequence: gathering information, consultation, deciding together, acting together, and
support independent community initiatives

Resource Process of getting resources from the resource provider, using different mechanism to
Mobilization implement an organization's predetermined goals
Plan - Designed to document, in detail, the critical steps necessary to put your solutions into
Implementation practice
- Step-by-step list of tasks with assigned owners and due dates, to help the project team
stay on track

Monitoring and - Used to assess the performance of projects, institutions and programs
Evaluation - Goal is to improve current and future management of outputs, outcomes, and impact

Community - A process by which members take a collective action and generate solutions to common
Development problems
- Community well-being evolves from this collective action being taken at grassroot levels

Government A plan or system under which action may be taken toward a goal initiated by persons that
Programs constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization
Grants To bestow or transfer formally

Poverty The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material
possession
Poverty Alleviation A number of positive social impacts such as improved access to food, education, and
employment opportunities

Poverty Alleviation Grants of the Government

4Ps - Pantawid ng Pamilyang Pilipino Program
- Human development measure of the national government that provides additional cash
grants to the poorest of the poor to improve health, nutrition and education of children
aged 0-18

TUPAD - Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced

- by Department of Labor and Employment
- A community-based package of assistance providing emergency employment for
displaced workers, underemployed, and seasonal workers for a minimum of 10 days, not
exceeding 30 days.

Balik Probinsya, Aims to provide hope for better future to Filipino through equity in resources throughout
Bagong Pag-asa the country that will boost countryside development.
Program
Scholarship Grants Based on academic or athletic merit, while grants are to solve financial need
for College
Students
Free Tuition fees The free tuition law covered 112 state universities and colleges, and 78 local universities
for State Colleges and colleges nationwide
and Universities
SAP - Social Amelioration Program
- Cash emergency subsidy program for 18 million Filipino families whose lives are affected
by Enhanced Community Quarantine

Sustainable The Department of Social Welfare and Development aimed to deliver capacity building
Livelihood Program programs to develop the entrepreneurial and labor skills of poor households by providing
them with opportunities to enhance their access to basic social services and standard of
living.