Participative Strategic Planning making the path while walking it…

Open process: reflection -praxis - reflection The basics: Open process: reflection -praxis - reflection Theoretical framework, referential framework, theological foundations. Methodological base Key methods

Open Process: reflection - praxis - reflection We shouldn’t be afraid of an open process. We should be willing to change, and to listen. This hermeneutic spiral allows us to reflect using the Bible and church documents, and to put them into practice; it modifies us as we modify our reality.

Referential framework, Theological foundations Understanding reality. Values of dignity and equality. Respect and value for difference, based on the order for humility within the community (Mark 10:43-45)

Construction of a collective sense of community – “A new community of followers beginning with the perspective of the cross” Relationships of equality, as in sharing the table: “igalitarianism in which spiritual and material goods are shared.” Commitment.

Methodological bases Active protagonism of groups as drivers of process. Specific graduality for processes of solutions for basic needs. Step by step. Parallelism and simultaneity of planning activities, with one predominating (diagnostic, programming, execution and evaluation) Working to solve basici needs implies an interdisciplinary approach.

Key Methods: Work agreements. Construction of feelings. Working within structures and leadership, power relationships. Interacting for real participation and information for everyone. Accompaniment, facilitation.

Techniques that favor participation A sense of propriety / ownership Development of adequate means of communication from different disciplines Efficacy in problem-solving. Maintaining spontaneous and traditional techniques in the community.