CR TOOLKIT WORKSHOP COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS (CAP) Ref- ICMM CD TOOLKIT # 16 TRAINNER: YON BUHUYANA DATE:08 TH NOVEMBER,

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES DESCRIPTION OF COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN WHEN TO USE THE TOOL HOW TO USE THE TOOL – STEPS GROUP PLANNING EXERCISE CONCLUSION 2

1.KNOW WHAT IS A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN (CAP) 2.HOW TO DO THE CAP 3.HOW TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER (S) TO DO CAP 3 TRAINING OBJECTIVE

DESCRIPTION OF COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS ANALYSIS OF A SITUATION OF A COMMUNITY BY THEMSELVES UNDERSTANDING OF PROBLEMS & ISSUES DEVISING SOLUTIONS & DESIGNING DETAILED PLAN FOR ACTION ALLOCATE RESPONSIBILITIES, RESOURCES, ACTIONS, DEADLINES & IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS DETAILED WORK PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY & EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS 4

DESCRIPTION CONT’D WHEN PLANNING, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING; – ENCOURAGE LONG TERM PLANNING – SUSTAINABILITY – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS – EMPHASIZE POST CLOSURE PLANNING Beyond OTML – PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS & INTERACTIVE. –SUBJECT TO SET BACKS AS WELL AS SUCCESSES 5

PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS TO ACT AS TEMPLATE FOR FUTURE PLANNING KEEP RECORD OF HOW MUCH IS ACHIEVED DURING THE PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT & PLANNING ACTIVITIES BASIC MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPED & ENDORSED GOALS, ACTIVITIES & TIMELINES TO ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES THROUGH; –PARTNERING WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS –UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES & DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES –ALIGN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS 6

WHEN TO USE THE TOOL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP / MEETING USE RESULTS OF PARTICIPATORY RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT TOOLS (GRIEVANCES, INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, COMMUNITY MAPPING, DEVE. OPPORTUNITY RANKING ETC) TO DO CAP CAP SHOULD BE REVIEWED FREQUENTLY AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGES 7

HOW TO USE THE TOOLS - STEPS GATHER THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WORKSHOP/MEETING. STEP1: STATE THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE THAT WILL ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED ISSUE/PROBLEM STEP2: ASK COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LIST THE ACTIVITIES THAT MUST BE UNDERTAKEN TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE STEP3: DECIDE WHO IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT ACTIVITY STEP4: DECIDE WHEN THE ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE DONE (SET TIMEFRAME) STEP5: DECIDE WHAT RESOURCE & BUDGET NEEDED FOR EACH ACTIVITY & WHO WILL FUND (IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS) STEP6: DECIDE & APPOINT OVERALL BOSS TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN  CAP BECOMES A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, TO BE MANAGED BY COMMUNITY WITH SUPPORT FROM COMPANY, GOVERNMENT & NGO PARTNERS ETC  CAN ALSO BE USED BY CRO TEAMS AS A TOOL FOR PLANNING & MANAGING CR ACTIVITIES 8

HOW TO USE THE TOOL CONT’D USE MONITORING & EVALUATION (TOOLS 19 & 20) TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAMS AND REPORT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ON PROGRAM CHALLENGES & ACHIEVEMENTS 9

EXAMPLE OF ACTION PLAN HIGHWAY STRATEGYSTRATEGY 10

GROUP EXERCISE DIVIDE INTO TWO GROUPS IDENTIFY A PROBLEM/DEVELOPMENT ISSUE IN EACH OF THE VILLAGE SETTING –GROUP ONE TO DO AN ACTION PLAN FOR PROBLEMS ON THE MINE VILLAGES –GROUP TWO TO DO A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR A NORTH OK TEDI REGION VILLAGE ON THE WEST BANK FOR THE PROBLEM /DEVELOPMENT ISSUE IDENTIFIED DISCUSS & DO AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE PROBLEM (S) IDENTIFIED JUSTIFIED THE SELECTED ACTION PLAN USING OTHER ICMM TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT 11

CONCLUSION CAP IS A DETAILED PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED DURING THE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS TAKE OWNERSHIP OF RESOURCES TO DEVELOP THEIR COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY & IT’S DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS CAN ALSO BE USED BY CR TEAMS AS A TOOL FOR PLANNING & MANAGING CR ACTIVITIES PROJECT MONITORING & EVALUATION SYSTEM TOOLS 19 & 20 TO CHECK PROGRESS & REVIEW TO SUIT CHANGING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AS TIME PASSES. 12

Summary of Community Action Plan Presentation What was the plan? Plan was to read the toolkit and understand the principle and make a presentation to the team. Ensure the team members understand the concept and able to apply the toolkit at work place on planning CR activities. What happened? Understood the subject and made a presentation to the team and suggested that CR adopt the same plan or approach in planning its activities to improve performance. What went well? Presentation was made short and simple for everyone to understand and use at the work place. Exercises done were based on real life situations experienced by the communities. What did not go well? Improve on the presentation skills. Be confident and avoid reading from the presentation. Encourage teamwork as it was lacking in our presentation despite a lot of time given for the preparation. 13

Summary of CAP Presentation Cont’d What lessons were learnt? Learnt a lot in doing presentation and gaining confidence. Team work was essential for such trainings as this will be applied at work situations. Also learnt that a lot of reading, researching and practical examples would greatly help improve presentations. 14