Community-driven development (CDD) Community-driven development (CDD) Outcomes of the brainstorming on the concept of CDD REGIONAL WORKSHOP March 2006 New Coco Beach Resort - Accra, Ghana

Community-driven development (CDD) Three ways to approach the concept were explored… 1.CDD as a response to a problem: CDD as a way to correct power imbalances, to correct market and government failures and other disabling factors for rural development and poverty reduction 2.CDD as a solution with an objective: CDD as an instrument for rural poverty reduction, as a way to transfer public resources to finance micro-projects; 3.CDD as a way to put into practice higher-level principles… such as: –Democracy and citizenship: participation in the decision-making over issues of public and private interests along the principle of equity; –Empowerment –Pluralistic governance; and –Good governance along the principles of equity, efficiency, stability and growth.

Community-driven development (CDD) Focus on linkages, processes, principles… (from 2004 workshop presentation) The role of projects and programmes is increasingly leading to fostering: -Integration into the market/private sector -Integration into the global community -Integration into civil society In a constructive tension between: Competition <> Exclusion Cohesion / Inclusion Efficiency + Equity Dynamic over time >> Efficiency >> Equity >> Stability >> Growth A work on the dynamics of the systems (e.g. balancing outreach and sustainability) to understand and accommodate the inherent complexity of agricultural and rural livelihood systems

Community-driven development (CDD) Value and implications of this approach Clarification of the concept: CDD only concerns the sphere of public interest, i.e. decision-making over issues of public or private interests along the principle of equity; What are the criteria for a CDD operation? What is the degree of CDD in a specific programme? In application to the principle of equity, CDD is an instrument for poverty reduction, maybe the most adapted one, as it applies at the (most) local level; and Methodological implications: empowering partnerships, autonomy of decisions-making, shared responsibility and accountability.

Community-driven development (CDD) Compatibility check with the definition of a “community” (According to draft CDD Decision Tools) – A locus where everybody can have the opportunity to make his/her voice heard directly on matters of public choice – A territory where everybody (can) know(s) each other, with shared institutions of local governance

Community-driven development (CDD) Compatibility check with the definition of CDD (According to draft CDD Decision Tools) It is a way to design and implement development policy and projects that facilitates access to social human and physical capital assets for the rural poor by creating the conditions for: Transforming rural development agents from top-down planners into client-oriented service providers Empowering rural communities to take initiatives for own socio- economic development Enabling community-level organizations (especially those of the rural poor) to play a broader role in the design and implementation of policies and programmes affecting their livelihoods Enhancing the impact of public expenditure on the local economy at community level