1. Community Participation

2. My voice without the voice of the group doesn’t make sense
Paulo Freire

3. Citizen participation
Successful experiences are not globalizing proposals
Each practice generates knowledge and it is the results that lead to success
The culture of the community must be respected

4. Community participation Inter-institutional linkaging
The strategies are of a local nature
The reality should be perceived as a whole
The community should be considered as a subject, not as an object

5. Community participation Inter-institutional linkaging
Establish a horizontal relationship between the community and the institutions
Take into account the knowledge and the perception of the local population

6. Community participation
Strengthen the organizational structure of the communities

7. Inter-institutional linkaging
Avoid duplication of functions, since this wastes resources
Be clear about the indicators used by each of the organizations involved

8. Lines of action Linkaging Contact with the community
Institutional coordination
Planning

9. Planning Include all the lines of action Foresee obstacles
Define the areas of intervention
Perform community diagnosis
Designate a coordinating institution
Carry out the plan of action

10. Institutional coordination
Contact the participating institutions
Invite the community to participate
Hold a community assembly
Draw up a program for the community to participate
Train the community
Implement a pilot program with one community for subsequent replication

11. Contact with the community
Carry out work in the community
Consolidate the teams of the community and of the institutions

12. Linkaging Hold meetings with the institutions
Tell the community what is being done
Form community and institutional teams
Strengthen the linkaging processes
Develop social networks