Wednesday, 9 May 2018

The Process Of Community Development Somalia

By Kevin Brooks


There are numerous projects ongoing in several neighborhoods and proponents have the willingness to comply with the regulatory framework. With the economic and social status of a region, it is always good to follow the right procedure when developing your area. Basic principles and concepts available can be alluded and help in this process. Examine the following procedures that help in the establishment of projects that leads to community development Somalia.

Establish needs of the people. It is worth knowing personalities available and effect that the project will have. You need to understand the real problems and issues affecting them. Since the issues raised are well known to residents of a region, you are advised to rely on their responses when developing the region. Your knowledge will also count, but integrating other views will be helpful in making sound decisions in the long run.

Meet people and share visions. Have a meeting involving stakeholders and all actors of the specific project. It is an essential step involving gathering data for use in finalizing during the decision-making process. Involving the heads of organizations established will be helpful in trickling the information to the grassroots. This speeds up the process and a way forward is known on the extent to which the initiative affects members.

Assessment of available features and assets. It involves looking around and identification of all assets within the neighborhood. The selected team can establish the existence of these assets and resources through the use of integrated approaches and assessment processes. It will essentially help collect data for use in decision making. There are some challenges involved such as knowing whether time and finances to facilitate the initiative are enough.

Bring change and driving force. The chief aim of such initiatives is to develop an area and benefit users positively. The economic and social gain is what will make members embrace the project and submit proposals that will be put forward. Steps involved including meeting up with local leaders, discussing critical issues and problems of the residents and coming up with a way forward. The heads will assist in raising the concerns for articulation.

Develop and implement an action plan. The role is catered for with involvement of selected steering committee. Depending on the complexity of a project and the sample size of committee members selected, it is possible to define and set shared goals and objectives. Plans to set up ways of raising resources in terms of human, financial and capacity building is possible at this level. Time frame and targets are set at this level.

Oversight and evaluating actions. This is more of a supervisory role and it is normally a mandate of the selected committee. You realize that all the phases at this stage are almost done and the remaining role is to ascertain whether there are any controversies with the law of the land. Note that the impacts of developments should be of positive impact and bring positive change to members.

Reflect and regrouping. This is the last stage involving allowing the group members regroup and take a break. Then thanking everyone for the participation is vital at this level. Ensure there is a consistent communication afterward to address any issues likely to arise. In a collaborative manner, discuss the organizational success and the effectiveness of the regulatory framework alluded. This will help solve potential problems.




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