The Empowerment of Local Community Groups as a New Innovation in Cross-Border Disaster Governance Frameworks

2017 ◽  
pp. 175-192
Author(s):  
Yenny Rahmayati
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Small Arms and Armed Violence in Papua New Guinea: Developing a demand-reduction agenda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bradley James Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
National Government ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Small Arms ◽  
Demand Reduction ◽  
Armed Violence ◽  
Light Weapons

<p>The Papua New Guinea government has adopted a range of measures aimed at reducing the supply of illicit small arms and light weapons in response to persistent problems with their use in inter-communal fighting and crime. However, these measures have been largely ineffective at reducing the level of armed violence in PNG, in part because of the failure to also address the demand that exists for these weapons. A nascent demand reduction agenda has emerged at the local level throughout Papua New Guinea in response to the failure of the national government to adequately address small arms and armed violence problems. This thesis provides a detailed overview of national, regional and international initiatives to address small arms issues and examines how they have been implemented in PNG. It then examines initiatives by local community groups and NGOs that are aimed at reducing small arms and armed violence and considers how successful they have been.</p>

Contesting ‘Sustainability' in Infrastructure Planning

2010 ◽  
pp. 213-230
Author(s):  
Kuniko Shibata ◽  
Paul Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Sustainable infrastructure demands that declared principles of sustainability are enacted in the processes of its implementation. However, a problem arises if the concept of sustainability is not thoroughly scrutinized in the planning process. The public interest could be undermined when the rhetoric of sustainability is used to substantiate a proposed plan. This chapter analyses the manifestation of sustainable development in the Boggo Road Busway Plan in Brisbane, Australia against the sustainability agenda set in the South East Queensland Regional and Transport Plans. Although the construction of the Busway was intended to improve public transport access in the region, its implementation drew significant environmental concerns. Local community groups contested the ‘sustainability’ concept deployed in Queensland’s infrastructure planning. Their challenges resulted in important concessions in the delivery of the Busway plan. This case demonstrates that principles of sustainable infrastructure should be measurable and that local communities be better informed in order to fulfill the public interest in regional planning.

scholarly journals Pengetahuan, Sikap dan Perilaku Masyarakat Tentang Aspek Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Demam Berdarah Dengue di Kota Prabumulih, Sebelum dan Sesudah Intervensi Pemberdayaan Masyarakat

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Lasbudi P. Ambarita ◽  
Milana Salim ◽  
Hotnida Sitorus ◽  
Rika Mayasari
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Youth Organization ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Social Gathering ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in South Sumatra Province especially Prabumulih in recent years has not shown a significant decline. This research aims to assess community’s level of knowledge, attitudes and practice with regards to empowerment of cadres and community group as an intervention variable. There were three location of research, first location with intervention of empowerment of cadre and community group, second location with cadre empowerment and the third location without intervention. The data collected in this research is knowledge, attitude and practice of the community before and after the intervention provided. The results showed there is an average level difference of knowledge, but statistically difference occurred on the knowledge and practice in an area with an intervention empowerment of cadres and local community groups. Local community groups such as religious group, social gathering, youth organization, etc can be an effective target for increasing knowledge about disease prevention aspects of DHF, raises awareness and triggered behavior change collectively. Abstrak Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan khususnya Kota Prabumulih dalam beberapa tahun terakhir belum menunjukkan penurunan yang signifikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak dari intervensi, pemberdayaan kader dan kelompok masyarakat terhadap tingkat pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku masyarakat. Intervensi yang diberikan pada penelitian ini adalah satu wilayah dengan intervensi pemberdayaan kader jumantik dan kelompok ibu-ibu pengajian, wilayah yang kedua dengan intervensi pemberdayaan kader jumantik, dan wilayah yang ketiga tanpa diberikan intervensi. Data yang dikumpulkan dalam penelitian ini adalah pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku masyarakat sebelum dan sesudah intervensi diberikan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan rata-rata tingkat pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku masyarakat antara sebelum dan sesudah intervensi, namun secara statistik perbedaan yang bermakna terjadi pada aspek pengetahuan dan perilaku di daerah dengan intervensi pemberdayaan kader dan kelompok masyarakat lokal. Kelompok masyarakat lokal seperti kelompok pengajian, arisan, karang taruna dan sebagainya dapat menjadi sasaran efektif untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang aspek pencegahan penyakit DBD, menimbulkan kesadaran dan memicu terjadinya perubahan perilaku secara kolektif.

scholarly journals ULAMA ARAB DI TANAH MELAYU: SATU ANALISA PADA AWAL ABAD KE-20

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Farid Mat Zain ◽  
Nurulwahidah Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Community Groups

Arab community groups who migrated to the Archipelago through trade and propagation of Islam has been assimilated into the local community in helping the development of Islamization of Sciences. This paper seeks to explore their migration to the Malay Land along 20th centur y and to explore the involve- ment of scientists  that has been involved in administrative affairs and Islamic education in the life of the local community.

scholarly journals IPA CBC FUND – TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE BRCKO DISTRICT

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Maksimović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Trained Staff ◽  
The Eu

The European Union in different ways and through the structural funds, helps countries to develop in the Western Balkans. Decision of the EU, the total amount that will be available in Turkey, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period since 2007. 2013. is 4 billion. One of the priority measures under the IPA Cros-border coopertion (CBC) programme is the development of tourism. These measures should help and contribute to the development of tourism. How and in what way to access and become a user of these programs can help or helps? Cross-border projects involve regional cooperation and require financial resources in the preparation of the project. Trained staff is needed for this job. Local communities, along with their capacities should take on the preparation of these projects, and as partners include the tourist industry (workers) and encourage and inspire other tourist capacities in their local community.

Community level approach to youth alcohol related risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-95
Author(s):  
Emma Dresler ◽  
Margaret Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

Purpose Young people drinking to extreme drunkenness is a source of concern for policy makers and health promoters. There are a variety of community groups who appear to respond to the alcohol-related problems. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the working practices and relationships among local community groups as part of the pre-intervention context-assessment process. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the narratives of nine community workers and ten venue managers the authors examine the community level approach to inform the choice of interventions to reduce risky drinking practices and community wide alcohol-related harm. Findings There was considerable agreement across the community workers and venue managers about the nature of risk for young people in the night time economy (NTE). Two central themes of “perceived risk” and “management of risk” emerged from the data. Further, the community workers and venue managers identified different high-risk locations and strategies to improve their ability meet the needs of young people experiencing risk in the NTE. The local authorities, community organisations and night time operators adopted a broad proactive and connected approach to develop a coherent strategy to achieve new measures of safety in the NTE. Originality/value Applying the social ecological model to provide a framework for the understanding of the social, environmental and political factors that influence alcohol use in young people.

A Survey of the Needs of an Urban High School's Community

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert T. Solman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
School Community ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Comprehensive Literacy ◽  
Priority School

This project examined the needs of the community of a multicultural urban high school. A survey instrument was designed to find out what the school community thought of the school, and it was intended that the results be used to guide the school's future progress and enable it to increase its rate of student retention in Years 11 and 12. The questionnaire elicited responses to questions concerned with the things the school should do for the students, sought opinions on how the school should develop, and recorded information specific to teachers, parents and members of the local community, and present and past students. The return rates were generally good. The results of the survey are discussed under the headings of ‘Background Information from Respondents’ and ‘Areas of Community Concern’. An interesting background response was that 70% of present students stated that they wanted to complete Year 12, but only 21% of the past students said that they had stayed on until the end of this final year. The areas of community concern were divided into two categories. For the first, which comprised questions concerned with the responsibilities the school had towards its students, all school community groups recorded very strong support for what was described as basic literacy and numeracy, and for a practical application of the former. Also considered a high priority school task was sex and drug education. The questions in this category on which the school community groups differed generally showed the teachers to be less positive than the parents and students. A striking and important example of this was the teachers’ response to the matter of the school encouraging its students to remain after Year 10. Only 20% of them thought that this was an important or very important job of the school, compared with 66% of the rest of the school community. Consideration of these responses indicated that there was strong demand for the introduction of both a comprehensive literacy and numeracy program, and a sex and drug education program. The low level of teacher support for students staying at school after Year 10 was in sharp contradiction to the stated aims of the Participation and Equity Program, and it indicated a need to change this negative attitude if these aims were to be realized in this and similar schools. For the second category ‘How should your high school develop?’, all school community groups gave relatively strong support for more school-based career relevant courses. This indicated widespread community demand for the introduction of these courses, and their introduction might be expected to reduce the large gap between strong desire of students to complete Year 12 and the reality of a very low rate of retention.

Contesting ‘Sustainability‘ in Infrastructure Planning

2011 ◽  
pp. 1539-1557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuniko Shibata ◽  
Paul Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Sustainable infrastructure demands that declared principles of sustainability are enacted in the processes of its implementation. However, a problem arises if the concept of sustainability is not thoroughly scrutinized in the planning process. The public interest could be undermined when the rhetoric of sustainability is used to substantiate a proposed plan. This chapter analyses the manifestation of sustainable development in the Boggo Road Busway Plan in Brisbane, Australia against the sustainability agenda set in the South East Queensland Regional and Transport Plans. Although the construction of the Busway was intended to improve public transport access in the region, its implementation drew significant environmental concerns. Local community groups contested the ‘sustainability’ concept deployed in Queensland’s infrastructure planning. Their challenges resulted in important concessions in the delivery of the Busway plan. This case demonstrates that principles of sustainable infrastructure should be measurable and that local communities be better informed in order to fulfill the public interest in regional planning.

COVID-19 DAN IBADAH ( RESISTENSI PERUBAHAN HUKUM ISLAM DALAM MEMPERTAHANKAN RUTINITAS IBADAH)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudirman Sudirman ◽  
Edi Gunawan ◽  
Muh Rusdi Rasyid
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Change ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
State Of Practice ◽  
The Law

Abstract: This research examines Covid-19 and worship as a resistance to changes in Islamic law in maintaining routine worship. The study used a qualitative descriptive approach and obtained data through interviews, observation and documentation. The results showed that Covid-19 had an impact on changes in the law of worship. however, in the change in law in worship, various different practices were found. There are community groups who continue to carry out worship routines in the mosque in congregation by carrying out according to Health protocols such as maintaining distance and wearing masks. There are also people who are resistant to legal changes so that they maintain the practice of worship as before before the pandemic. There are also people who situationally follow the state of practice carried out by the local community and there are also people who completely close places of worship. from these results indicate that not all people are subject to the changes in law that occurred during the pandemic so as to maintain the routine of worship rather than submit to the new law which results in endangering themselves. Keywords: Rasistency, Legal Change, Worship, Covid-19 Abstrak: Penelitian ini mengkaji Covid-19 dan ibadah sebuah resistensi perubahan hukum islam dalam mempertahankan rutinitas ibadah. penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriktif  kualitatif dan memperoleh data melalui wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa C0vid-19 memberikan dampak terhadap perubahan ukum ibadah. namun dalam perubahan hukum dalam ibadah tersebut ditemukan berbagai praktik pengamalan yang berbeda. Terdapak kelompok masyarakat yang tetap menjalankan rutinitas beribadah dalam masjid secara berjamaah dengan menjalankan sesuai protokoler Kesehatan seperti menjaga jarak dan memakai masker. Juga terdapat masyarakat yang rasisten terhadap perubahan hukum sehingga mempertahankan raktik beribadah sebgaimana dulu sebelum pandemi. Juga terdapat masyarakat yang situasional mengikuti keadaan praktik yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat setempat dan juga terdapat masyarakat yang total menutup tempat ibadah. dari hasil tesebut menunjukkan bahwa tidak semua masyarakat tunduk terhadap perubahan hukum yang terjadi saat ppandemi sehingga mempertahankan rutinitas ibadah ketimbang tunduk kepada hukum yang baru yang berakibat pada membahayakan dirinya.Kata Kunci: Rasistensi, Perubahan Hukum, Ibadah, Covid-19

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