scholarly journals Towards Programs Sustainability: Assessment of Institutional Determinants for Effective Community Participation in Development Programs in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Daniel Wandera Clief Naku ◽  
Jacob Kihila ◽  
Eluether Mwageni
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Institutional Determinants ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Effective Community ◽  
Program Benefits

This paper brings to the fore an assessment of institutional determinants for effective community participation in development programs for the case of Tanzania. It is highly acknowledged in various scholarly literature that there is a strong link between community participation and development programs.  In fact, literature shows that community-based development programs that have allowed community members to be fully involved in various programs have been successful when compared to those where community members are seen as spectators.However, in order for community members to take part in the programs, there are several determining factors, ranging from socio-economic, socio-cultural to institutional based factors.This study therefore sought to assess institutional determinants with the aim of identifying the major institutional determinants capable of influencing effective community participation in development programs. The study used four programs that were categorized as Locally Funded, Government Funded, Donor Funded and Joint Funded development programs. A combined sample size of 316 participants from all the four programs was employed. Collected data were analyzed through the within-case analysis and the comparative analysis approaches.Results of the study revealed that program benefits, objectives and leadership were the major institutional determinants for promoting effective community participation in development programs. when compared to methods used in the other three examined programs. Hence, the study concluded by emphasizing on the need to ensure these institutional based factors (program benefits, objectives and leadership) should always be given due attention in any development program. 

scholarly journals Potential of Social Capital and Community Participation in Village Development

JEJAK ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Siwi Nugrahani ◽  
Suharni Suharni ◽  
Rosalia Indriyati Saptatiningsih
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Village

This study aims to evaluate the development program of Tlogoadi Sleman village which is related to social capital and community participation. Social capital as the potential of natural resources and human resources, while community participation is the activity of individuals or groups in village development programs. The research subjects consisted of 12 hamlet heads in Tlogoadi village, and data collection using questionnaire methods and in-depth interviews. Data analysis was descriptive quantitative and qualitative. The results showed that the average social capital of 80% supports the development activities of the village of Tlogoadi and 85% involves community participation. Evaluation based on the utilization of resource potential carried out by Tlogoadi village shows that 75% of the potential of natural resources and human resources are used in rural development which can reduce poverty. Future studies need to be tested on community members from each hamlet to find out the consistency of the results.

scholarly journals Community Participation in the Management of Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Ernest Ernest Amoako-Atta ◽  
Frederick Frederick Dayour ◽  
Samuel Ziem Bonye
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Effective Community ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Effective community participation in the management of tourism projects is advocated as a useful tool for sustaining such projects but also, as a means of empowering community members. Though this subject has received much academic attention in the broader tourism literature pertaining to other regions, the specific forms of participation relative to community-based tourism projects, the activities engaged in by community members as well as the impediments to their participation in such projects are yet to be investigated and understood in Ghana. Thus, this study aims to unpack how residents get involve in the management of the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, the specific activities they undertake as well as challenges they face in that regard. The study employed a mixedmethods research design comprising 206 surveys, six in-depth interviews and four focus group discussions. The results show that community members participate in the project through the services they offer to guests and compliance with laid down rules regarding access and usage of the resource. Also, there was unanimity regarding the forms of participation in the project which were largely coercive and inducive in nature but also barriers which were mainly operational and structural in a nature. In dealing with operational barriers, the study recommends that the Sanctuary Management Committee should provide community members with adequate information to sidestep any possible mistrust in the management. And to address structural barriers, management should also provide training programmes to the community to enable them contribute meaningfully to issues concerning the project. Keywords: Community Participation, Tourism, Management, Mixed-Methods, Ghana

scholarly journals Local community participation in rhino conservation - Key to conservation success.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
ADMIRE CHANYANDURA
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Rhino Poaching

A robust framework to guide community engagement in illegal wildlife trade is lacking. There is a need to reconnect local communities with their original wildlife, a connection which they have lost through the influence of colonialism and neo-colonialism. Virtually all conservation bodies and players believe that local communities are key to the success of rhino conservation but they are not equally walking their talk. Bottom-up community-based initiatives help to curb poaching especially level one poachers. The multifaceted problem of African rhino poaching on the continent is approaching calamitous proportions, with astounding, sobering statistics revealing the sheer extent of the illegal practice today. The interplay of rhino horn demand and supply side is fuelled by poverty, greed, superstition, corruption, social injustice, ruthlessness, and ignorance. Economic transformation benefiting wildlife and communities is key to save the rhinoceros species. Rhino properties should provide direct financial benefits to communities, building capacity and engage community members and private landowners in rhinoceros conservation. Rhino protection should be incentivized, continuously increasing the number of people benefiting from conservation, and decreasing animosity toward wildlife will motivate local people to fully embrace conservation efforts. Conservation efforts should first target level one poachers who are vulnerable and exposed, by developing a comprehensive profitable and lucrative community participation packages in all rhino properties. Conservationists should walk their talk and genuinely work with local communities to build support for rhino conservation through education, awareness, self-sustaining business ventures and employment.

scholarly journals Community Participation in Housing and Urban Development in Poor Urban Communities,Case Study of Umbadda, Khartoum

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Muna M. Eltahir
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Voluntary Action ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Poor Neighborhood

Community participation represents a voluntary action carried out by community members who participate with each other in different kinds of work to achieve desired goals. Participation includes people's involvement in decision-making, in implementing programs, sharing in the benefits of development programs and their involvement in efforts to evaluate such programs. (Cohen, D. and Prusak). According to Muhammad, community participation, known locally as nafeer or fazaa, is a deeply rooted ancient phenomenon in the Sudanese culture and has been common especially among traditional people in rural areas and villages, where it is usually men's domain (Muhammad, 1975). Community participation is affected by religious beliefs, ethnic and cultural backgrounds as well as laws, political environment, economic situation. Social relations (social capital), history and age of the neighborhood. The present paper discusses community participation in Umbadda, Harra 14, a newly planned poor neighborhood in Greater Khartoum the capital of Sudan, which has a population of 5.5 million inhabitants growing at an annual rate of 5.6% per year. Data collection was based on a filed research carried out by the author in the summer of 2002 through intensive interviews with community leaders, and a structured household questionnaire.

scholarly journals Implementasi Kebijakan Program Pembangunanpartisipatif Berbasis Komunitas (P3BK) di Kecamatan Pondok Melati Kota Bekasi

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Indrawaty Gita ◽  
Mohammad Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Standard Operating Procedure ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
City Government ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Government Program ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Standard Operating

The Community-Based Participatory Development Program (P3BK) is the Bekasi City Government Program for the implementation of development through community participation and self-help. This paper wants to describe the implementation of the P3BK policy in Pondok Melati District, Bekasi City. This research is qualitative in nature where data is collected through interviews with self-managed P3BK implementers, then the data is analyzed by Miles and Huberman Models. Overall the program went well, which was based on several factors, namely: (1) communication, which included the distribution of effective communication, sufficient clarity on the P3BK policy by the implementers of the activities, as well as consistency in providing good direction; (2) resources, including competent and capable enough human resources; (3) the disposition/attitude of P3BK implementers: sufficient capacity and capability and high dedication of P3BK implementers; (4) organizational structure/bureaucracy, including the availability of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for P3BK implementation and each program implementer has understood and implemented the SOP, as well as effective bureaucratic fragmentation.AbtrakProgram Pembangunan Partisipatif Berbasis Komunitas (P3BK) merupakan Program Pemerintah Kota Bekasi untuk pelaksanaan pembangunan lewat partisipasi dan swadaya masyarakat. Tulisan ini ingin mendeskripsikan implementasi kebijakan P3BK di Kecamatan Pondok Melati Kota Bekasi. Penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif di mana data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara pada pelaksana swakelola P3BK, kemudian data dianalisis dengan Model Miles dan Huberman. Secara keseluruhan program berjalan baik, yang didorong beberapa faktor yaitu: (1) komunikasi yang meliputi penyaluran komunikasi yang cukup efektif, kejelasan yang cukup baik atas kebijakan P3BK oleh para pelaksana kegiatan, serta konsistensi dalam memberikan arahan yang cukup baik; (2) sumber daya yang meliputi SDM pelaksana program yang dinilai cukup kompeten dan kapabel; (3) disposisi/sikap pelaksana P3BK yang meliputi kapasitas dan kapabilitas pelaksana P3BK yang cukup memadai, dedikasi yang tinggi. (4) struktur organisasi/birokrasi yang meliputi telah tersedianya Standar Operasional Prosedur (SOP) pelaksanaan P3BK dan masing-masing pelaksana program telah memahami dan melaksanakan SOP tersebut, serta fragmentasi birokrasi yang telah berjalan efektif.

scholarly journals Maximizing community participation and engagement: lessons learned over 2 decades of field trials in rural Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Newton ◽  
Guus Ten Asbroek ◽  
Zelee Hill ◽  
Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang ◽  
Seyi Soremekun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Community Members ◽  
District Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Field Workers

Abstract Background Successful implementation of community-based research is dominantly influenced by participation and engagement from the local community without which community members will not want to participate in research and important knowledge and potential health benefits will be missed. Therefore, maximising community participation and engagement is key for the effective conduct of community-based research. In this paper, we present lessons learnt over two decades of conducting research in 7 rural districts in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana with an estimated population of around 600,000. The trials which were mainly in the area of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health were conducted by the Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Methods The four core strategies which were used were formative research methods, the formation of the Information, Education and Communication (IEC) team to serve as the main link between the research team and the community, recruitment of field workers from the communities within which they lived, and close collaboration with national and regional stakeholders. Results These measures allowed trust to be built between the community members and the research team and ensured that potential misconceptions which came up in the communities were promptly dealt with through the IEC team. The decision to place field workers in the communities from which they came and their knowledge of the local language created trust between the research team and the community. The close working relationship between the District health authorities and the Kintampo Health Research Centre supported the acceptance of the research in the communities as the District Health Authorities were respected and trusted. Conclusion The successes achieved during the past 2 decades of collaboration between LSHTM and KHRC in conducting community-based field trials were based on involving the community in research projects. Community participation and engagement helped not only to identify the pertinent issues, but also enabled the communities and research team to contribute towards efforts to address challenges.

scholarly journals Breaking it Down: Defining the Framework & Evaluating the Impact of a Peer Education Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Burke Blackburn ◽  
Imaani Greene ◽  
Shintele Malloy ◽  
Rima Himelstein ◽  
Alexandra Hanlon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth Development Programs ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
The Impact

Evaluation in the field of youth development continues to evolve.  Youth development programs vary significantly in their focus, setting and outcomes.  Community-based programs seeking to create or strengthen their evaluation methods and tools may have difficulty identifying what to measure and how to capture anticipated outcomes.  This article focuses on a youth development program combining service learning and peer education, serving urban adolescents ages 14 to 19.  The purposes of this study are: 1) to illustrate a strategy used to clarify and align core activities, anticipated outcomes and evaluation tools, and 2) to provide an overview of the updated data collection instruments created by the program. 

scholarly journals KAJIAN PENGGUNAAN DANA DESA DALAM PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN SONDER

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Ferly Rayen Runtu ◽  
Caroline Betsi Diana Pakasi ◽  
Lyndon Reindhardt Jacob Pangemanan
Keyword(s):  
Development Program ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Descriptive Method

 The purpose of this study was to determine the use of village funds in community empowerment programs in 8 villages, which were chosen deliberately (purposive sampling) from 19 villages in Sonder District. This research lasted for 2 months from October to November 2018. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. Primary data is data obtained from interviews with 4 respondents per village selected based on accidental sampling so that the total number of respondents from 8 villages is 32 community members. The interview was intended to find out the opinion of the community about the use of village funds. Secondary data in this study is data obtained from the APBDES document (Village Budget and Revenue). Data analysis method in this research uses descriptive method. The results showed the use of village funds in Sonder Subdistrict for physical programs amounted to 14 types of activities and for empowerment programs amounted to 15 types of activities. Therefore the total activities amounted to 29 activities. The opinion of the community who stated agreed on the openness of the village government to the village funds amounted to 68.75% and 31.25% of the community stated disagree. The community stated that they agreed to use the village funds for development programs amounted to 75%  and 25% of the community disagreed. The opinion of the community that stated that the development program was approriate amounted to 78.12% and 22.88% of the community stated that it was not appropriate. *eprm* 

scholarly journals Community Participation Methods and their Influence on Effective Community Participation in Development Programs in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 104-126
Author(s):  
Daniel Wandera Clief Naku ◽  
Jacob Kihila ◽  
Eluether Mwageni
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Stakeholder Theory ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Effective Community

It is the wish of every stakeholder to see to it that development programs are successful and beneficial to the intended community. Literature shows that successful development programs must provide opportunities for the intended program beneficiaries to effectively participate in the programs. This implies that program beneficiaries ought to be seen as stakeholders in the program and not as recipients of final program results. This is a community engagement thinking deeply rooted in the stakeholder theory. Hence, by taking into account the importance of community participation in development programs, this study explored community participation methods that were being employed in four different categorized programs and how such methods were influencing effective participation in such programs in Tanzania. These programs were categorized as Locally Funded, Government Funded, Donor Funded and Joint Funded development programs. A combined sample size of 316 participants from all the four programs was employed. Collected data were analyzed through the within-case analysis and the comparative analysis approaches. Results of the study revealed that methods used in Government funded programs were not effective enough in promoting effective community participation when compared to methods used in the other three examined programs. As such, the study concluded by emphasizing on the need to improve on the participation methods used in Government funded programs.

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