scholarly journals Old Wisdom: Indigenous Democracy Principles as Strategies for Social Change within Organizations and Tribal Communities

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Rebecca Maldonado Moore ◽  
Thohahoken Michael Doxtater
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Change Model ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Search Conference ◽  
Political Landscapes

Community engagement founded on Indigenous decision-making practices is essential in addressing issues during turbulent times and ever-changing political landscapes. Indigenous leaders on this continent were instrumental in practicing democracy to address issues impacting local communities with the people, not in isolation. This paper highlights the Search Conference model as a community based participatory change model with Indigenous principles embedded in the process. Specific cases are presented to demonstrate lessons learned.

Territorial Changes to Municipalities and Inter-Municipal Cooperation: A Comparative Overview and Orientations for Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iztok Rakar ◽  
Bojan Tičar ◽  
Maja Klun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Local Democracy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Public Decision

Local self-government has faced a number of challenges over the past decade. The financial crisis has revealed new dimensions of the eternal question of financing self-governing local communities, while distrust and a lack of interest in participation in local democracy among the people have led to considerations of different approaches to public decision-making concerning local issues. A comparative overview shows that the question of the “perfect size” of municipalities is currently very relevant and aimed at finding dimensions that would enable the municipality to ensure both local-level democracy and identity and economic efficiency in the delivery of public services. The most popular tool for achieving this goal is the merger of municipalities, although other approaches also exist, including various forms of inter-municipal cooperation. Some forms of inter-municipal cooperation have already taken firm hold in Slovenia, although the question of the potential impacts of alternative forms of inter-municipal cooperation on the democratic legitimacy of decision-making processes and the potential of these processes for the developmental breakthrough of Slovenian municipalities has yet to receive adequate attention.

scholarly journals Tourism Communication in Community Based Tourism in Dieng Community, Central Java, Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manik Sunuantari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Sustainable Economy ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Aida Model

To encourage a community’s role in the field of tourism, the local government of Central Java, Indonesia promotes a Community Based Tourism (CBT) as a tourism development for the sustainable economy. It involves the community in decision-making processes, especially related to the acquisition of income, employment, and the preservation of the environment, and culture of the indigenous people. This research aimed to determine communication activities in the implementation of CBT. The theory used was tourism communication using Attention, Interest, Desire, Action (AIDA) model. Then, the method was a case study by choosing Dieng as a tourist destination, and the tourism communication activities were undertaken in Dieng’s society, especially in the activities of Dieng Culture Festival (DCF). The results show that the tourism communication activities involving the community, POKDARWIS (Kelompok Sadar Wisata - Tourism Awareness Group), tourism advocates, and local governments should pay attention to the cultural and natural tourism potentials, and empower the local communities.

scholarly journals Can Online Forums Be Designed to Empower Local Communities?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Kerill Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The Uk

There has been a growing concern regarding political disengagement among citizens within western representative democracies. This concern has brought about calls for local communities to be empowered by giving citizens more control over local decision making. The objective of this paper is to examine if local political online forums can be built to empower local communities. That is to say, this paper will test if the E-Democracy.org’s Local Issues Forum Guidebook recommendations (A to do list for building successful online forums) actually work and produce forums which facilitate citizens to have a greater say on local decision making and thus, induce empowerment. In order to test these recommendations a two-pronged methodological approach was taken. Firstly, using these recommendations an online forum was constructed in-conjunction with a local authority within the UK. Secondly, the recommendations were tested again except in this second approach a sample of online forums from around the world was examined. This paper argues that the E-Democracy.org’s recommendations do not always produce forums which empower local communities - Based on lessons learned from both experiments new guidelines are provided.

Entrepreneurship and Preservation of the Historical Sites: The Case of the Middle East Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Asgary ◽  
Neeka Asgary
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
East Region ◽  
Historical Sites ◽  
Middle East Region

In this study, we examine the viability of a Community Based Resource Management (CBRM) model to enhance the tourism industry. CBRM is a bottom-up model, which proposes active engagement in decision-making by stakeholders, especially local communities. The model currently implemented in most developing countries is top-down, wherein central governments are in charge of all decision-making without deliberate engagement of all stakeholders. The focus of this empirical study is on Egypt, Iran, Morocco, and Turkey (EIMT). All four countries have rich historical sites and prospects for advancement of their tourism industries, which could inherently bolster their economies. A survey was developed and disseminated through email. The resulting sample is considered to be ‘expert’ due to respondents reported international travel frequency. Additionally, approximately 80% of respondents have graduate degrees. Our empirical findings support core aspects of the CBRM model, which shows that active engagement of local persons and businesses helps in the protection of historic landmarks as well as fortifying each country’s tourism industry.

scholarly journals Understanding community development in Sekyere Central District, Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsford Gyasi Amakye
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The People ◽  
Work Community ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Community development is fundamentally about the development of community involving a sense of common identity, capacity and purpose. It can take the form of unpaid active citizenship with community members organizing themselves and taking on leadership roles. Community development emphasizes empowerment, equality, social justice, participation and representation. This means that community development is fundamentally concerned with decision-making processes affecting users, community-based agencies and services. It is premised on a ‘bottom-up’ approach, which means enhancing the capacity of communities to determine goals and to pursue issues of importance to them, and to make decisions affecting their lives, for example, the direction of services and the allocation of funds. In Ghana, governments under the various regimes, the community members themselves, and NGOs have promoted the CD practice in several ways since independence in 1957. Preceding governments in Ghana through the Department of Community Development have played a central role in the exercise of CD work. Community development has not been thoroughly investigated in SCDA. This paper gives a clear understanding of CD in SCDA. This paper seeks to assess how the local communities take part in the siting, planning and implementation of development projects in their communities. Further it explores community development projects in the district and how projects are financed in the district. Finally, investigates the obstacles that impede the realization of community development process. This paper was carried out using a mixed method approach. Four area councils in SCDA were randomly selected for this work. These were taken from a total of 10 different local communities spread across the four area council. The study reveals that facilities in terms of education, health, potable water, roads rehabilitation, sanitation and rural electrification have improved tremendously (Fieldwork 2015). The study recommends that policies should be geared towards agriculture to improve the lives of the people in the district since the district is agrarian in nature.

scholarly journals Community-Based Measures to Against the COVID-19: An Experience From Vietnam With Consecutive 3 Months of no New Infection in the Community During the First Wave of Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Hai Nam ◽  
Bao-Tran Do Le ◽  
Nguyen Tien Huy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Education ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Great Capacity ◽  
Low Resource ◽  
Low Resource Country

Vietnam has faced a high risk of transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic. Despite the specific challenges that come with a low-resource country, the Vietnamese government has provided a sustainable response, demonstrating both great capacity and rapid decision-making to manage the entirety of the COVID-19 outbreak with lessons learned from the SARS and H1N1 epidemics in 2003 and 2009, respectively. A rapid response, specific epidemiological F0–F5 tracing system, and public education are some of the key measures that have helped Vietnam to control the outbreak. As of July 15, 2020, Vietnam has reported 373 accumulated confirmed cases and no deaths within the last 90 consecutive days of no new infections in the community. Vietnam can now consider declaring an end to the COVID-19 crisis on their part.

scholarly journals KONSEP WISATA BERBASIS MASYARAKAT

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Asep Dadan Suganda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Basic Principle ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Employment Opportunities

Abstrak. Konsep Wisata Berbasis Masyarakat. Di Indonesia, pariwisata merupakan sektor yang memberikan kontribusi besar terhadap perekonomian. Untuk menjadikan sektor ini berhasil, maka diperlukan kepandaian dalam mengelola aset pariwisata yang ada. Salah satu konsep pengelolaan aset pariwisata yang dapat diterapkan bersama masyarakat lokal yang berada didaerah tempat wisata adalah dengan mengenalkan konsep wisata berbasis masyarakat (Community Based Tourism). Prinsip dasar Community Based Tourism adalah menempatkan masyarakat sebagai pelaku utama melalui pemberdayaan masyarakat dalam berbagai kegiatan kepariwisataan, sehingga manfaat kepariwisataan sebesar-besarnya diperuntukkan bagi masyarakat. Tujuan yang ingin diraih adalah pemberdayaan sosial ekonomi komunitas itu sendiri dan meletakkan nilai lebih dalam pariwisata, khususnya kepada para wisatawan. Community Based Tourism akan melibatkan pula masyarakat dalam proses pembuatan keputusan, dan dalam perolehan bagian pendapatan terbesar secara langsung dari kehadiran para wisatawan. Dengan konsep Community Based Tourism akan dapat menciptakan kesempatan kerja, mengurangi kemiskinan dan membawa dampak positif terhadap pelestarian lingkungan dan budaya asli setempat.   Abstract. Community Based Tourism. Tourism in Indonesia is a sector that provides a large income to the country's economy. The experts are required to manage the existing tourism assets. One of the concepts of tourism asset management can be applied with the local communities known as the Community Based Tourism. The basic principle of Community Based Tourism is to make the community as the main actors through empowering various tourism activities, and the benefits of tourism as much as possible for the community. The socio-economic empowerment of the community become the main goal and put more values in tourism, especially to the tourists. Community Based Tourism will involve the community as decision-making process, also in the acquisition of the largest share of income from the tourists directly. With this Community Based Tourism concept will be able to create employment opportunities, reduce poverty and bring a positive impact on the preservation of local native environment and culture.

The Constitutional Basis of Local Democracy

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-825
Author(s):  
Franc Grad ◽  
Igor Kaučič
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Local Democracy ◽  
The People ◽  
Town Meeting ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right ◽  
Popular Initiative ◽  
The Town

The Constitution of Slovenia guarantees local government, nevertheless it does not regulate forms of local democracy. Thus, the legislation envisages numerous different ways of citizens' participation, both direct and indirect, in decision-making in local communities. Still the local elections remain the most important way of citizens’ influencing decision making in local communities. The right of the people living in local communities to vote local authorities and to be elected for local offices is certainly the core of modern understanding of local democracy. In Slovenia, both members of municipal council and mayor are directly elected. Right to vote and to be elected have also EU citizens while other foreigners have only right to vote. Among forms of direct participation, the most important ones are the town meeting, referendum, popular initiative and right to petition. They enable the citizens to participate in the processes of deliberation, proposing and formulating decisions, stating preliminary positions with regard to decisions to be made as well as decision-making itself or confirming the solutions adopted.

scholarly journals Putting Community Based Tourism into Practice

2016 ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya R. Graci
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Negative Impacts

To move towards sustainability, tourism must contribute to the empowerment of local communities. This can be achieved through community participation in decision-making where essential information is gained, with the early stages of empowerment allowing the community to determine their own development (Cole, 2006). Community capacity building ensures the benefit of tourism to the local community by developing skills and entrepreneurial spirit to become part of the tourism industry, which will lead to the reduction of negative impacts. This article focuses on the community of Moose Factory that used a community based approach to create one of the world’s top ecolodges. It was collaboratively developed in an attempt to provide economic, social and cultural livelihoods. Strategies used to develop and involve the community will be discussed.

scholarly journals Can Online Forums Be Designed to Empower Local Communities?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Kerill Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The Uk

There has been a growing concern regarding political disengagement among citizens within western representative democracies. This concern has brought about calls for local communities to be empowered by giving citizens more control over local decision making. The objective of this paper is to examine if local political online forums can be built to empower local communities. That is to say, this paper will test if the E-Democracy.org’s Local Issues Forum Guidebook recommendations (A to do list for building successful online forums) actually work and produce forums which facilitate citizens to have a greater say on local decision making and thus, induce empowerment. In order to test these recommendations a two-pronged methodological approach was taken. Firstly, using these recommendations an online forum was constructed in-conjunction with a local authority within the UK. Secondly, the recommendations were tested again except in this second approach a sample of online forums from around the world was examined. This paper argues that the E-Democracy.org’s recommendations do not always produce forums which empower local communities - Based on lessons learned from both experiments new guidelines are provided.

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