Comments - What are our day-to-day working principles? - Community life competence2024-03-29T07:22:22Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2028109%3ABlogPost%3A20058&xn_auth=noThanks Gaston, I understand i…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-04-19:2028109:Comment:201952010-04-19T14:13:29.726Zrebeka sultanahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/rebekasultana
Thanks Gaston, I understand it better now. With my experience I found very few people who work in development field acknowledge the power of local response. There was a time when all development aid would focus on hard wares ( infrastructures, logistics etc) then capacity building came ( human resurce targeting 'benificiaries'), It still continues, local response and facilitatioln are largly untapped as you mentioned.
Thanks Gaston, I understand it better now. With my experience I found very few people who work in development field acknowledge the power of local response. There was a time when all development aid would focus on hard wares ( infrastructures, logistics etc) then capacity building came ( human resurce targeting 'benificiaries'), It still continues, local response and facilitatioln are largly untapped as you mentioned. Hi Rebeka, good to hear from…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-04-18:2028109:Comment:201642010-04-18T18:08:46.885ZGastonhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston
Hi Rebeka, good to hear from you again.<br />
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Well, the 5th deals with what we eventually want to achieve in terms of a shift in development thinking. In our view, it deals with one of the foundation of why the potential of communities remains untapped and local responses are not facilitated at a larger scale. The global evaluation frameworks with its indicators (including UNGASS, GF or even the spending categories of NASA) do not give a lot of space for 'the facilitation of local response aspect of…
Hi Rebeka, good to hear from you again.<br />
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Well, the 5th deals with what we eventually want to achieve in terms of a shift in development thinking. In our view, it deals with one of the foundation of why the potential of communities remains untapped and local responses are not facilitated at a larger scale. The global evaluation frameworks with its indicators (including UNGASS, GF or even the spending categories of NASA) do not give a lot of space for 'the facilitation of local response aspect of the global response. It mainly deals with the health service provision part and still sees communities as the recipient of interventions. For example, why is it rather difficult (though not impossible) to categorize the facilitation of local responses in the SDAs of the Global Fund? Of course, we can put these things under Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) or in the best case Community Systems Strengthening (CCS). However, it still doesn't really capture the foundational shift in outlook that is required. We think that to really move ahead and acknowledge the capacity of communities and facilitate these responses, we need to rethink these global evaluation frameworks. If we write academic articles on the implementation of approaches rooted in the idea of local responses, this will only bring marginal effects or changes. The foundation needs to change, in other words, the way we look at and therefore evaluate development.<br />
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Does this make sense?<br />
Gaston. Gaston,
Thank you for sharing…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-04-17:2028109:Comment:201412010-04-17T07:40:32.236Zrebeka sultanahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/rebekasultana
Gaston,<br />
Thank you for sharing the principles of action. I am immersed on thought since i read the 12 principles, some I am already practicing, i liked them. But I did not understand number 5. Would you clarify?<br />
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And by the way who belongs to CST?<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Rebeka
Gaston,<br />
Thank you for sharing the principles of action. I am immersed on thought since i read the 12 principles, some I am already practicing, i liked them. But I did not understand number 5. Would you clarify?<br />
<br />
And by the way who belongs to CST?<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Rebeka