COPAR Flashcards
Approached by most people
Key Persons
Activity of phase: Site Selection
Pre-Entry Phase
Core Principles in CO
- People centered
- Participative
- Democratic
- Developmental
- Process-oriented
organized effort of people to improve the conditions of community life and the capacity of the people to improve the conditions of community life and the capacity of the people for participation, self-direction and integrated efforts in community affairs.
Community development
sometimes called the social preparation phase.
Entry Phase
Activity of phase: Criteria for Initial Site Selection
Pre-Entry Phase
phase where the organized leaders or groups are being given training (formal, informal, OJT) to develop their style in managing their own concerns/programs
Organization-building Phase
process of collecting, collating and analyzing data to draw a clear picture of the community
Social Investigation
entails the formation of a more formal structure and the inclusion of a more
formal procedures of planning, implementing and evaluation
Organization
process of identifying goals, specific activities, resources, possible hindrances, tactics, persons responsible and time table
Tentative program planning
A continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical awareness of their existing condition, working with the people collectively and efficiently on their immediate and long-term problems, and mobilizing the people to develop their capability and readiness to respond and take action on their immediate needs towards solving their long-term problems
COPAR
Activity in phase: Implementation of livelihood projects.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
Activity of phase: Preparation of the Institution
Pre-Entry Phase
Activity of phase: Choosing Final Community
Pre-Entry Phase
a way to train people to anticipate what will happen and prepare themselves for such eventuality
Role Play
vital part of public health nursing. It aims to transform the apathetic, individualistic and voiceless poor into dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community
COPAR
activities in phase: Deepening social investigation/community study
entry phase
Activity in phase: Linkaging and networking.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
Core Values:
- Human rights
- Social justice
- Social responsibility
Entails the formation of more formal structure and the inclusion of more formal procedure of planning, implementing, and evaluating community-wise activities.
Organization-building Phase
multi-dimensional process involving major changes in social structures, population, attitudes and national institutions, as well as the acceleration of economic growth, reduction of inequality and eradication of absolute poverty
Development
phase: crucial in determining which strategies for organizing would suit the chosen community. Success of the activities depend on how much the community organizers has integrated with the community.
Entry Phase
COPAR has four phases
Pre-Entry Phase, Entry Phase, Organization-building phase, and sustenance and strengthening phase.
Activity of phase: Identifying Host Family
Pre-Entry Phase
Activity of phase: Identifying Potential Municipalities
Pre-Entry Phase
activity in phase: Creation of different committees
Organization-building Phase
Activity in phase: Conduct of mobilization on health and development concerns.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
meeting with the people to discussed problems and issues
Meeting
Approached by key persons
Opinion Leader
social development approach that aims to transform the apathetic, individualistic and voiceless poor into dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community
COPAR
Never or hardly consulted
Isolates
dealing with deeper, on-going concerns; gives the people time to reflect on the reality of life compared to the ideal
Reflection
Goals of CO:
- People empowerment
- Building relatively permanent structures and people’s organizations
- Improved quality of life
dry run, to act the meeting that will take place between the leaders and the government representatives
Role Play
Creation of different committees
- Community Health Organization (CHO)
- Research Team Committee
- Planning Committee
- Health Committee Organization
- Formation of by-laws by the CHO
live with the people
Integration
going around asking people on one- on –one regarding an issue that has been chosen
Groundwork
Activity in phase: Training of CHO for monitoring and implementing of community health program.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
A collective, participatory, transformative, liberative, sustained and systematic process of building people’s organizations by mobilizing and enhancing the capabilities and resources of the people for the resolution of their issues and concerns towards effecting change in their existing oppressive and exploitative conditions
COPAR
actual community action undertaken to resolve identified community problems and concerns
Mobilization or action
A process by which a community identifies its needs and objectives, develops confidence to take action in respect to them and in doing so, extends and develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices in the community
COPAR
Activity in phase: Identification of secondary leaders.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
activities in phase: Core Group Formation
entry phase
activities in phase: Integration. Establishing rapport with the people in continuing effort to imbibe community life
entry phase
COPAR stands for
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research
the initial phase of the organizing process where the community organizer looks for communities to serve and help.
Pre-Entry Phase
determining if actions were successful or not
Evaluation
Occurs when the community organization has already been established and the community members are already actively participating in community-wide undertakings
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
Activity of phase: Identifying Potential Community
Pre-Entry Phase
At this point, the different committees setup in the organization-building phase are already expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community-wide organization.
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
