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The phrase ‘community mobilisation’ has been widely adopted and used by the professionals for last two decades. The meaning and purpose have varied and have been dependent on the varying contexts. For some, this has been the objective, for others this has been the mean or process and further, for some this has been interchanging as per the convenience. But, yes, whatever had been the differences, there is complete agreement among all development professionals that ‘a community participation / community institution is the answer of many questions related to development and it is going the stay.

Development or business professionals, expected to form the ‘community institutions / villagers’ group / women’s club / farmers’ club’ and transform them into a vibrant and sustainable institution, need to mobilise the community or stakeholders for the purpose. However, such institutions do not always come up on their own, and require professional inputs to develop. The course deals with these some of the basic skills of community mobilization and institution building.

After attending the course participants would be able to:

Ø understand the meaning and various dimension of community in context of mobilization and institution building
Ø know and develop skills related the different approaches and methods of community mobilization
Ø appreciate need, and essential elements of community institutions.
Ø develop basic understanding of the institution building process and various factors affecting its efficiency.

3. Required Text Books and Reading Material

Anonymous (1996) World Bank Participation Sourcebook, Environmental Developmental Department Papers; 019, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Bunch, R. (1992) Two Ears of Corn, World Neighbors, Oklahoma

Crowell, D. W. (2003) The SEWA Movement and Rural Development: The Banaskantha and Kutch Experience, Sage Publication, New Delhi

Mahanty, S. Fox, J. Nurse, M., Stephen, P., Mclees L. (2006) Hanging the Balance: Equity in Community Based Natural Resource Mangement in Asia, RECOFTC, Bangkok and East West Center, Hawaii.

Varma, M.K. (1997) Managing More Effectively: A Professional Approach to Get Best Out of People , Response Books, New Delhi.

White, S. A. (1999) The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the power of Grassroots Communication, Sage Publication, New Delhi.

White, S. A., Nair, K.S. and Ascroft, J. (1994) Participatory Communication: Working For Change and Devlopment, Sage Publication, New Delhi.

Wilcox, D. (2004) The Guide to Effective Participation, Partnership Books, Brighton

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number	Topics	Reading/case list
1	About the course, Setting the Context	Class Discussion
2	Understanding community	Reading Material No. 1
3-4	Dimension of Community Participation	Reading Material No. 2
5	Case Analysis (Apanagaon)	Available in the reading material (Case Study 1)
6	Level of participations	(students presentations)
7	The Jargon Games	Class Discussion
8	The Case Analysis (Two approaches of facilitation)	The case available in the reading material (Case Study 2)
-	Film Swadesh	Students have to watch the film on their own in group (film is available in AIS)
9	Film Analysis (Swadesh)	Also refer class presentations and reading material 3
10	Mobilisation Process	Reading Material No. 4 (Part I)
-	Film Manthan	Students have to watch the film on their own in group (film is available in AIS)
11	Mobilisation Process (Film Analysis)	Also refer class presentations and reading material 4
12	Mobilizer and Mobilisation process (Understanding the process)	Students’ Presentation based on reading material No. 5, & 6 and from the films Manthan and Swadesh
13	Institution and Institution Building Process	Refer the notes of Group Formation and Team Building
	Film Chak De India	Students have to watch the film on their own in group (film is available in AIS)
14	Film Analysis (Chak De India)	Also refer class presentations and reading material 4 (Reading Material 4 (Part II and Reading Material 5)
15	Recapitulation

5. Evaluation

Quizzes: 20%
Project Work / Mid-Term : 30%
Assignments: 10%
End Term: 40%
Pass Marks: 40

6. Academic Integrity:

As per our MOP.

Created By: Debasis Mohanty on 06/14/2012 at 11:16 AM
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