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Community Engagement: Amna Tanveer Aqsa Riaz Mahnoor Asif Muqadas Iqbal Samreen Akhtar

Community engagement is a collaborative process involving community members and organizations to address issues and build relationships. It is essential for fostering trust, promoting social cohesion, and empowering communities while utilizing local knowledge for improved outcomes. Key stakeholders include local governments, community organizations, and educational institutions, who facilitate engagement through planning, collaboration, and resource provision.

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Community Engagement: Amna Tanveer Aqsa Riaz Mahnoor Asif Muqadas Iqbal Samreen Akhtar

Community engagement is a collaborative process involving community members and organizations to address issues and build relationships. It is essential for fostering trust, promoting social cohesion, and empowering communities while utilizing local knowledge for improved outcomes. Key stakeholders include local governments, community organizations, and educational institutions, who facilitate engagement through planning, collaboration, and resource provision.

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Community Engagement

Amna Tanveer

Aqsa Riaz

Mahnoor Asif

Muqadas Iqbal

Samreen Akhtar
Community Types.

Engagement:
Community
Engagement refers to the
process of working Importance.
collaboratively with
community members,
organization or groups to
identify and address issues,
build relationships and foster How it happen?
social connections.
Characteristics of
community Engagement:
1. Bidirectional
communication.
2. Reciprocal benefits. Who make it happen?
3. long term relationships.

Process.
Community engagement

Community and it’s types:


Community: “A community refers to a group of people living or working together in a specific area,
sharing common interests, values, or goals”.

Types:

1. Geographical and place based community


2. Cultural and ethnic Community
3. Interest based and social community

4. Professional and academic community

5. Online or virtual community

6. Community of practice
Community engagement:

Importance of Community Engagement:


Fosters trust and Relationships
Promotes social cohesion
Empowers communities
Improves decision making
Support collective problem solving
Amplifies marginalized Voice
Encourage civic participation
Enhance community development
Community engagement:

Why is it necessary:
Utilize local knowledge and contextual understanding
Promotes social justice and inclusion

Lead to improved outcomes

Who makes it happen:


1. Local government
2. Community members

3. Community based organizations


4. Educational institutions
5. Business and cooperation
6. Media and communication
Community engagement:

7. Religious and faith based organizations


8. Health and social services

9. Funding Bodies
10. Professional consultant and facilitators

How do they make it happen:


1. Planning and initiating engagement
2. Facilitating collaboration
3. Providing resources
4. Mobilizing community participation.
5. Implementing solutions
6. Monitoring and evaluation
Community engagement:

Core principle of community engagement:


1. Inclusivity
2. Collaboration and Partnership
3. Transparency

4. Respect for local knowledge


5. Mutual benefits
6. Empowerment

7. Capacity building
8. Sustainability
9. Accountability

10. Flexibility

11. Continuous learning


Community engagement:

Process of community engagement:


1. Defining the purpose and scope
2. Understanding the community
3. Developing and implementing Engagement strategies
4. Managing interaction and Addressing concern
5. Evaluating and implementing the process

Phases of community engagement:


1. Set the stage
2. Brainstorming and selecting solution
3. Plan and review
4. Implementing and evaluation
Community engagement:
Developing the community engagement plan:
1. Identify objectives and goal

2. Understand the community

3. Engage key Stakeholder

4. Develop partnership
5. Create action steps

6. Allocate resources
7. Implement the plan

8. Monitor and evaluate


9. Ensure Sustainability

Key actions in the implementation of plan:


1. Organize engagement activities
Community engagement:

2. Collaborate with stakeholders


3. Engage the community
4. Maintain clear communication
5. Gather continuous feedback
6. Monitor and track progress
7. Make necessary Adjustments
8. Document activities and progress
• Call to action for involvement in community engagement:
“People should join in building stronger, more
resilient communities through community engagement.”
Thank you.

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