Participatory Planning and Assessment
Inclusion and participation is central to CURE’s philosophy and community development strategy. We believe that people are the best judge of their own needs and that demand-based services have more sustainability due to greater ownership. Inclusion in CURE projects follows a participatory hierarchy moving from need identification to prioritizing and planning for interventions to engagement in civil works through oversight, contribution in labor and resource and community management of services. The effort seeks to incrementally increase the level of participation, responsibility and ownership, and to set up and institutionalize voice platforms for government and community engagement.
CURE uses a range of participatory tools for community and local area planning. These tools have been adapted to address sectoral issues and make qualitative assessments that enable policy level decisions.