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Community Planning

Community planning involves formulating long-term goals and strategies to guide sustainable community development. Community researchers use similar tools as other social science fields, with the key difference being the variables studied. These tools include key information interviews, focus groups, field research, surveys, and secondary data analysis. When conducting community research, researchers should maintain clarity of purpose, conviction in their work, and seek collaboration with community partners.

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Community Planning

Community planning involves formulating long-term goals and strategies to guide sustainable community development. Community researchers use similar tools as other social science fields, with the key difference being the variables studied. These tools include key information interviews, focus groups, field research, surveys, and secondary data analysis. When conducting community research, researchers should maintain clarity of purpose, conviction in their work, and seek collaboration with community partners.

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Community

Planning
Community Planning

Community planning involves the formulation

of long range visions, goals, policies and

strategies for achieving social, economic and

environmental sustainability within a

community in order to guide future community

development.
Community Researchers

Community researchers use most of the tools

similar to those used in other fields of study

under the social sciences. The only obvious

difference interms of variables being studied.


Community Research Tools

Key Information Interview


Focus Group Discussion
Field Research / Observation
Survey
Secondary Data Analysis / RRL
Community Research Tools

Key Information Interview


Focus Group Discussion
Field Research / Observation
Survey
Secondary Data Analysis / RRL
3Cs of Community Research
CLARITY - Be clear with your intention and be

sensitive to be mores, ethics and values in the

community
CONVICTION - Internalize the purpose of your

research and always consider as a priority in your

agenda
COLLABORATION - Be Open to collaboration and

partnership as well as avenues for capacity - building

with actors
1st Activity : Community Profiling (PESTEL MODEL)

Name of Community :
Population :
Main Economic Industry :
Community Government Leaders :
Identified Community Non Government Leaders :
History of the Community :
1st Activity : Community Profiling

Name of Community :
Population :
Main Economic Industry :
Community Government Leaders :
Identified Community Non Government Leaders :
History of the Community :
Mission :
Vision :
2nd Activity : Community Assesment

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION


Needs
Wants

RESPONDENTS
Government
Family
Educational
Religious
3rd Activity : Community

Operationalization
4th Activity :

SPOA (Specific

Plan of Action )
Last Activity :

Project Impact

Evaluation

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