A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka

This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and...

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Main Authors: Munshi, Meena, Hayward, Natasha, Verardo, Barbara
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/11944407/story-social-economic-empowerment-evolution-community-professionals-sri-lanka
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spelling okr-10986-111772021-04-23T14:02:54Z A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka Munshi, Meena Hayward, Natasha Verardo, Barbara CAPACITY BUILDING CITIES CODE OF ETHICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY CAPACITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPOWERMENT FACILITATORS FAMILIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LESSONS LEARNED LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE NGO OFFICE BEARERS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING POOR FAMILIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGULAR MEETINGS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF HELP SELF-HELP SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS TRAININGS TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and strengthen grassroots resource persons in support of achieving the Bank's mission of poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in rural Sri Lanka. In Gemi Diriya, community professionals are proving to be a driving force behind establishing sound village organizations, building capacity at the village level and promoting villager-villager learning. Institutionalizing the role of grassroots professionals by creating a 'community professional learning and training center' has allowed the program to scale up in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. 2012-08-13T14:21:53Z 2012-08-13T14:21:53Z 2006-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/11944407/story-social-economic-empowerment-evolution-community-professionals-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11177 English Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 4, No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic CAPACITY BUILDING
CITIES
CODE OF ETHICS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY CAPACITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICTS
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
EMPOWERMENT
FACILITATORS
FAMILIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LESSONS LEARNED
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
NGO
OFFICE BEARERS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
POOR FAMILIES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGULAR MEETINGS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SELF HELP
SELF-HELP
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STAKEHOLDERS
TRAININGS
TRANSPARENCY
VILLAGE COMMUNITIES
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle CAPACITY BUILDING
CITIES
CODE OF ETHICS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY CAPACITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICTS
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
EMPOWERMENT
FACILITATORS
FAMILIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LESSONS LEARNED
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
NGO
OFFICE BEARERS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
POOR FAMILIES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGULAR MEETINGS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SELF HELP
SELF-HELP
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STAKEHOLDERS
TRAININGS
TRANSPARENCY
VILLAGE COMMUNITIES
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Munshi, Meena
Hayward, Natasha
Verardo, Barbara
A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Social Funds Innovation Notes; Vol. 4, No. 2
description This note explores the critical and innovative role played by 'community professionals' in the village self help learning initiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. It describes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize and strengthen grassroots resource persons in support of achieving the Bank's mission of poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in rural Sri Lanka. In Gemi Diriya, community professionals are proving to be a driving force behind establishing sound village organizations, building capacity at the village level and promoting villager-villager learning. Institutionalizing the role of grassroots professionals by creating a 'community professional learning and training center' has allowed the program to scale up in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Munshi, Meena
Hayward, Natasha
Verardo, Barbara
author_facet Munshi, Meena
Hayward, Natasha
Verardo, Barbara
author_sort Munshi, Meena
title A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
title_short A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
title_full A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed A Story of Social and Economic Empowerment : The Evolution of “Community Professionals” in Sri Lanka
title_sort story of social and economic empowerment : the evolution of “community professionals” in sri lanka
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/11944407/story-social-economic-empowerment-evolution-community-professionals-sri-lanka
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