JCI Impact Projects for sustainable solutions to community challenges. Version 2016-02-15 Mission: To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.
Certification Register online Participate Complete evaluation and pass knowledge test. Available 4 days after report for 60 days . Course material can be downloaded from www.jci.cc/training after test .
Course Objectives Understand fundamentals of active citizenship . Engage the community to identify challenges . Take action to create sustainable solutions .
Active Citizenship Why did you choose to attend JCI Impact ? What are your expectations from this course?
Commitment Action! Responsibility
Introductions Name Local Organization One thing you would change
What was the key message in this video? United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary General: “As young leaders, JCI members hold the key to solving some of the most oppressing challenges of our times. ”
Gillian Sorensen Senior Advisor at the UN Foundation: “ Select one, or two, maybe at most three Millennium Development Goals that apply most particularly to your home situation .”
Kofi Annan Former Secretary General of the United Nations : “ Begin in your community… begin at your university, begin in your own little town… ”
Ban Ki -moon United Nations Secretary General: “ Let’s work together , we are natural allies… we are united by the shared objectives and this is what I ask you …”
Civil Sector Responsibility Governments alone cannot solve all challenges of humanity. Businesses ! Civil society must be a part of the development!
Think of someone in your community who is an active citizen . What makes this person an active citizen ? Discussion Point
Need: Identify a need in your community. Engage: Engage people to find a solution Action: Take action to solve the challenge. Solution: Find solutions and fix the need. Four Important Factors
Active Citizenship in JCI For JCI, active citizens are JCI members who: I dentify challenges E ngage the community T ake action C reate sustainable solutions
Active Citizenship Recap We need to identify a real need or challenge . We need to consult and engage the community. We need to act in order to solve challenges. We must ensure we work on sustainable solutions .
The Tree
Teamwork Task In teams of 3: What messages did you learn from this video?
What are the tree trunks in your community ?
Realistic List Now we have compiled a more realistic list of problems compared to the first list of changes we wanted to make in our communities.
Deeper Look These are the challenges we found, but how can we be sure they reflect the opinion of the entire community ?
Needs Analysis
Why Needs Analysis? A Needs Analysis determines community challenges and gives two important advantages: Support: Organizations depend on community support. Ownership: Involvement empowers a sense of ownership .
Needs Assessment Define and decide challenges: Collect existing information Analyze the information Meet with officials Decide on priorities Government agencies Universities and Schools Statistic centers and Community centers
No information available? Conduct your own survey: Online surveys Face-to-face interviews Meet with officials, leaders and businesses Forums Town hall meetings
Discussion With a member from another team : Discuss the most urgent challenges within your community.
Teamwork Task In your teams: Discuss and select one challenge affecting your community or neighborhood.
Cause and Effect Analysis The needs analysis will identify the challenge . We must detect the causes.
The JCI Active Citizen Framework JCI Active Citizen Framework
Sustainable Solutions Mission: To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.
Inefficient emergency services Challenge detected Solving the effect never eliminates the challenge because the cause still exists. Without analyzing the cause, projects focus on: Public campaign to increase personnel Find resources to buy more ambulances Cause and Effect Analysis
Challenge detected Cause Detection Projects Inefficient emergency services. Increased pedestrian accidents. Central challenge Cause level 1 Effect level 1 Lack of personnel and equipment. Pedestrians not using crosswalk. Lack of knowledge & adequate signs. Cause level 2 Effect level 2 Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? New signs and campaign to help educate.
Sustainable Solutions The original challenge detected (Inefficient emergency services) is not the cause. Projects (New Signs and Campaign) are aimed to eliminate the cause. Eliminating (accidents) will eliminate the need for the emergency services all together.
When to Stop Asking “Why” Keep asking why during the cause detection process. Stop when action will reduce the effect or eliminate the cause . Stop when the Local Organization has reached the limit of ability to act.
Teamwork Task In your teams: Use the cause detection process and determine the causes of the major challenges identified in your community.
Reports What was the detected challenge ? How did the team determine the cause ?
How Projects Work What is the cause of the current situations dissatisfaction? What needs to change to have the desired future ideal situation ? A project is the result of an intervention or action to change the current situation.
What is a Project? A project is one or a series of activities with a specific purpose to solve a challenge or remove an obstacle within a specific timeline . A program is an activity that is conducted over a period of time with the purpose of creating awareness, fund raising, marketing, recognition, etc.
People! Projects Impact …
General Discussion This will help you identify the... partners What impact will the project have on the following:
Selecting the Partners W e need to select partners to carry-out actions. We must decide what type of support we need . We cannot create great changes on our own. We need partners!
Defining the Partners Need analysis partners The media Community leaders Other organization The general public Businesses Government
Important Aspects Partnership is based on common values . Partnership should not distract from the main purpose of the project. Partnership is not more important than the project .
Active Citizen Framework See the need , engage people and take action to create sustainable solutions .