One in a series of eight complementary documents developed for people interested in assessing sustainability. This volume is to be used together with "Assessing Rural Sustainability". These two documents describe a method of system assessment for use by field teams and rural communities working together. It uses and adapts well known participatory tools for community participation.
One in a series of eight complementary documents developed for people interested in assessing sustainability. This booklet is to be used together with "Planning Action for Rural Sustainability". These two documents describe a method of system assessment for use by field teams and rural communities working together. It uses and adapts well known participatory tools for community participation.
This article outlines the overall approach to community based planning (CBP) in South Africa ( part of DFID funded action research project covering Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa) as well as some of the experiences of using CBP in Mangaug Municipality in South Africa, one of the early partners in the project. The article takes this further, describing this experience in some detail, as well as the lessons that have been learnt as CBP has been rolled out to eight municipalities during 2003-4.