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

Munshi, Meena ; Hayward, Natasha ; Verardo, Barbara

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CAPACITY BUILDING;    CITIES;    CODE OF ETHICS;    COMMUNITIES;    COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS;   

RP-ID  :  53510

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note explores the critical andinnovative role played by 'communityprofessionals' in the village self help learninginitiative and Gemi Diriya programs in Sri Lanka. Itdescribes the strategy used by the projects to mobilize andstrengthen grassroots resource persons in support ofachieving the Bank's mission of poverty reduction andlivelihood improvement in rural Sri Lanka. In Gemi Diriya,community professionals are proving to be a driving forcebehind establishing sound village organizations, buildingcapacity at the village level and promotingvillager-villager learning. Institutionalizing the role ofgrassroots professionals by creating a 'communityprofessional learning and training center' has allowedthe program to scale up in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.