Review of Community

Organizing Concepts
By:

Franklin Bel T. Isip, EnP

Planning Officer, Agricultural Training Institute
Region IVA
Definition

Community organizing
is a continuing process
of working with people
in a certain locality for
the purpose of attaining
community objectives
such as reaching a
solution to community
problems, managing
challenges, and
improving livelihood,
etc.
 Steps in
1. Site selection and entry
community
2. Rapport building
organizing
3. Community situational analysis
4. Identification of vulnerable groups
5. Feedback / validation of information gathered
6. Analysis of problems / issues
7. Planning for solution
8. Core group building
9. Formation of community organization
Steps in community organizing
 Steps in
community
organizing
1.Site selection and entry
How:
Establish objective
Establish criteria
Mapping
Review base line data, history,
demography, socio - economic data
 Steps in
community
organizing
2.Rapport building
Establish contact persons and
develop good relations with local
residents
How:
community immersion
identify contact persons
know the culture
 Steps in
community
organizing
3.Community situational analysis
Situational analysis through PRRA,
using the PRA Tools.
How:
HVCA / PRA tools
 Steps in
community
organizing
4.Identification of groups
Identify the farm families within
the community by using the
criteria set forth by the people
themselves.
How:
Economic assessment
Family profiling
 Steps in
community
organizing
5. Feed back / validation of information
gathered. Revalidate the result of the
analysis of the data gathered by
presenting it to the community
for verification
How:
community meeting
 Steps in
community
organizing
6. Analysis of problems / issues
analyse critical issues and
problems within the community
by facilitating discussions among
the community members
How:
community meeting
problem tree analysis
 Steps in
community
organizing

7. Planning for solution plan out solutions

together with the community, facilitate
do not impose.
How:
community planning workshops
 Steps in
8.Core group building Identify community
“natural leaders” or residents organizing
that are morally respected by the
community. Organize a small group of
leaders to help facilitate the
organization of the community.

How:
community immersion
Venn diagram
 Steps in
community
organizing
9. Formation of farm community
management organization

How: core people

set objectives
identify members
identify tasks
Roles of a Community
Organizer

Go to the people,
Live among them.

Role: Neighbor
Roles of a Community
Organizer

Learn from the people,

Plan with them,
Work with them.

Role: Student
Roles of a Community
Organizer

Start with what people

know,
Build on what they
have.

Role: Partner
 Roles of a Community
Organizer
Teach by showing, learn by doing,
Not individual but the community,
Not odds and ends but a system with continuity,
Not piecemeal but integrated approach,
Not traditional but to transform new ideas,
Not temporary but sustainable long-term.

Role: Teacher
 Qualities of a good
Community Organizer
Value - centered
Responsive
Action oriented
Builder
Accountable
5 F’s (Focus,
Friendly, Flexible,
Fast and Forward
Looking)
 Roles of a Good
Community Organizer

 Good facilitator
 Motivator
 Coordinator
 Neighbour, student, partner, teacher