jim diers - presentatie op lpb congres 2014
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Powerpoint-presentatie van Jim Diers op LPB Congres 2014TRANSCRIPT
BUILDING GOVERNMENT- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Two Paths to Healthy Communities:
1. Agency services 2. Burgerkracht
AGENCY SERVICES
BURGERKRACHT
Professionals/ volunteers/clients
Citizens
Top-down Democratic Focus on needs Focus on gifts One way Reciprocal Siloed Holistic
Depends on money Depends on relationships
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS Single-purpose land use
Increased mobility More time working
Fear Electronic screens
Globalization Professionalization
Specialization
CRISIS =
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS
TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT’S ROLE CITIZEN’S ROLE
Customer Service
Provide services Taxpayer/ Client
Citizen Participation
Engage people in government’s priorities through its processes and programs
Advisor/ Volunteer
Community Empowerment
Support people to come together as a community to act on their own priorities
Producer
ECONOMY IN CRISIS
Every place has: • Gifts of individuals • Community associations • Built and natural environment • Local economy • Culture, history and identity
PLANET IN CRISIS
Central Area, Seattle
Whatever the question, community is the answer. -Margaret Wheatley
POWER OF COMMUNITY
Care for the Earth Care for One Another
Prevent Crime Respond to Disaster
Promote Health Sustain Local Economy Advance Social Justice
Create Sparkling Streets and Eyes
UNIQUE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
• Make and enforce laws • Ensure people’s basic needs are met • Safeguard people’s rights • Plan and manage transportation system
Co-creation of Public SafetyC
Emergency response
Risk intervention
Prevention
Social development
KEYS TO GOVERNMENT- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Move beyond siloed thinking
to focusing on whole places
City of Seattle Department of
Little City Halls and Coordinators
Move from starting with needs
to starting with strengths
Neighbourhood Matching Fund
Playgrounds
Parks
Environment
Food Security
Renovated Facilities
Cultural Centers
Youth Development
Public Art
Keys to Success • Ownership by community • Outreach beyond usual suspects • Volunteer match • Small amounts of money • Training and technical assistance • Minimal red-tape and paperwork • Support by government as a whole • Sharing of stories
Move beyond top-down
to community-driven
Neighbourhood Planning
Columbia City
Value of community-driven planning: • Implementation happens – plans don’t sit on the shelf
• Resources are multiplied – government resources leverage community’s
• Appropriate development occurs – respecting unique character of neighborhood and culture of community
• More holistic and innovative solutions result
• A stronger sense of community is built
STEPS GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY
Do No Harm: • Don’t distract the community from its own
priorities. • Don’t force the community into the
bureaucracy’s silos. • Don’t take people’s time without showing
results. • Never do for people what they can do for
themselves. • Don’t treat third sector organisations as
the surrogate for community.
Remove Barriers: • Centralized decision making • “One size fits all” programs and
regulations • Inaccessibility (location, language,
hours, runaround) • Know-it-all attitude • Obsession with measuring results • Bureaucratic red tape
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Build Community Capacity: • Offer leadership training • Assist with outreach tools like translation • Work with associations of all types • Provide forums for networking • Offer non-meeting options for engagement • Highlight community strengths • Share stories of successful communities • Move beyond client services and citizen
participation to community empowerment
Measuring Success
You don’t make the hog fatter by weighing it. -Iowa farm proverb
“Not everything that can be
counted counts and not everything that counts can be
counted.”
Port Phillip, Australia
www.neighborpower.org