Community Selection. The Contractor shall develop and implement a process to select communities for inclusion in the campaign. This process shall require at a minimum: • Strong support from elected officials • Strong support from identified community volunteers • A Solarize and/or Energize campaign completed with good results • The Contractor shall define the geographical boundaries for each campaign to maximize enrollment and campaign outcomes Deliverable(s): • Documentation required from campaign communities • Notification of selected communities • A list of the geographies (cities, towns, counties, etc) that will be included in each campaign
Community Selection. For emergency response activities, GC rapidly identified communities for assistance by analyzing information collected by the municipalities in the weeks following the Tropical Storms to identify communities with the greatest need within a given municipality. GC then visited the communities to corroborate the information provided. For household (HH) recovery activities, GC worked closely with the CODEMs to prioritize communities for assistance, based on a standard set of selection criteria including level of damage, level of community and HH vulnerability, income levels (with lower income communities prioritized), community organization and acceptance, and lack of assistance from other actors. GC conducts a technical assessment of each community identified in conjunction with CODEM to verify damage and other criteria. GC initially prioritized 22 communities for HH recovery activities. However, given that there was a lower number of eligible HH per community than anticipated, GC continues to assess needs in other communities. GC uses the same community selection process, working closely with municipalities and other actors to identify highly vulnerable communities not receiving the type of support that GC can provide. GC uses the WASH matrix (and the INFORM index more generally) as one of the tools to support community identification. Beneficiary selection. GC conducted HH-level beneficiary selection for HH recovery activities, to prioritize the most vulnerable HH for early recovery activities. Once target communities are identified, GC collects lists from patronatos and community-based organizations of the most vulnerable and affected HH within each community. GC then goes door-to-door using a beneficiary selection questionnaire to collect and validate information from each HH. GC administers the questionnaire to 100% of the people on the lists, as well as a random sample of other HHs in the community, to ensure that vulnerable HH have not been excluded from the list. GC uses volunteers to administer the questionnaire; volunteers are paid a stipend of $16 a day. To minimize bias, GC swaps volunteers between communities, ensuring that no-one from the community is administering the questionnaire to HH in that community. GC M&E staff also conduct spot checks with a sample of surveyed HHs as an added layer of verification. An initial questionnaire was piloted in Brisas del Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx. Once the process is finalized in one community, GC used a weighted...
Community Selection based on the scores of the communities as a result of the Rapid assessments, USAID will make decision which communities to select as pilots and launch the listening tours.
Community Selection. As a first step towards expanding YWJ’s model to new communities, IYF began the process for identifying the new communities in consultation with MOSD, the Technical Working Group and USAID. To kick start the process, IYF collected data on possible YWJ target areas located in Jordan’s poverty pockets as outlined officially by Ministry of Interior Affairs and other governmental entities. In order to best expand the reach and effectiveness of the program, IYF focused its efforts on evaluating communities in Jordan’s poverty pockets based on their needs, as well as the opportunities for employment offered. The following basic criteria was used to help narrow down and select YWJ’s communities: - Poverty percentage - Number of youth ages 15-24 - Percentage of youth unemployed in relation to the job opportunities available - Percentage of school drop outs - Number of schools present - Number of youth at risk - Number of social services available - Employment opportunities with possibility of growth and expansion - Presence of credible CBOs with experience in youth-friendly service - Alignment with public priorities/initiatives A task force composed of certain members of the Technical Working Group and IYF staff was formed to supervise the process and present the findings and selection recommendations to the larger TWG. The process was implemented in four main phases:
Community Selection another option is to either create 1-3 designs that we design in-house or by us- ing the approach above, and then bring these designs to public events to be voted on. Typically during this process we will make minor changes, but votes can be taken on popularity of the options or a vote on which color to select. Once the final selection is made, we would then create a PlayPresenter website to be shared with the public through the cities website, Facebook, community events and other social media resources.
