Community Engagement Guide

Introduction

Overview
Vision

Overview: Community Engagement process

Goals and Objectives
Four Components
Social
Physical
Service
Economic
Developing the neighbourhood-level Strategic Plan

Phase 1. Organizing a Steering Committee

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Meeting stakeholders to ensure commitment
Step 2:   Creating a Core Group to provide leadership
Step 3:   Ensuring Stakeholders’ Commitment
Step 4:   Determining the Roles and Responsibilities
Step 5:   Developing the Decision-making Processes
Step 6:   Creating an Organizational Structure for Implementation

Phase 2. Neighbourhood Selection

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Comparing Collected Data with Criteria for Neighbourhood Selection
Step 2:   Analyzing the Data
Step 3:   Looking for Indicators of Neighbourhood Potential
Step 4:   Making the Decision
Critical assumptions

Phase 3.  Neighbourhood Assessment

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Assembling the Assessment Team
Step 2:   Sources and Type of Information
Step 3:   Taking a Neighbourhood Inventory
Step 4:   Developing an Asset Inventory Map
Step 5:   Identifying Resources
Step 6:   Resources Inventory
Critical assumptions

Phase 4. Developing Neighbourhood Level Plans

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Assembling the Planning Team
Step 2:   Identifying Resources for Planning
Step 3:   Preparing to Plan
Step 4:   Moving From Community Needs to Critical Priorities
Step 5:   Linking Critical Priorities to Goals and Objectives
Step 6:   Developing the Implementation Plan
Step 7:   Designing a Planning Format for the Local Strategy
Critical assumptions

Phase 5.  Implementation

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Establishing an Organizational Structure
Step 2:   Developing Subcommittees’ Action Plan
Step 3:    Developing Open Communication among All Partners
Step 4:   Establishing a Consistent Procedure for Securing Staff
Step 5:   Developing a Process for Steering Committee and Subcommittee Meetings
Step 6:   Developing a Process for Team Building
Step 7:   Providing Training and Technical Assistance
Critical assumptions
Sustaining Positive and Permanent Changes

Community Mobilization

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Securing Resident Commitment and Involvement
Step 2:   Encouraging Community Members to Help Provide Community Focus
Step 3:   Building Community Networks
Step 4:   Creating Resident-Led Leadership Structures
Step 5:   Leveraging Internal and External Resources
Step 6:   Creating Additional Communication Vehicles
More Community Mobilization Tactics
Critical assumptions

Phase 6. Evaluation

Overview
Vision
Implementation Process
Step 1:   Identifying a Coordinator and the Other Members of the Evaluation Team
Step 2:   Reviewing the Priorities to Be Measured
Step 3:   Collecting and Analyzing Information
Critical assumptions
Deciding what to evaluate as the first issue
Methodology can be an issue

Appendix 1:  Inventory of Programs by Population