ICA community development initiatives use a variety of empowerment strategies and impact economic, political and cultural development.

id	Project	Short	Description	Country
44	Call-a-Teen Youth Resources, USA	Pioneering Project-based Learning in its charter high school has board and staff deeply involved in the implementation process of a comprehensive strategic planning process, in Pheonix, USA.	Call-a-Teen Youth Resources is pioneering Project-based Learning in its charter high school, using ToP methods in its workforce development programs and has its board and staff deeply involved in the implementation process of a comprehensive strategic planning process. John Oyler, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
63	Enviroschool Formal Deep Reflection - New Zealand	Facilitators in New Zealand use the Focused Conversation Method to enable deeper reflection in 500 Enviroschools.	Enviroschools facilitators all learn that reflection is a very valuable part of learning, and they experience deep reflection using the focused conversation when we train them (even though they dont know that this is the method we are using). This gives them a commitment to facilitating deeper reflection when they work in the 500 schools that are part of this NZ programme. Helen Ritchie, New Zealand from	New Zealand
66	Diaspora Group Members Initiatives - UK	AFFORD, the African Foundation For Development, is a UK based diaspora organization that works with other diaspora organizations in the UKhas adopted ToP and its principles to make it more representative of its members and to play a more facilitative role in enabling and supporting members to take their own initiatives forward. UK	A small diaspora organisation has adopted ToP and its principles to make it more representative of its members and to play a more facilitative role in enabling and supporting members to take their own initiatives forward. Networking Organization AFFORD, the African Foundation For Development, is a UK based diaspora organization that works with other diaspora organizations in the UK, linking them to development efforts in Africa. In 2002 they found themselves trying to focus among many conflicting priorities, uncertain about which possibilities to follow in their development of coalitions and partnerships in the UK. The subsequent strategic planning event facilitated by ICA:UK and attended by the entire board, staff and stakeholders was pivotal in that it enabled the participants to see how a participatory approach works, demonstrated how all ideas could be included and be drawn upon to produce a coherent product both agreed and owned by the participants. The AFFORD staff recognized that the particular processes used in this event were the practices they wanted to use in their day to day work and in their day to day relationship building. One board member said If not for that planning process, I believe I might have given up volunteering for AFFORD some time ago. I gave up all the other organisations I used to serve because their processes were not sufficiently participatory and inclusive for me. The event has also had a bearing on who they are attracting as an organization, who they work with, and it has changed the relationship they have with their partners. AFFORD is more confident in its promotion of participation, training African facilitators to manage workshops at conferences - 60 young Africans were trained for the annual African Diaspora and Development Days. They have been taught to listen, not to fear disagreement and to build consensus. It has also changed the criteria by which they choose their partners: If they don t see any commitment toward participation, they won t engage with them. Onyekachi Wambu, Information Officer said, ICA techniques and ideas have had, I would say, a big impact on AFFORD. From my own perspective it has shaped the way I approach meetings and seek to build consensus for actions. - UK. Jonathan Dudding, UK, 2010 (antiD)	UK
67	CommunityDevelopment Workshops - Bosnia	Working with World Vision Bosnia and Herzegovina and using ToP methods for facilitation of community development workshops. Slavica Bradvic Hanusic, Bosnia	Working with World Vision Bosnia and Herzegovina and using ToP methods for facilitation of community development workshops. Slavica Bradvic Hanusic, Bosnia from ToPSurvey	Bosnia
242	Legal Literacy in Monduli District Tanzania	The ICA Tanzania legal aid clinic is providing legal services to community members particularly women and children in fighting for their property rights after the death of the husband/children in Monduli District	Related to the low level of education there is also a low level of legal literacy. in Monduli district. After the trade liberalization policy there has been a move to increase agricultural activities and lessen pasture areas. Of late there has been an increase of squeezing pastoralists into areas that are non-viable for pastoral land use. Though customary land rights of pastoralist grazing land are still widely recognized but they give no protection against claims of agriculturists. Therefore the situation of land tenure in Monduli is one of the conflicts between the original Maasai population and what they see as intruders on their land. Besides unawareness about their land rights most of the people in Monduli do not know about their legal rights as stated in the constitution.	Tanzania
251	Solar Power - Cote DIvoire	Conservation and awareness projects in the Toumodi region of Cote DIvoire resulted in five villages now lit with solar power, solar water heaters in the Toumodi hospital	Environmental conservation and awareness projects in the Toumodi region during 2006 resulted in five villages now lit with solar power, as well as two solar water heaters operating in the Toumodi hospital. location -	Cote dIvoire
256	Civil Society Sustainability - Tajikistan	Within this project framework, two public certifications were conducted on a voluntary basis, and about 80 civil society organizations, from throughout the Republic of Tajikistan, were certified	Project goals and tasks: To provide loyal Civil Society Organizations with the right organizational tools for development purposes, with: Self s assessment structure; Certification structure; Capacity building possibilities. At the Round Table the Senior Adviser of RT President Mr.Koshonov Subkhon makes a speech. The Round Table was lead by Safarova Marina - PO EHIO director. Project of Civil society Program donor, Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. September 2009, Dushanbe. Visit to Pakistanian Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) initiated and organized by PO EHIO within the framework of the Program Civil society, Aga Khan Foundation Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. The second from left side is PO EHIO director - Marina Safarova. October 2009, Islamabad, Pakistan. Within this project framework, two public certifications were conducted on a voluntary basis, and about 80 civil society organizations, from throughout the Republic, were certified . Certification commission members are from several individual groups of society s the Presidents Board, Parliamentary deputies, the Ministries of Justice and Education, also representatives of public organizations, international organizations, and mass media. At the present time a third public certification is planned. For certified CSOs, training in capacity building is conducted, for example, on the theme, Organizational development s approach to capacity building. Training themes are often suggested by certified CSOs themselves at the Round tables, based on certification results, or while preparing regional meetings. PO EHIO s Farhang va Tarakkiyot received its certification by carrying out the first public certification in RT. Also within this project framework the organization has provided material for the newspaper, Business and policy. where we share space with other partners of the program, Civil Society on the Dialogue page. On this same page articles regarding development issues were published, along with success stories of CSOs and other material from books, magazines, and scientific literature, devoted to Civil Society development in RT. The Project is still continuing at this time. Project donors: Aga Khan Foundation, Tajikistan/DFID	Tajikistan
286	Clinical Leadership Evaluation and Development UK	Four task forces in South Manchester, UK, on the introduction of cluster working, and three Cluster Directors, to support extended primary care teams in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working; and the creation of an in-house Education, Learning and Workforce Development Team,	Effective clinical leadership is seen as central to the cultural and organisational changes expected of organisations across the health service, in the context of national reforms aimed at creating a patient-led NHS. When ICA:UK was approached in early 2006, investments had been made in recent years in strengthening clinical leadership within the then South Manchester PCT. These included the introduction of cluster working, and three Cluster Directors, to support extended primary care teams in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working; and the creation of an in-house Education, Learning and Workforce Development Team, with a Practice Nurse serving as Clinical Lead. Considerable further change was required and underway, including Agenda for Change and the merger of the three Manchester PCTs (South, North & Central). outputs were documented in two reports, of the Consultation process (July 6th 2006) and of the Review & Planning (July 26th 2006). A key outcome of the process was the establishment of four task forces, each comprised of 3-4 members from across the three groups, and each with its remit defined and with a first- draft work plan including quarterly milestones for the coming year and beyond. The remit of the four task-forces were: Growth, Development, Training Opportunities Redefinition & Clarity of Role & Responsibility & Expectations Supporting Systems and Processes Transparency, Communication & Access to Support According to participants end-of-workshop feedback, highlights of the process included: Liked interactive style s getting up & moving around Group interaction helped people to understand other point of view An opportunity to speak and hopefully implement change Feel process was moved on to something constructive Positive actions proposed at end of session to take proposals forwards A further series of Consultation workshops and a Review & Planning workshop were delivered later in 2007, on Management and Leadership Development. This adapted the format and process developed for Clinical Leadership Evaluation and Development in South Manchester to engage with a cross-section of staff of the new Manchester PCT - to begin to develop a consensus on a Manchester way of managing, a core set of leadership and management competencies to deliver this style, and a few priority actions for quick wins over the following months. Since then the approach has also been applied to review and planning away days with individual staff teams including the Joint Occupational Therapist Unit of Manchester Equipment and Adaptations Partnership (a joint service of Manchester PCT and Manchester City Council) and the Manchester PCT Interpretation Service - UK	India
326	The research in villages east of near Turkana Lake in a northern part of Kenya	new project in villages in Loyangarani prefecture in Kenya as the research project for NGO founded by Japan International Forestry Promotion and Cooperation Center,	People in Loyangarani used to be in a serious condition because of long year’s drought. Therefore, ICA placed water pipe lines in this area until April 2013. The water pipe lines help people to access water easily. In addition, villages with the water pipe lines are planting trees. Around 30 years ago, the area around Turkana Lake was a jungle. However, it looks like desert with only a few trees now. Tree can provide several benefits. Therefore, ICA is planning to operate a new project toward Turkana Lake planted many trees, and we hope to once again become a jungle. location -	Kenya
354	The Severely Marginalized People of Routa and Gopalpur Villages	Human Development Training and Facilitation by Wayne Ellsworth of ICA Japan, and Peter Lasrado of partner HDCI, for The Severely Marginalized People of Routa and Gopalpur Villages In Madhepura District, Bihar, India, October 2014 Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan	Nearly 250 people eagerly participated for four days from Routa and Gopalpur villages. They recalled what has happened in their villages since the flood of 2008, then listened to a Planetary Evolution talk. For the first time, they deeply understood how the world is rapidly changing. They realized their very existence here depends upon creating a new future. We all learned the steps necessary to change our lives, using the Octave of Learning system. The Economic, Social, and Educational Principles of Community Development had a resounding impact, especially the Village Educational Principles. They have school buildings, but the teachers are sub-standard, and the children from the project’s pre-schools are teaching their teachers and their parents! Sub-Groups of the participants wrote practical vision elements, thought deeply, then decided priorities and actions for working together for the next six months. location -	India