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

id	Project	Short	Description	Country
6	Bank Planning USA	Participatory strategic planning with the Executive Team, including the President, of the Fianance and Banking System of a US Bank dealing with Banking Mortgages and Online Banking in New York, USA.	Participatory strategic planning with the Executive Team, including the President, of the Fianance and Banking System of a US Bank dealing iwth Banking Mortgages and Online Banking in New York, USA	USA
38	Occupational Endorsement Course - USA	Program partners at Northwest College, who wanted to collaborate on designing an occupational endorsement course in California, USA	Program partners at Northwest College, who wanted to collaborate on designing an occupational endorsement course. Dawn Salesky, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
41	Integrating Facilitation and Consulting, Bangkok	The APM Group in Bangkok where ToP facilitation processes are being integrated with their consulting and training programs.	The APM Group in Bangkok where ToP facilitation processes are being integrated with their consulting and training programs. From Yaroslav Prytula, Ukraine, from ToPSurvey	Thailand
49	Environment Africa Management Retreats - Malawi	Environment Africa is facilitating management retreats to share and learn from activities being implemented, in Malawi.	Environment Africa is facilitating management retreats to share and learn from activities being implemented. Barbara Banda, Malawi from ToPSurvey.	Malawi
51	FinancialAutonomy	A 30 year old African training institute followed the strategic planning process and achieved financial autonomy	A 30 year old African training institute that followed the strategic planning process and achieved financial autonomy. Survey.
59	Retired Teachers Association - USA	State wide retired teacher associations - use tools in their local areas to develop membership	State wide retired teacher associations - use tools in their local areas to develop membership. Topsurv	USA
64	Internal Group Collaboration - Australia	The GMR group of companies in India where ToP methods are slowly but steadily being established as the tool for group collaboration, discussion, problem solving and decision making. Australia	The GMR group of companies in India where ToP methods are slowly but steadily being established as the tool for group collaboration, discussion, problem solving and decision making. Kevin Balm, Australia from ToPSurvey	Australia
75	School Leadership Strategic Plan - USA	Culver City High School, USA. We developed a mission statement, strategic plan and action plans. Then the school leadership stepped up and included the entire faculty in the implementation of the action plans.	Culver City High School, we developed a mission statement, strategic plan and action plans. Then the school leadership stepped up and included the entire faculty in the implementation of the action plans. Topsurv	USA
90	Literacy Council Strategic plan - Canada	A Literacy Council needed a strategic plan created by its board to give staff and volunteers direction for the next several years. Canada 2002	A Literacy Council needed a strategic plan created by its board to give staff and volunteers direction for the next several years. Canada 2002	Canada
97	International Food Experts - Dubai	Curriculum was designed for expert Food Consultants of 12 nations in Dubai, UAE.	Curriculum was designed for expert Food Consultants of 12 nations in Dubai, UAE.	UAE
108	Multicultural Health Centre New Location	Staff of a large multicultural health centre were faced with deciding how to proceed with moving to several new locations with a larger mandate than before. Toronto, Canada	Staff of a large multicultural health centre were faced with deciding how to proceed with moving to several new locations with a larger mandate than before. Canada 2006	Canada
170	UN Food and Agricultural Organization training	FAO offers facilitation training in participatory and collaborative methods. The Technology of Participation (ToP)	The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. To assist its staff in this effort and to increase its effectiveness in working with stakeholders worldwide, FAO offers facilitation training in participatory and collaborative methods. The Technology of Participation (ToP)	Italy
237	100 Valley Project - Peru	The 100 VALLEYS Project, Peru, is designed to facilitate the self-development of all the communities of the valleys of Peru. Today we have hundreds of organizations working with the rural communities in the valleys	The 100 VALLEYS Project is designed to facilitate the self-development of all the communities of the valleys of Peru. Today we have hundreds of organizations working with the rural communities in the valleys of the Coast and Sierra creating an urgent necessity to integrate the resources of these many entities to secure greater results. There is a great opportunity now to create agreement between organizations in order to deliver superior services to the communities at no additional cost. The principal actions of the 100 VALLEYS Project are: Facilitate the collaboration of the agencies that are serving the rural communities in order to permit the self-development approach to development Initiate demonstration projects that highlight best practices of sustainable production Implement self-development Demonstration Communities in the Sierra Regions, followed by others in the climate zones of each valley Initiate Voluntary Leaders Associations in each climate zone to guide the process of self-development for the long term Promote long-term large scale development projects that are beyond the vision of the government The role of ICA-Peru as the coordinator of this Project is to: Facilitate the coordination of the collaborating agencies Guide the demonstrations to assure that they are replicable. Share effective methods to support self-development and avoid dependency Promote practices that assure a substantial participation of the local people in all of the communities of the valleys Monitor and document the coverage and consistency of the services delivered Constantly facilitate a new consensus when new challenges arise. location -	Peru
239	HIV/AIDS Prevention Community Mobilization Initiative - Tanzania	HIV/AIDS community counsellors were trained, village plans were formulated which are being implemented. Counsellors are active in their villages counselling and taking care of the sick on a voluntary basis in Tanzania.	Maasai traditional sex practices, young boys from the Maasai community moving to towns to seek paying jobs due decrease of cattle as well as the changing socio-economic conditions, exposes to the community to being infected with HIV/AIDS. The communities in the rural areas need to be told the truth about this deadly disease. This activity aimed at mobilizing the community members to become responsive on HIV/AIDS problem. HIV/AIDS community counsellors were trained, village plans were formulated which are being implemented. Counsellors are active in their villages counselling and taking care of the sick on a voluntary basis. Also the use of protective gear to reduce infection among people caring for PLWAS has increased.- Tanzania	Tanzania
243	Financial capital and business skills - Monduli Tanzania	in Mondule, Tanzania some womens groups have been registered as SACCOS and one of them is targeting to become a village bank	The traditional way of accumulating wealth amongst the pastoralist community is through building up their herds of cattle. With the recent droughts, and a growing recognition for the need to diversify their income generating activities, this traditional form of saving is seen as inadequate. Members of the women groups whom ICA Tanzania is targeting have no access to credit facilities from financial institutions as they lack the necessary collateral to stake in commercial banks. At the moment some of the groups have been registered as SACCOS and one of them is targeting to become a village bank. - Tanzania	Tanzania
260	HIV infection training - Togo	an innovative peer-to-peer project for combating HIV infection in Zio District. The project comprised of a week-long workshop aimed at training peer educators on issues of HIV/AIDS. Twenty participants from ten rural villages were trained spreading out to reach 5,000 people. Togo.	In February 2008, ICA Togo championed an innovative peer-to-peer project for combating HIV infection in Zio District. The project comprised of a week-long workshop aimed at training peer educators on issues of HIV/AIDS. Twenty participants from ten rural villages were trained as peer educators with the objective of increasing their knowledge of HIV prevention within their communities. In turn, the outreach of these peer educators was able to reach roughly 5,000 people in their villages, combined. Through such programs, the basic level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among Togos rural peoples has seen a marked increase. The training provided communities with an understanding of the symptoms of HIV, the mechanism of transmission, how to avoid becoming infected, the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, how women are at greater risk, how to lead a healthy life while living with the disease, and the importance of testing. - Togo	Togo
262	Il Ngwesi Group Ranch HIV Aids prevention - Kenya	Long range project in Maasai community to test for HIV in region in Kenya with over 90% test rate, and less than 5% HIV positive testing.	Established a fundamental strategy for dealing with HIV/AIDS s such as a baseline survey, the formation of an HIV/AIDS plan within the community, and a search for local partners s the projects goal was eventual self-autonomy; after the initial year of training and support, in favor of community leadership. The programme successful: 150 peer educators were trained, 1,200 people were tested, 300 were counseled, and women leaders sprang up for the first time. Testing rates, which average less than 10% in Maasai communities jumped significantly. - Kenya	Kenya
366	Detroit Rising to the ToP	the Skillman Foundation engaged Chicago ToP trainers, Dennis Jennings and Judy Weddle, to customize a ToP Facilitation Methods training for a group of partners and stakeholders working on a community renewal project in Southwest Detroit.	The City of Detroit has two mottoes: Speramus Meliora, and, Resurget Cineribus, Latin for: We Hope For Better Things, and, It Shall Rise From the Ashes. A year after filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history, Detroits communities are rising from the ashes from the bottom up, and Technology of Participation (ToP) is playing a role in promoting community ownership of renewal initiatives. Earlier this year, the Skillman Foundation engaged Chicago ToP trainers, Dennis Jennings and Judy Weddle, to customize a ToP Facilitation Methods training for a group of partners and stakeholders working on a community renewal project in Southwest Detroit. The group, Vista Partnership, seeks to address long-term disinvestment and economic decline in three neighborhoods spanning a 20-block area. Recognizing residents as the key drivers of change in their own neighborhoods, the project is bringing them together and creating spaces where they can turn their hopes for their neighborhoods into reality. location -	USA
369	Community Opportunities Fund	ICA-USA has a contracted relationship to implement the the Community Opportunities Fund (COF) Cycle Four Grantee Technical Assistance Project. Created and funded by First 5 LA, is a two and a half year effort to provide consulting and training support around organizational effectiveness and capacity building to 23 non profit organizations in Los Angeles County, California.	The Community Opportunities Fund supports organizational capacity building and policy and advocacy efforts by organizations serving the needs of children 0-5 and their families. The fund is intended to be flexible and responsive to the needs and creative ideas of community agencies as they strive to address and sustain outcomes identified by First 5 LA as key to the safety, health and readiness to learn of our youngest residents. The COF grantees represent a wide array of organizations and projects throughout Los Angeles County. ICA’s consulting team of Kara Coleman, Aja Howell and Kate Mrgudic will provide support for successful project implementations through one-on-one technical assistance, in-person training opportunities, information dissemination, and webinars. Assistance will focus on grantee utilization of data from a baseline organization self assessment, The Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT), as well as the expressed needs identified within each organization’s COF proposal and feedback from grantee staff.	USA
376	HIV Aids work in Uganda	Strengthening community based structures and response groups in order to effectively meet the development needs of HIV/AIDS affected families and PLWHA	In 2003, 45 men and women in Nabuganyi Parish in Kayuga District were trained as peer educators and a community plan was created. Good cooperation was developed with the district health office, but very few services were available to the district and almost none outside the district town. Despite very little staff support, the 2005 project evaluation revealed continued enthusiasm and involvement of the 2003 participants. Concern was expressed that youth understand the full threat of HIV. Stigma was very high and youth often continued unhealthy sexual habits because to change behavior might mark them as being HIV positive. In 2008, a project to train youth leaders was funded by Rotary Club of Boulder, Colorado in cooperation with the Kyambogo Rotary in Kampala. Bob and Sandra True went to Kayunga District to assist in a five-day Youth Awareness and Mobilization Training. Thirty male and female out of school youth ages 18 – 25 from each of eight villages in Busana District participated, a total of 240 youth. The youth are primarily ages 18 – 25, and both men and women. During the lesson on VCT, more than 90% were tested and received their results immediately. As part of training, participants formed campaign teams to go door to door to urge people to be tested. This complemented the Ministry of Health initiative to promote voluntary door to door testing. In addition, a Living Well group was formed and began training. The program was not refunded by Boulder Rotary, although Kyambogo Rotary in Kampala was enthusiastic Zambia The current work of OPAD on HIV focuses on the intersection of poverty and HIV infection in areas where prevalence rates are higher than the rest of the country: Central province, 17.5%,; Lusaka Province, 20.8%; and Southern Province 14.5%. Work has shifted from HIV/AIDS prevention awareness and care in 2003 in Mwanamainda area to VCT awareness because most Zambians are aware of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it Strengthening community based structures and response groups in order to effectively meet the development needs of HIV/AIDS affected families and PLWHA Increasing food diversity and security for :PLWHA and HIV/AIDS affected families Reducing socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS among women and their families through income earning initiatives	Uganda