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

id	Project	Short	Description	Country
24	Innovation in Agriculture Conference	A large conference on Innovation in Agriculture carried out for the University of Guelph and the government of Ontario, Canada	This was a large coalition conference for the University of Guelph on the topic of Innovation in Agriculture with many stakeholders from Ontario and other parts of Canada, with special emphasis on bioengineering and biotechnology. The conference explored various types of agriculture innovation and what roles need to be taken by different sectors of society. Bill Staples, Canada 2001	Canada
27	Recyled Organics - Australia	The facilitaton resulted in a composting industry association which has been quite successful in furthering the industry in Australia.	The facilitaton resulted in a composting industry association which has been quite successful in furthering the industry. Richard Maguire, Australia from ToPSurvey	Australia
39	Congregational Partnership - USA	Two congregations, black and white, in New Orleans, USA deciding to become a covenanted partnership after Hurrican Katrina.	Central/St Mathew Partnership. Two congregations, black and white, deciding to become a covenanted partnership after Katrina. Jean Watts, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
43	Theatre Company Transition - USA	A small theatre company in USA makes a transition from all-volunteer staff to a paid managing director.	A small theatre company makes a transition from all-volunteer staff to paid managing director. Susan Blackman, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
62	Acupuncture Association Planning - USA	Planning, growth and transition to new leadership of the Academy of Medical Acupuncture, involving the whole membership. USA	Academy of Medical Acupuncture has used ToP 3 times (each about 10 years apart). The first planning was to establish the association, then to deal with incredible growth and recently to deal with the need for transition to new leadership. Each time the organization was prepared to meet their challenges and willing to gather the insights and perspectives of their whole membership. Marilyn Oyler, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
68	Excellence Orientation	Cooperativa Coban, Realized the importance of participation and how it helps to become an organization excellence oriented.	Cooperativa Coban, Realized the importance of participation and how it helps to become an organization excellence oriented. Topsurv	Guatemala
69	Imbedding ToP in City Departments - USA	The City of Scottsdale, USA has a core of 12+ ToP-trained facilitators whose task is to deliver Participatory Strategic Planninng with every department of the city and assist with ongoing monitoring and implementation.	The City of Scottsdale has a core of 12+ ToP-trained facilitators whose task is to deliver Participatory Strategic Planninng with every department of the city and assist with ongoing monitoring and implementation. John Oyler, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
74	Vietnam Agency	Agency in Vietnam, Highly energised by the participative approach of workshop method and talked about to another consultant.	Agency in Vietnam, Highly energised by the participative approach of workshop method and talked about to another consultant. Cynthia Lau, Singapore from ToPSurvey	Vietnam
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
80	Aboriginal Health Organization - Canada	National aboriginal health organization representing First Nations peoples needed a strategic planning for the next 5 years. Ottawa, Canada	National aboriginal health organization representing First Nations peoples needed a strategic planning for the next 5 years.	Canada
85	Nurse Manager Retreat - Canada	The Director of Nursing of a large public health department was retiring and wanted to end with a retreat with all the nurse managers to help them celebrate all their accomplishments and set some guidelines on working in the future. Whitby, Canada.	The Director of Nursing of a large public health department was retiring and wanted to end with a retreat with all the nurse managers to help them celebrate all their accomplishments and set some guidelines on working in the future. Canada 2002	Canada
87	Crown Corporation Transformation - Canada	Crown corporation had gone through fast expansion in a short time and had shifted to becoming a large NGO. Needed systems and internal agreements on how to operate as in international organization. Canada 2002	Crown corporation had gone through fast expansion in a short time and had shifted to becoming a large NGO. Needed systems and internal agreements on how to operate as in international organization. Canada 2002	Canada
102	Water Agency Culture	85 managers and directors of a provincially mandated water agency needed to create priorities and decide on what could be let go of in a new environment of intense public scrutiny on waste and drinking water policy. This lead to annual work witha the water agency, in which all managers became used to the participative technologies. This is now being driven down to the front line level of 600 employees, primarily engineers and technical staff. Toronto, Canada	85 managers and directors of a provincially mandated water agency needed to create priorities and decide on what could be let go of in a new environment of intense public scrutiny on waste and drinking water policy. This lead to annual work witha the water agency, in which all managers became used to the participative technologies. This is now being driven down to the front line level of 600 employees, primarily engineers and technical staff. Canada 2004	Canada
106	Interfaith Social Justice Group	Strategic planning for Kairos, a national interfaith social change group with projects around the world and several denominations with different agendas. Toronto, Canada	Strategic planning for a national interfaith social change group with projects around the world and several denominations with different agendas. Canada 2005	Canada
107	Community Social Service Agency planning	City Community Social Services agency needed its 66 staff to agree on a set of values and behaviours that it would promote in its everyday work. City of York, Canada	City Community Social Services agency needed its 66 staff to agree on a set of values and behaviours that it would promote in its everyday work. Canada 2006	Canada
109	First Nations Regional Health development	Twenty First Nations within a very large geographic area wanted to build a cohesive health plan to focus and support the efforts of the health departments of the individual First Nations. Kenora, Canada	Twenty nine First Nations within a very large geographic area wanted to build a cohesive health plan to focus and support the efforts of the health departments of the individual First Nations. Canada 2002	Canada
135	Market Research Firm - Taiwan	A two year project in Taipei, Taiwan to merge two market research companies with strong corporate cultures, to help the senior management create a plan to complete the transition and forge a positive working environment.	COOPERATION A market research company merged recently from two organizations with strong corporate cultures. ICA was asked to help the senior management create a plan to complete the transition and forge a positive working environment. Over two years working first with the LENS process with the directors followed by executive retreats and departmental breakthrough sessions the organization has emerged as a cohesive unit. The leadership team has been able to move into a much more supportive relationship, ending the seemingly inevitable we-they situations which prevailed before, bringing results and relationship building into balance, helping eliminate wasted energy formerly dissipated in internal competition. The company made its bottom lines without a hitch during the transition of Managing Directors. Currently the organization is realigning departments and leadership in such a way as to build a more cooperative relationship between traditionally competing departments. ICA is in an ongoing mentoring and process design relationship with the M.D. and the departments. ICA Taiwan	Taiwan
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
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