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Community Organizing Training Manual 1 Community Organising training manual COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TRAINING MANUAL 1 COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL Community Organising training manual Indigenous Learning Institute for Community Empowerment (ILI) Pacos Trust (Partners Of Community Organisations) Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL Produced and Published For the Indigenous Learning Institute for Community Empowerment (ILI) By Partners Of Community Organisations(PACOS TRUST) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) With Support From International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO) PACOST TRUST Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Jalan Tambunan, Taman Flash Gordon, 108, Moo 5, Soi 6 Penampang Sabah. Malaysia. Tambon Sanpranate, Amphur Sansai Telephone Number: +6088 712518 Chiang Mai – 50210, Thailand Fax Number: +6088 718669 Telephone Number: +66 (0)53 380 168 Email address: [email protected] Fax Number: +66 (0)53 380752 Website: www.pacostrust.org Email address: [email protected] Website: www.aippnet.org International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) Classensgade 11E DK-2100 Copenhagen O Telephone Number: +45 35 270 500 Fax Number: +45 35 270 506 Email address: [email protected] Website: www.iwgia.org Printed in AIPP, Chiangmai Thailand, April 2012 ISBN: COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL FOREWORD This manual is based on the experience of providing community organising training in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia for which PACOS Trust, a local organisation in Sabah, Malaysia provided the COT Manual 2005 as a resource book for the training through the Indigenous Community Organising and Leadership Training (ICOLT) project of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Foundation from 2006 to 2009. This manual is similar to the PACOS COT Manual 2005 which consists of input materials and the process involved in training community organizers who are mainly indigenous youths with no previous exposure or training. The materials in the manual can also be used as general information for those interested in learning to conduct community organising work and must be complemented with other resource materials. The manual consists of six modules in three different parts. Each module is estimated to be completed within 1-3 months. The methods and activity durations suggested in each module are only a guide and will need to be adjusted according to the training conditions, time, availability of materials and the participants’ levels. Each module needs to be complemented with fieldwork and practical in order for the participants to understand and apply the principles, concepts and methods learnt during theory sessions. Some additional activities are provided in this manual, for example, the land and the community mapping workshops. Through these extra activities, participants will be able to generate ideas on activities according to the needs of their own villages. With this manual, we hope the introduction to the process of community organising is more effective and that it enhances the readers’ interest in learning community organising work. COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the following whose contributions were essential for the completion of this training manual: • PACOS TRUST for the original training content and design on which this manual was based; and for writing, finalising, editing, and doing the lay-out and design of this ILI training manual • Indigenous peoples’ organizations in Asia, including ICSO, TUS, SPNS and AMANTORAYA, whose feedback and suggestions served to enrich the training material • Jannie, Jenifer and Anne Lasimbang, Irene Chong, Savinder Kaur Gill, Atina Gangmei and Helen Morgan for their contributions and constructive comments on improving and finalising the content of the training manual. • AIPP, IWGIA, CPA and PACOS who worked together from the start in the conceptualisation, piloting and implementation of the Indigenous Community Organizing and Leadership Training (ICOLT) Project that has now evolved into the Indigenous Learning Institute for Community Empowerment or ILI. • IWGIA, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO) for their generous financial support for the development and publication of the training manual • Photos are courtesy of PACOS TRUST photo collection The Indigenous Learning Institute for Community Empowerment (ILI) is a collaboration of several indigenous peoples’ organisations in Asia that aims to build the capabilities of indigenous people’s leaders and organisations in advocating and asserting indigenous people’s rights. It was established as a learning institute where indigenous people can come together to learn from each other and share their experiences towards empowering their own organisations and communities. ILI is not based in a centralised location; rather it is found in the numerous local communities, villages and grassroots organisations where indigenous people live. ILI is an indigenous term of the Igorot peoples of the Cordillera, Philippines meaning people, identity and community. Among the Ho people of India, ILI means the sacred rice wine that is offered to the gods or spirits of the ancestors in prayer and thanksgiving. COMMUNITY ORGANISING TRAINING MANUAL Table of Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ORGANISING .......................... 11 MODULE 1: ORIENTATION AND BASICS OF COMMUNITY TRAINING ................. 12 Section 1 ..................................................................................... 13 Topic 1: The Concept of Indigenous Peoples ............................................... 14 Topic 2: Indigenous Peoples’ Systems ....................................................... 16 Topic 3: The Social History and Struggles of the Indigenous People .................. 20 Section 2 ..................................................................................... 24 Topic 1: Introduction to the Host Organisation ............................................ 25 Topic 2: The Community Organising Training Program .................................. 27 Topic 3: Role of the Community Organiser ................................................. 30 Topic 4: Roles and Responsibilities of a Trainee .......................................... 33 Topic 5: Teamwork .............................................................................. 36 Topic 6: Tactic Session .......................................................................... 42 Topic 7: Planning, Reporting and Assignment .............................................. 45 Section 3 ..................................................................................... 50 Topic 1: Concept of Personality ............................................................... 51 Topic 2: Self Development ..................................................................... 54 Topic 3: The Purpose of Community Organising ........................................... 57 Topic.4: Principles of Community Organising .............................................. 61 Topic 5: Characteristics of Community Organising ........................................ 67 Topic.6: Community Organising Procedures ................................................ 71 Topic 7: Terms Used in Community Organising Work .................................... 78 Topic 8: Process of Social and Issue Analysis ............................................... 83 Topic 9: Social Investigation/Research ...................................................... 86 Topic 10: Integration ............................................................................ 94 Topic 11: Groundwork and Legwork ......................................................... 97 Topic 12: Identification and Expansion of Issues ........................................ 100 Topic 13: Role Play and Mobilisation ....................................................... 103 Topic 14: Assessment and Reflection ...................................................... 107 Topic 15: Introduction to Peoples’ Organisation ........................................ 110 Topic 16: 4p Cycle (Planning, Preparation, Action and Evaluation) ................. 113 PART II: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ISSUES AND INITIATIVES ..................... 119 MODULE 2: LEADERSHIP AND TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE ........................ 120 Section 1 ................................................................................... 121 Topic 1: Types of Government in the World ............................................. 122 Topic 2: Government Structure ............................................................. 126 Topic 3: Type of Government of the Country ............................................ 129 Topic 4: Good Governance ................................................................... 131 Topic 5: Issues Related to Power Distribution ........................................... 134 Topic 6: Structure and Role of the Local Government ................................. 138 Topic 7: Impact of Local Government on Indigenous Peoples ........................ 140 Topic 8: History and Leadership of Indigenous Peoples ................................ 143 Topic 9: Issues on Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Governance ..................... 146 Topic 10: Process of Change and Impact on the Lives of Indigenous Peoples ..... 149 Topic 11: Integration
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