Community engagement and participation in CCCM practices is central to protecting the rights and dignity of displaced populations and ensuring that CCCM assistance appropriately meets the needs of displaced communities. Community participation in camp governance and the provision of goods and services enables displaced communities to take ownership of their situations and begin the path to self-reliance and recovery. CCCM responses to HLP and security of tenure issues are another area of opportunity for scaling community participation to prevent future conflicts over land, positively influence future HLP practices, and collectively work with local officials to establish equitable HLP management.
Various resources and tools will be provided in this section that are relevant to CCCM expertise for increasing community engagement and participation in CCCM HLP responses, such as guidance on participatory monitoring and mapping, facilitating training in community-based management and governance, coordination of community forums and capacity building activities, and establishing two-way communication channels with affected communities.
Tools
Context
Sample survey to collect household information and socio-economic data at the camp or settlement level in the context of informal settlements in urban areas. Useful to collect household-level information to understand individual HLP and/or tenure security needs, service access and needs, and information for CCCM project planning and implementation through methods that build trust and leadership within the community.
Summary
Approaches used to gather household information and socioeconomic data are surveys and participatory household enumerations, both focused on participation from community organizations and resident committees. Guidance for participatory enumeration is provided under the following steps with subcategories for each: preparation, data collection, data registration, and analysis, validation, and reporting1. Sample survey provides guiding questions to inform what data to collect that covers the following broad general categories: basic household information, tenure status, physical, social, and economic profiles, organizational affiliation, and perceptions or positions on community issues2. A case study from a sample survey enumeration conducted in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya is
provided3.
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1Participatory Enumeration and Sample Survey. UN Habitat. P. 3-4
2Participatory Enumeration and Sample Survey. UN Habitat. P. 5-6.
3Participatory Enumeration and Sample Survey. UN Habitat. P. 6-7.
Context
The intended audience for this tool is project staff/managers engaging with local staff to asses local stakeholders to ensure an inclusive project planning process. Can be used by CCCM project staff to understand who is involved/affected by the existing HLP context and used to complement HLP assessment tools.
Summary
The template provides clusters of questions under categories of stakeholders, and there is a special emphasis on assessing the project staff’s interaction with/involvement of women. The questions aim to guide users to think through their existing interactions and level of involvement from the following stakeholders:
- Local Authorities2
- Community Leaders1
- Public Services1
- International NGOs and Service Providers1
- Local NGOs/Community-Based Organizations/Voluntary groups1
- NRC Neighborhood Committees1
- Community Members1
The clusters of questions under each of these categories highlight the questions focused on women.
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1Participatory Enumeration and Sample Survey. UN Habitat. P. 5-6.
2NRC Community Coordination Toolbox: Chapter 1- Staff Training. Tool AT 1.1 Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis Template. (2020). P.1
Resources
| Title | Date | resource |
|---|---|---|
| Coaching in camp management: capacity building for camp communities | 2009 | View resource |
| Participatory surveying for tenure security | 2010 | View resource |
| CCCM case studies - chapter A participation | 2020 | View resource |
| Minimum standards for camp | 2021 | View resource |