Community Protocols Toolbox

The purpose of this Toolbox is to serve as a first stop for facilitators who are interested in helping a community to develop a community protocol. Community Protocols provide a vehicle for external parties to meaningfully engage with communities, and for communities to catalyze their own internal development strategies.

Communities are profoundly impacted by the effects of national policy decisions and development projects. Often, decisions related to these policies and projects are made without meaningful input from those
that will bear the most direct impacts, i.e. indigenous peoples and local communities. This lack of involvement in the planning and implementation of projects can lead to a number of problems, including serious human rights violations.

While national legislation and implementation of large infrastructure, extractive, agricultural and other projects can represent the state’s views of development, communities have their own visions for development
as well. They also have cultural heritage that includes rich histories, traditions, worldviews, deep connections to their lands and natural resources, and customary rules and procedures to regulate conduct as well as interactions between themselves and other parties. This cultural heritage is manifested and expressed in many different ways such as oral traditions and folklore, dances, carvings, and designs.

I want to Learn and I have Time for a Deeper Dive

Source: Natural Justice

Functional Sector: Economics, Science

Date Added: 2022-03-01

	Category: Food Sovereignty
	Format: Book
	Duration: Time for a Deeper Dive