E-Dialogue "Creating an Inclusive Society: Practical Strategies to Promote Social Integration"
Social Cohesion Program, Guyana (UNDP)
Aiming to capture the interactive dynamics of working towards a more cohesive society, Spies (2005) presents a model adapted from the Cape Town-based Community Development Resources Association called the Development Practice Framework, tailored to the reality of the Social Cohesion Programme’s dialogue processes in Guyana (see figure II). The model portrays nested stages of social transformative processes which spiral, one building upon the next in a dynamic process, with specific activities and competencies attached to each stage
1. Building relationships of trust
2. Gaining understanding of the situation and accepting responsibility for the change
3. Facilitating transformation
4. Grounding and support to ensure institutional strength
5. Review contents and process
6. Learning lessons towards 30 May, 2007 "justify">7. Appropriate systems and support
8. Building capacity for and enhancement of active or servant leadership