Empowerment as A Process

Activities Stages

Planning

Implementing

Evaluation

Community Training

Community training needed to explore the individuals of the community, and also train and accustom them to being able and willing to participate in the learning activities.

Participatory Extension

Community members are not government employees so they are not to be ordered or forced to do everything that the government wants

Community members are partners to the extension workers

Do not dictate

To empower the community, we must position the community as an entity that is independent, has its own self-reliance, and has the potential to prosper, growing a better life.

Social Participation

Defined as the voluntary involvement of the community in social groups and their activities.

Definition

Activities to help telecenters understand community needs and provide services for life improvements, particularly for the poor.

The poor → those who have been excluded from the various advantages of technology information.

Stages of Infomobilization

Independent village surveys

Study alongside with the community to find out the communication ecology.

Communication Ecology

The problems, needs, and potential of the community

Various media used by the community

Social Groups

Social Relations

Planning of telecenter services

Planning of the details in short-term activities

Planning various telecenter services at the short term in detail so that the services would be ready to be deployed into the community

Telecenter Services

Collecting and disseminating information

Collecting Information

Acting as an "intermediary" that collects various information that are provided by the internet, community, or other sources

Re-discuss the various information collected, so that it can be understood and processed by the community

Disseminating Information

Communicating directly (horizontal)

Utilizing communication channels or media

Radio

Print media (bulletin)

Tape recorder

Folk art

Poster

Computer, internet, web

Activities to increase the capacity to access and utilize information

Cooperation

Activities in utilizing the various facilities that the
telecenter has

Information Services

Relevance

Suitability

Community oriented

Innovative

Accessibility

Continuity

Daily

Sided with neglected groups

Awareness

Knowledge

Trust

Perception

Motivation

Concern

Feeling

Understanding

Arranging Goal Tree

Serve the problem tree

Switch negative statements into positive statements

Arrange the goal tree

Formulating Suggestions for The Telecenter Services

Collecting suggestions for actions

Choose and agreeing upon the actions

Planning

Based on social groups

Sex

Age

Occupation

Culture

Economics

Education

Based on the types of activities

Based on charges

Based on its duration

Short-term
- Focus on certain (specific) services and are immediate
- Execution time usually in months

Medium-term
- When short-term results are achieved, activities are development-oriented
- Implementation time usually lasts for about 3 years

Long-term
- Aimed for social change to fulfill the overall vision
- Implementation time ranges for about 5 years

Network

Purpose:
- Dialogue and building mutual understanding
- Information Center (News agency)
- Creating basic support

Structure
- No hierarchical relationship
- Liquid
- Minimum role

Process
- Minimum leadership
- Minimum decision making
- Minimum conflicts
- Informal communications

Alliance

Purpose
- Meeting needs and provide coordination
- Ensuring the parties work according to the plan

Structure
- Semi-formal relationship
- Roles are not defined explicitly

Process
- Leader is the facilitator
- Complex decision making
- Conflicts easily occur
- Formal communication only exists within the main group

Partnership

Purpose
- Meeting needs and provide coordination
- Share resources to work on common issues

Structure
- Roles are applied
- Relationships are formalized
- The group develops new resources & combines funds

Process
- Collective leadership
- Decentralized decision making
- Frequent and smooth communication

Coalition

Purpose
- Share ideas and tend to try to draw resources from existing systems
- Commitment built at least three years

Structure
- All members are involved in decision making
- Relationships are established formally by written agreement

Process
- Shared leadership
- Decision making is carried out formally followed by all members
- Communication is the main factor and a priority

Collaboration

Purpose
- Shared vision and determined impact determination
- Building systems of interdependence to respond to issues and opportunities

Structure
- Decision making by consensus
- Determined roles, timing and evaluation

Process
- Requires strong leadership, high levels of trust and productivity
- Equality in terms of expressing ideas and making decisions
- Intensive communication

Capacity building that can be done by the telecenter

Capacity building for telecenter managers and volunteers for various operational and technical matters

Capacity building for the community to operate information technology

Capacity building for the community for aspects of community needs

Forms of capacity building

Training for trainers

Workshop

Apprenticeship

Discussions, seminars

Assistance

Consultation

Study visit

Encouraging community participation and attempting to solve social problems with a power approach or overhauling the power structure that determines community goals

Regulating community access to resources

Needs
Activities that are carried out must be linked to the basic needs of the community

Cohesive and Integrated
Complete and balanced development of society demands

Change in attitude

Participation
Revitalizing existing form of effective local government

Enthusiasm and training
Identification, encouragement and local leaders

Trust towards women
- Strengthen development programs
- Establish the programs on a board basis and ensure long-term expansion

Government support
Self help projects require intensive and extensive government support

Consistency policy
- Specific administrative arrangements
- Recruitment and training of personnel
- Mobilization of local and national resources

Utilization of resources

Parallel development
Economic and social progress

Participation

Innovation

Access to information

Accountability

Advantages

Quick response towards the needs of the client

Time efficient in finishing tasks and serving the clients

Increases work satisfaction

Solidifies the relations between the employees and the clients

Prompt creative ideas which increase the quality of good and services

Disadvantages

Big investment for selecting employees

Large investment for employees training program

High compensation for employees

Show appreciation

Feature the vision, mission, and strategic plan

Important objectives to be achieved

Give trust

Provide enough information for decision making

Delegate authority and tasks

Provide feedbacks to the work of employees

Solve problems

Listen and ask questions to the employees

Give out reward and recognition