This Survey Template was designed to explore the direct experiences and expertise community members have about the process and impacts of development projects, and to identify ideas and priorities for their visions of development. You can adapt and translate this template to fit different contexts, and use the results to inform community advocacy designs and campaigns.
The Survey Template is divided into five main sections:
1. About You
2. How is the Project Affecting You?
3. Your Participation in the Project
4. Your Community’s Response
5. Stay in Touch!
The Survey Template and its questions are designed to help you, as the research team, to collect information about the community’s thoughts, opinions, and ideas in relation to the project at hand.
However, by answering these questions and engaging in discussions that will result from the survey, the community will also learn about their rights to access information and to participate meaningfully in project design and implementation. If they haven’t already done so, community members should begin to think critically and collectively about whether the project has been designed by and for their community, and what their own visions of development are. The following Survey Template should be considered a guide for your research team to adapt and use within your own specific context.
You may find that some survey questions sound strange to community members, because it might be their first time being asked about a specific topic. Reading the questions out loud together in a group is recommended. If you use the Survey Template in another language, you may ask community representatives to read the survey together beforehand to make sure the translation is clear and easy to understand.
In this Survey Template, you will find sample survey questions that you can use and adapt to your own community. You may use the Survey Template together with the Community Action Guide on Community-led Research and the Checklist to Support Community-led Research.
A chapter from the Guide that provides specific recommendations for collecting and using data in community land protection efforts.
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This resource is one chapter from Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide, which can be accessed here. To view all the individual chapters and supporting resources, refer to the interactive online version of the Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide here.
A chapter from the Guide that suggests how to return to the earlier Community Vision to motivate communities to create specific, feasible action plans to move towards their vision.
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This resource is one chapter from Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide, which can be accessed here. To view all the individual chapters and supporting resources, refer to the interactive online version of the Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide here.
A chapter from the Guide that shares recommendations for designing the process of community mapping.
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This resource is one chapter from Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide, which can be accessed here. To view all the individual chapters and supporting resources, refer to the interactive online version of the Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide here.
A chapter from the Guide that explains ways to address critical questions about community financial management during the by-laws process.
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This resource is one chapter from Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide, which can be accessed here. To view all the individual chapters and supporting resources, refer to the interactive online version of the Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide here.
A chapter from the Guide that introduces Namati and how we work.
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This resource is one chapter from Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide, which can be accessed here. To view all the individual chapters and supporting resources, refer to the interactive online version of the Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide here.
Namati offers this brief in the hope that Myanmar’s national reforms and the implementation of the country’s new National Land Use Policy can grow from the lived experience of ordinary Myanmar citizens. Namati and our partners assist farmers in Myanmar to claim their land rights through a community paralegal approach. Community paralegals are trained in relevant laws, community education, negotiation, and mediation skills to work with farmers to resolve a variety of land rights issues. Dozens of data points are documented as part of each case resolution process that illustrate how the legal framework functions in practice. It is this casework data that underpins this policy brief. Focus groups and interviews with paralegals and clients further provide qualitative context and insights.
Namati recommends actions the Myanmar government can take as part of implementing its new National Land Use Policy to help increase women’s engagement in land use management and access to tenure rights. This briefing also provides recommendations for civil society organizations interested in the community paralegal model, and, in particular, in increasing the number of women paralegals in the country as a means of women’s empowerment.
This resource is in Burmese.
The purpose of this research is to inform and assist programmes by undertaking a needs assessment of the community, including information about their knowledge, attitudes and practices on justice issues. It will help the trainee paralegals understand the community and what legal needs they are facing, will introduce the new programme to the community, and will also act as a baseline for future research.
Specifically, it will:
Data from different organisations will be compiled together to provide an overall picture of all areas of intervention.
Objectives of the Programmes
The programmes as a whole have the following objectives:
This research seeks to provide a baseline for programmes against which to assess their progress.
Community paralegals are grassroots advocates who use their knowledge of the law to seek concrete solutions to instances of injustice.
Based on the needs of a given case, they may employ such tools as mediation, community organizing, education, and advocacy before formal or customary authorities. Paralegals are often linked to lawyers who provide guidance and can resort to litigation if frontline methods fail.
This guide is for people who are designing or improving community-based paralegal programs. It draws lessons from both grassroots experience and research.
This pamphlet on Community Engagement Fundamentals is drawn from the South Sudan Law Society’s Handbook on Community Engagement. The practical tips and step-by-step instructions can help companies to successfully negotiate lease agreements with landowning communities. Companies can help communities to prepare for the changes that come with high impact projects and more efficiently harness their benefits. Responsible companies also provide the government with a means to promote responsible investment and sustainable development. This tool explains clearly how early and frequent community engagement with land-holding communities makes good business sense.