Community work is one of the most important ways to empower communities to take part in their own development and to enhance their community’s status. The results of community work grow steadily with time, benefitting from a cumulative effect, bringing about change through the urban planning process. It is also essential in shaping and framing the relationship between the community and the place in terms of how to ensure the place serves everyone...
Community work is one of the most important ways to empower communities to take part in their own development and to enhance their community’s status. The results of community work grow steadily with time, benefitting from a cumulative effect, bringing about change through the urban planning process. It is also essential in shaping and framing the relationship between the community and the place in terms of how to ensure the place serves everyone from all social and economic groups fairly.
IPCC believes in the importance of community participation as an approach and tool to influence civil and urban development. Promoting participation and each individual’s role in working for the collective benefit ensures social, political and economic rights are upheld. From the beginning of our projects, communities are trained to understand urban planning concepts and tools in addition to understanding the relationship between the plan and planning program, guidance on how to deal with planning regulations, community awareness and interacting with local government bodies. Awareness seminars, training workshops as well as meetings with local councils in Area C and neighborhood representatives from Jerusalem have been an integral part of our projects ever since IPCC’s work began. The aim is to bring about a significant shift in mentality, informing communities of their own urban rights through 3 ideals: existence, pride and faith.
In addition, IPCC believes that community participation is both the goal and the method at the same time; we focus on the concept of democracy and individual self-responsibility and action on the one hand, while encouraging people to practice their democratic rights on the other.
