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Community Engagement Plan
By Yuzki Wang
Purpose of the engagement is to : Identify long term community objectives and priorities the essential needs for community planning, thus, to achieve the best solution and preferred construction.
Develop innovative and collaborative strategies to achieve project objectives and establish a connection between the community and the project throughout the lifetime of the project. Community stakeholder’s identification: The Baghere community is identified into 8 groups: Surrounding residents: Residents that live within a 1km radius from the Baghere Women’s house. The project has a more significant impact on residents within this area, both social and environmental wise, due to the close distance (risks such as construction noise and traffic congestion) Baghere female community: Women in Baghere. As the project aims to engage local female member to participate in the construction process. The female community is critical in the process of promoting gender equity and supporting women self-development and empowerment. Residents of Baghere: Residents excluding the female community, including men, children, elders, and minority. The Baghere women’s house should not be restricted to women only. Local religious groups: Islam, Christian and animist. In Senegal, Religion has a significant impact on local architecture such as Mosques and churches. Religious not only is a force for unity, but it is also crucial to the movement for gender equality and human rights. Racial, ethical, cultural groups: Ethnic conflict has been a common phenomenon in Senegal. It is essential to listen to different cultural groups in the local community to understand their ethical identity and to develop an architectural solution that can resolve ethical conflict. Local volunteer: Humanitarian Sector often involves a fair amount of local volunteer workforce. These volunteers are often unskilled, and therefore training and upskilling are critical to eliminating potential social and construction risks. Visitors to Baghere: The Women's House has the potential to bring social value through tourism aspects. Although Visitors are not important stakeholders compares to others, their feedbacks are valuable for post-construction development. Local trades and business: In our proposal, the Women’s House design also aims to advocate local business and trades through weekend farmers’ market and various workshops. Trades and Business are also not important stakeholders in this project, but they will play an important role later on during the operation phase. Table 1 Community Engagement strategies – 5 Levels of Engagement To inform: Provide equitable and objective information to assist understanding the context of the project, opportunities and/or alternatives To Consult: Obtain community reaction and comment on project, opportunities and/or alternatives To Involve: Work with the community throughout the process to ensure that user requirement and concerns are understood To Collaborate: Partner with the community in every aspect of the process to identify the best solution and development the preferred alternative To empower: Place the final decision-making in the hands of the public. Created by Y.Wang, (2021).
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