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Phases of COPAR

Pre-entry Phase

A. Is the initial phase of the organizing process where the community/organizer looks for communities to
serve/help.

B. It is considered the simplest phase in terms of actual outputs, activities and strategies and time spent
for it.

Activities include: Designing a plan for community development including all its activities and
strategies for care development., Designing criteria for the selection of site, Actually selecting the site
for community care

II. Entry Phase

A. Sometimes called the social preparation phase as to the activities done here includes the
sensitization of the people on the critical events in their life, innovating them to share their dreams
and ideas on how to manage their concerns and eventually mobilizing them to take collective action
on these.

B. This phase signals the actual entry of the community worker/organizer into the community. She must
be guided by the following guidelines however.

1. Recognizes the role of local authorities by paying them visits to inform them of their presence
and activities.

2. The appearance, speech, behavior and lifestyle should be in keeping with those of the
community residents without disregard of their being role models.

3. Avoid raising the consciousness of the community residents; adopt a low-key profile.

III. Organization Building Phase

A. Entails the formation of more formal structures and the inclusion of more formal procedures of
planning, implementation, and evaluating community-wide activities. It is at this phase where the
organized leaders or groups are being given trainings (formal, informal, OJT) to develop their skills
and in managing their own concerns/programs.

IV. Sustenance and Strengthening Phase

A. Occurs when the community organization has already been established and the community
members are already actively participating in community-wide undertakings. At this point, the
different communities setup in the organization building phase are already expected to be
functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own programs with the overall
guidance from the community-wide organization.

1. Strategies used may include:

Education and training. Networking and linkaging. Conduct of mobilization on health and
development concerns Implementing of livelihood projects, Developing secondary leaders

Importance of COPAR:

1. COPAR is an important tool for community development and people empowerment as this helps
the community workers to generate community participation in development activities.
2. COPAR prepares people/clients to eventually take over the management of a development
programs in the future.

3. COPAR maximizes community participation and involvement; community resources are


mobilized for community services.

Principles of COPAR:

1. People, especially the most oppressed, exploited and deprived sectors are open to change, have
the capacity to change and are able to bring about change.

2. COPAR should be based on the interest of the poorest sectors of society

3. COPAR should lead to a self-reliant community and society.

COPAR Process:

· A progressive cycle of action-reflection action which begins with small, local and concrete
issues identified by the people and the evaluation and the reflection of and on the action taken
by them.

· Consciousness through experimental learning central to the COPAR process because it places
emphasis on learning that emerges from concrete action and which enriches succeeding
action.

· COPAR is participatory and mass-based because it is primarily directed towards and biased in
favor of the poor, the powerless and oppressed.

· COPAR is group-centered and not leader-oriented. Leaders are identified, emerge and are tested
through action rather than appointed or selected by some external force or entity.

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