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participation in 1985 and 1986, village committees established
Wring tbe early yesrs of the project continued to function and
play an active role in the manegement and maintenance of water
supply systcps canstmctcd by the CGDB. Limited manitoring and
evaluation of results led to the modification of the preliminary
WAPP approach and the desigr: for tke Cunmunfty Assessment and
Participation Pragram [CAP?).
2.5.1. The Community Assessment and Participation Program (CAPF)
This section briefly describes the community participation
strategy developed by L39I and implemented during 1982, 3983
and, on a very limited scale, from 1984 through 1986.
~dditional information on rationale, content and preliminary
results can be found in other LBII reports that include: Raark
(19821, LBTX (1983 Exploratory Report, section 6-01, 3chwarz
(19831, USAID CGDP Supplement PP (3984: Annex J), the LbII Final
Report (1985: part 5). The mark (1982) and LBII (1983)
dacumusnts fully describe the process of conunity partfcipatian
in site selection, village self-assessnents and the organization
of project water committees. The Schwarz (1983) document
includes an lategrated program of comnity participation,
constriction, . onitoring and evalrzation which form the basis of
%he CAPP, It describes in detail, the stagss and activities
sumarized belaw.
(3) Purpose and 23tionale
The goal of the CAPP is the same as that of the CGDP: to
strengthen the capacity cf WDA to install, operate and mai~tain
rilral water supply systens. It focuses on the rural populations
and the development of their ability to contribute to the
design, construction and management of water supply systems.
The appraash calls for dose cooperation among technical
personnel, cornunity participation specialists and village
ieaders, It involves integrated planning and the coordination
of technical and sociological actfviti~z from the design stage
through the operations and maintenance period.
The program is based on principles of social and technolog-
ical change an2 the aaalysis cf w ater development projects in
other countries, The majar premise is that the successful
adoption of a new technology, particularly a complex water
system, requires organizational change in the client community.
At the project level, this req-sires a plan tr: explain and
generate support for the new technology and a series of meetings
to guide villager participation at various stages of project
Inplementation.
(2) Development of the Comnunity Participation Approach.