CPC Helps Communities Articulate Needs and Turn Them into Action


​Each Community Partnership Center serves its respective community as a public venue for incubating both ideas and action, where critical examination and discussion of development objectives, goal setting, and project prioritization can take place.

The CPC is a uniquely appropriate venue for securing community involvement at the outset of project planning in response to their assessed priority needs.

Involving Whole Community So All Voices Are Heard


​A key CPC concept is involving community members at the earliest stage in any sort of planning. With regard to community social welfare, this includes families, community groups, social service providers, and arts and sports organizations, in order to coordinate services that address issues of cultural enhancement and continuity, as well as social at risk factors. ​With regard to community preparedness and resiliency, this includes those working in research, environmental conservation, education, civil defense, security, and protection of water supply, power, cyber networks, and other vital infrastructure, in order to be able to access and share each other’s data, leverage each other’s resources and harness their shared knowledge and commitment to make a system that benefits the community at large as an integrated whole. 

Helping Communities Articulate Needs So Programs Actually Support Meaningful Change


​The CPC ensures that all participating donor-supported activities are integrally tied to the community priorities. The CPC offers a framework for outside groups to coordinate with their local counterpart associates in order to ensure that their involvement in the community, first and foremost, serves local stakeholder objectives.

​Assistance for the development and implementation of an effective needs assessment protocol is a primary service CPC offers. This process provides local stakeholders a more critical lens through which to perceive and prioritize needs, thereby enabling more informed decision-making regarding projects targeted to those needs. 

As part of its empowerment assistance strategy, DI offers through the CPC needs assessment training, a crucial asset for any and all local stakeholder-initiated development policy and planning efforts. The needs assessment protocol is based on the application of development research theory and proven best practices methodology that enable stakeholders to achieve a more critical and a more comprehensive understanding of the underpinnings of their needs. It also contributes to helping them make more accurate and informed decisions regarding solution strategies they deem to be most appropriate for addressing those needs.

With regard to community preparedness and resiliency, this includes those working in research, environmental conservation, education, civil defense, security, and protection of water supply, power, cyber networks, and other vital infrastructure, in order to be able to access and share each other’s data, leverage each other’s resources and harness their shared knowledge and commitment to make a system that benefits the community at large as an integrated whole. With regard to community social welfare, this includes families, community groups, social service providers, and arts and sports organizations, in order to coordinate services that address issues of cultural enhancement and continuity, as well as social at risk factors.