Community study methodology based on community participation

Training Description

One of the factors influencing the ability of a civil organization to deal with the future is the extent to which it possesses a realistic future vision based on future orientalism of the social, economic, political and environmental reality of society in terms of problems, opportunities and adequacy of resources. Hence the importance of this training course, which aims to introduce methods of monitoring and analyzing societal needs, opportunities, and resources at the local community level. These methods are characterized by rapid performance and low costs. Managing the monitoring process, reaching deep into the community, and drawing a current and future picture of it. Through monitoring and analysis tools, it is possible to help civil society organizations build their future vision regarding their role within the community and enhance community participation. The organization’s ability to anticipate the future and accurate knowledge of the community is considered one of the requirements for institutional sustainability to increase its ability to confront risks and challenges.

Training Period

3 training days

Target Group

Pioneers of sustainable civil society work, members of boards of directors, middle management, project managers, program officials and executive management of civil society organizations with the Institutional Excellence Grant

Training Start

April 28, 2026

Training Goals

Main Goals:

Providing participants with the ability to apply data monitoring and analysis tools according to the rapid participatory research methodology to draw a picture of the reality of the local community.

Secondary Goals:

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
1- Know the concept of assessing and identifying societal needs
2- Applying the tools and methods used to monitor sustainable community needs, resources, and opportunities.
3- Determine the skills necessary for field application and the process of monitoring needs, such as the skill of analyzing problems and the skill of preparing descriptive reports for communities.

Main Topics

- Sustainable development as an entry point for community development.
- The most important requirements for achieving the sustainable development goals.
- The relationship of the community study methodology based on community participation to the requirements for achieving sustainable development goals.
- The emergence of community needs assessment
- General concepts related to needs assessment
- Tools and methods used to monitor needs
- Historical overview
- Focused discussion - Semi-structured interviews
- Secondary sources - daily routine - maps - progression
- The problem (formulated - solved)
- Seasonal calendar - Organizational chart
- How to design a research plan to estimate and monitor community needs
- How to write a report on monitoring and assessing community needs

Certificate

🎓 A certificate will be provided by the Misr El Kheir Foundation for your participation in the training, based on the evaluation of the candidate’s participation by the organization according to the following criteria:

🛟 Actual attendance: 75% of the training days must be attended (75 marks), and in the event of not attending the prescribed percentage, you will be excluded and not pass the training.
🛟 Participation and interaction during the training with the trainers, (50 marks).
🛟 Preparing the required assignments at the end of each training day (75 marks).
🛟 Preparing the required graduation project, which is specified at the end of the training program, has (200 marks), and if it is not prepared, the training will not be passed.