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must provide the context within which local community initiatives can be effective. |
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4.4.3
Experience of Community Involvement |
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This discussion of experience with community involvement is based largely on that of the FAUP. The FAUP is still at a relatively early stage, but it does provide some insights into factors which influence the success of community managed sewerage schemes. |
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Understanding of Technical Issues |
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Community members do have knowledge and ideas; for instance, the group responsible for the first sewer implemented in the Noor Pura area of Faisalabad was aware that there was not enough fall available for a conventional sewer and proposed the use of an interceptor tank system. Experience with later sewer projects showed that community representatives can understand a simple section of a proposed sewer and can use this as a tool to discuss options - for instance, the benefits and disadvantages of different longitudinal profiles. In Pakistan it is rare to see a technology successfully implemented in externally aided projects which has not been used elsewhere on a scheme implemented either by a municipality or a local community group. Nevertheless, community development professionals can veer too much to the view that the community always has all the answers, thus implying that there is no place for specialist engineers at the local level. In practice, there is a need for dialogue with each side bringing its own perspective and insights to bear on sanitation issues. |
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Conflicts Between the Understanding and Priorities of Community Groups and Government Officials |
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Not surprisingly, community members normally place a high priority on constructing facilities as cheaply as possible and this may sometimes be at the expense of their long-term maintain- |
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