Sustainable Community and Natural Resources Development Steps in the implementation of projects Stage one - Area Selection  Following factors are kept in mind while selecting an area for the implementation of a project  ·         Potential for  community development is assessed  ·               Community profile with respect to land tenure, ethnicity, resource base, resource degradation, availability of resources, poverty, presence of social institutions and community fabric, integrity and interest for development  is observed  ·                Working feasibility with respect to terrain and topography is seen Stage two - Social Mobilization  ·               Appraisal exercise including meetings with key informants, community leaders, groups and general meetings are held. ·               Community is facilitated for the formation of suitable social organizations  Stage three - Partnership ·                        Situation analysis is carried out and various surveys are conducted to develop a database regarding resource use and management ·                       Important stake holders are identified ·                       Linkages are developed and networks are created Stage four – Planning ·                      Community Development Plan is developed ·                      Terms of partnership and roles of the partners are elaborated in the implementation of the plan ·                      Agreement is formulated for the implementation of the plan Stage five – Implementation of the Development Plan §         Project committees are constituted to implement the project / scheme §         Implementation according to plan and work programmes is done §         Monitoring and follow up of the activities is conducted Stages Six – Evaluation and Capitalization of lessons learnt ·         Besides of internal evaluations mid term and post evaluations by independent external evaluators are conducted ·         Lessons are learnt and used for re planning and in new projects

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