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Forum News 12.2: Passive Recipients to Active Participants

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In areas where the transport needs of poor and marginalised people are overlooked by national transport policies, a shift from communities as passive recipients to active participants could provide the catalyst for sustainable transport solutions. Community participation in the planning, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of transport interventions can ensure a response appropriate to local mobility needs that will utilise local knowledge, generate solutions applicable to local resources, improve the transparency and acceptability of transport investments, contribute to capacity building (knowledge, skills and advocacy) and reduce dependency.
 
In April 2005 IFRTD in collaboration with Soluciones Prácticas ITDG hosted an international workshop to highlight the potential benefits and inherent challenges of ensuring community participation in rural transport interventions. One of the key issues raised was the dearth of good practice case studies that are available to encourage replication and learning.The workshop proved that many useful experiences exist within the transport sector that are yet to be shared and this issue of Forum News addresses the gap by sharing just a few of those examples.
 
Format: Bulletin
Date: September 2005
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