{"id":29397,"date":"2014-03-24T16:16:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T20:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.bastacommunication.ca\/MADA\/rely-on-collaborative-partnerships-and-the-mobilization-of-the-whole-community\/the-afm-approach\/afm-in-quebec\/5-objectives\/"},"modified":"2014-03-24T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T20:16:33","slug":"rely-on-collaborative-partnerships-and-the-mobilization-of-the-whole-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaquebec.com\/en\/rely-on-collaborative-partnerships-and-the-mobilization-of-the-whole-community\/the-afm-approach\/afm-in-quebec\/5-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Rely on collaborative partnerships and the mobilization of the whole community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #0a5d87;\">As the term \u201csenior-friendly municipality\u201d implies, the municipality is central to the collaborative approach and must act as a catalyst for forces in the community. It must involve the whole community in creating a more supportive living environment for its older people. This means mobilizing key stakeholders from various sectors as well as older citizens themselves. If the goal of the proposed initiative is to adapt policies, services and structures to older people\u2019s needs, it must also improve democratic life. This means it is important to work with community stakeholders. This is what is referred to as &#8220;mobilization of the community.&#8221; It can be defined as a global process whereby the influential forces in a community come together to achieve a common objective or carry out a common project. Mobilization of the community must be based on a set of principles, namely:<sup style=\"color: #0a5d87;\">1<\/sup>. Mobilization of the community must be based on a set of principles, namely<sup style=\"color: #0a5d87;\">2<\/sup>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #0a5d87; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;\">\n<li>a common vision of needs and the strategies to be employed to achieve the desired change ;<\/li>\n<li>mechanisms of community participation that allow the target organizations and the entire population to be consulted and involved in any project or initiative ;<\/li>\n<li>the conclusion of intersectoral partnership agreements in order to share challenges and resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #0a5d87;\">Therefore, the municipality is not working alone: it can rely on the support of local stakeholders from the health sector, community organizations, volunteer groups and private organizations. In many cases, mobilization of the community involves bringing people together who do not usually work with one another. They must be allowed time to get used to one another. The alliances forged will help ensure the actions undertaken endure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0a5d87;\">References :<\/p>\n<ol style=\"color: #0a5d87; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;\">\n<li>W.A. NINACS, Empowerment et intervention: D\u00e9veloppement de la capacit\u00e9 d\u2019agir et de la solidarit\u00e9, Qu\u00e9bec, Les Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>C. FAUBERT, Fostering Community Mobilization, Capacity, and Ownership of a Community-University Initiative: An Intermediary Change Agent\u2019s Perspective, doctoral thesis (assessment process), Ottawa, University of Ottawa, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the term \u201csenior-friendly municipality\u201d implies, the municipality is central to the collaborative approach and must act as a catalyst for forces in the community. 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Mobilization of the community must be based on a set of principles, namely2&nbsp;: a common vision of needs and the strategies to be employed to achieve the desired change ; mechanisms of community participation that allow the target organizations and the entire population to be consulted and involved in any project or initiative ; the conclusion of intersectoral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5. 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