For actors in local communities
Actors in local communities may find useful the general SQM concepts and
methods for structuring their debates on local development. With its
strong emphasis on citizens participation, SQM is most helpful for Local Agendas
21. However, be careful not to confront a broad public with the whole analysis
framework. More small guides for the general public are going to be published in
2004.
For simple appraisals of a situation or a project the small free appraisal
tool SQM.appraise may be helpful.
In regions where public authorities have provided SQM.guide for
facilitating the access to public funding programmes, this instrument can be
most useful to local actors: it allows not only to identify appropriate funding
sources but also to make a targeted appraisal of project ideas with regard to
the programme objectives and the dimensions of sustainable development.
Local communities which have detailed own action programmes could use SQM.guide
for making them public - but they would need a consultant to set up the system.
Check the table below and have a look at the corresponding SQM system
components.
Pertinence of the SQM System components to actors in local communities
|
|
| A |
common language concerning Sustainable Development |
+++++ |
| B |
assessment framework concerning the orientation towards
Sustainability |
+++++ |
| C |
assessment framework concerning the social potential of
communities |
++ |
| D |
assessment framework concerning transformation strategies |
+++ |
| E |
conceptual framework for the transparent construction,
management and evaluation of multi-level programmes |
|
|
|
| A |
framework for the (ex-ante, ongoing and ex-post) evaluation
of projects |
|
| B |
framework for the accompaniment and evaluation of programmes |
|
| C |
framework for the elaboration of action programmes |
++ |
| D |
participative procedures and facilitations methods |
+++++ |
| E |
methods and techniques that help to discover new
opportunities |
+++++ |
| F |
project management methods and procedures |
+ |
|
|
| A |
SQM.appraise: a simple software tool for standard SQM-appraisals |
++ |
| B |
SQM.guide: A customisable web-based guide for public access to funding programmes
including programme specific project appraisal |
+++++ |
| C |
SQM.progdev: A web-based instrument for programme development |
|
| D |
SQM.progman: A web-based instrument for programme management |
|
| E |
SQM.project: A
web-based instrument for the management of SQM based projects |
|
| F |
SQM.eval: A web-based instrument for
the evaluation of programmes and large projects |
|
| G |
SQM.flex: A versatile expert
instrument for SQM-related projects |
|
| H |
SQM.experience:
databases with SQM-based descriptions of good practices |
++ |
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