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SECTION III
REVISITING AND REVISING THE
COMMUNITY PROTOCOL
A.
ASSESSING CHANGE
KEY TOOLS
Framework for research and action
Basic forms of measurement
illustration
Most Significant Change stories
Assessing community capacities
and
Historical timeline
Trend line analysis
Community visioning
Assessing key opportunities and threats
Community wellbeing impact assessment
worksheet
Reflecting upon processes and changes within the community and with external actors should elicit a
great deal of information, insights, and lessons learned. You can use these to assess the overall changes
and impacts that have occurred or arisen through the process of developing and using the biocultural
community protocol.
Such changes or impacts cannot be solely attributed to the protocol alone. Consider other factors or
events that may have positively or negatively influenced the process as well. Examples include individual
personalities, improved access to information and communication technologies, changes in political
administrations, extreme weather events, and market fluctuations. See Table 22 below for a fictitious
example of how a basic assessment of changes could be conducted. Key questions suggested in Box 54
could be used as the basis for further exploration and assessment of change.
How effective was the community’s strategy overall? What were the most and least effective
elements and approaches?
What are the most significant changes that have occurred throughout the process of developing
and using the protocol?
To what extent has the protocol had direct impact or influence on these changes?
What other factors have impacted or influenced these changes?
How have the changes occurred over time? Are there any trends or correlations with larger-scale
changes or events?
If certain desired changes have not yet occurred, what are some of the reasons or influencing
factors? What progress has been made towards them in the meantime?
Box 54: Guiding questions for discussion