INITIALS and ACRONYMS

AGM

Annual General Meeting.  ( Français: AG, Español: AGA ).

AR

Annual Review.  ( Français: RA, Español: RA ).

AWP

Annual Work Plan.  ( Français: PTA, Español: PTA ).

CAP

Community Action Plan.  ( Français: PAC, Español: PAC ).

CBM&E

Community Based Monitoring and Evaluation.  ( Français: C&EC , Español: ESBC ).

CBO

Community Based Organisation.  One that is formed in and by the community, not by an outside agency.  The CIC should be a CBO. See CBO.  ( Français: OBC, Español: OBC ).

CBR

Community Based Rehabilitation. See CBR.  ( Français: RC, Español: RBC ).

CBSW

Community Based Social Work.  ( Français: TSBC, Español: TSBC ).

CDA

Community Development Assistant.  ( Français: ADC, Español: ADC ).

CDO

Community Development Officer.  ( Français: ODC, Español: ODC ).

CEC

Community Empowerment Collective. The NGO formed to produce and develop this web site for training community workers.

CIC

Community Implementing Committee.  Development Committee. This is the executive organisation at village level that carries out construction or maintenance of a communal facility or service. Community Project Executive. Community Project Committee. Community Implementation Executive. Development Committee. Project Executive.  ( Français: CEC, Español: CIC ).

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency. Government of Canada's aid agency.  ( Français: ACDI, Español: ACDI ).

CMP

Community Management Programme.  ( Français: PGC, Español: PGC ).

CSMED

Community Self Management, Empowerment and Development. This Site.  ( Français: GCAD, Español: MPFC ).

CTA

Chief Technical Adviser. See CTA. Phil Bartle.  ( Français: CTP, Español: CTJ).

DRA

Demand Responsive Approach.  A methodology of choosing to work with communities based on the different amounts they each are willing to sacrifice.  ( Français: ABD, Español: SRD ).

FGM

Female Genital Mutilation.  ( Français: MGF, Español: MGF ).

ICT

Internet Communication Technology.  ( Français: TCI, Español: TCI ).

IG

Income Generation. (These modules prefer " Wealth Generation" because "IG" tends to presuppose money instead of wealth).  ( Français: GR, Español: GI ).

IMF

International Monetary Fund. ( Français: FMI, Español: FMI ).

KISS

Keep It Simple, Sweetheart. K.I.S.S.  ( Français: KISS, Español: Kiss).Guárdelo simple, el novio.

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding.  A document that lays out shared principles and aims of two or more organizations, signed by representatives of each. ( Français: Protocole, Español: ME ).

MT

Management Training.  ( Français: FG, Español: AG ).

NGO

Non Governmental Organisation.  A not-for-profit agency that may have a membership in the country (local NGO) or in another country (international NGO). Volag. See NGO.  ( Français: ONG, Español: ONG ).

PHC

Primary Health Care.  A policy of health care promoted by WHO which emphasizes (1) prevention over cure, and (2) low level services for the majority of the population instead of costly, sophisticated care only for the rich elite.  ( Français: SP, Español: ASP ).

PRA

Participatory Rapid Appraisal or Participatory Rural Assessment. See: PAR.  ( Français: ÉRP, Español: EPR/ ERP ).

RRA

Rapid Rural Appraisal.  ( Français: ÉRR, Español: VRR ).

SA

Situation Analysis.  ( Français: AS, Español: IS ).

SMART

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound.  An acronym describing the characteristics of a good objective. See: Smart.  ( Français: SMART, Español: SMART ).

SWOT

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. See SWOT.  ( Français: FFPM, Español: FDOR ).

TOR

Terms of Reference.  ( Français: TDR, Español: TR ).

UN

United Nations.  ( Français: ONU, Español: ONU ).

UNCHS

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. A UN agency founded at the Habitat Convention, 1976, in Vancouver. Headquarters in Nairobi.  ( Français: CNUEH, Español: CNUAH ).

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme.  ( Français: PNUD, Español: PNUD ).

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission for Refugees.  ( Français: HCNUR, Español: ACNUR ).

Volag

Voluntary Agency. See NGO.  ( Français: OB, Español: AV ).

WB

World Bank. The Bank.  ( Français: BM, Español: BM ).

WHO

UNWHO. United Nations World Health Organisation, a UN agency. ( Français: OMS, Español: OMS).