A ‘local community’ represents a heterogeneous group of people, characterized by their ethnic origin, political orientation and shared history, defining (dynamic) power relationships between it`s members.
Each community possesses therefore a ‘social capital’ that can be described as its capacity to respond to an external intervention (e.g. a project).
A blue print approach would therefore not be suitable.
No ´One solution` for all approach on different sites.
From the project teams` perspective, it means that the same approach used to engage and work with different communities will not produce the same results and that a good understanding of the local power relationships and governance systems will help in adapting the approach to the local context.