Every action of social development taken up by JSKS ensures community participation at every level of planning – implementation & monitoring. Active participation of community is essential for the holistic and sustainable development. Community participation encourages the stake holders’ influence and control over development initiatives and the decisions that affect them. Following are some important outcomes of having a successful participatory approach;
- Emergence of local leadership
- Involvement of all sections of the society
- Identification of people’s priorities
- Use of simple and effective technologies
- Holistic and sustainable development
- People-friendly
- Development and enforcement of social norms
- Benefits of community participation
- Increased quality and sustainability of development options
- More willingness to share cost and contribute to maintenance
- Increased stake holders’ ownership on policies and project
- Increased equity by involving poor and other groups.
- Increased local capacity building
- Increased transparency and accountability
- Increased institutional performance
The strategy of JSKS also makes focus on women’s participation and gender integration in development sectors.