• Identify the three different phases of

COPAR PROCESS.
• Differentiate the different COPAR
PROCESS from one phase to another.

• Relate the different COPAR PROCESS in

Philippine Community Set up
• The initial phase of the
organizing process
where the community /
organizer looks for
communities to serve /
help.
• It is considered
to be the
simplest phase
in terms of
actual outputs,
activities and
strategies and
time spent for it.
• Designing a plan for
community development
including all its activities and
strategies for care /
development
• Designing
criteria for the
selection for
the site.

• Actual
Selecting the
site for
community
cares
• This is called the
Social Preparation
phase as it is the
where the activities
are done. This
includes the
sensitization of the
people on the
critical events in
their life.
• This phase signals the actual entry of the
community worker / organizer into
community. She must be guided by the
following guidelines :

A. Recognize the
role of the local
authorities by
paying visits to
them.
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• This entails the formation
of more formal structures
and the inclusion of more
formal procedures of
planning, implementing
and evaluating
community-wide activities.
• It is the phase where
the organized leaders
or groups are being
given training
(formal /informal, OJT
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manage their
concerns / programs.
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