Contribute to the Toolkit
This is your opportunity to tell others about your work.
Content from the Toolkit will also be available on the Foundation's Culture and Diversity section of the website. More material, including new case studies and further perspectives, will continue to be added following the initial launch of the toolkit in November 2007.
Organisations with programmes and projects that focus on one or more of the three themes described below are therefore invited to submit case studies and examples of their work for possible inclusion in the web version of the Toolkit.
Case studies should briefly describe a programme, project or activity, its impact on individuals and the community and the lessons that can be learned from it.
In particular, it would be helpful if case studies chould address the following key questions:
- What aims and objectives did the activity set out to achieve?
- How has the activity succeeded in addressing these?
- What are the main achievements of the activity?
- What factors were critical to success?
- What were some of the key challenges and how were they overcome?
- What were the key lessons learnt?
- Is the programme replicable? How so?
We suggest that when preparing the case study you follow the basic outline below:
- Introduction: a brief description of the context of the activity and your organisation. This could also include an analysis of the cultural environment within which you operate.
- Activity: what was done, when and how, a description of the activity, and how it is linked to any of the three themes below.
- Impact: how the activity had an impact on the people who were involved and targeted. This could also include what did work and what did not work.
- Lessons: a short reflection on the key issues emerging from the activity, bearing in mind how other practitioners might want to adapt and replicate these ideas.
Case studies should be approximately 600 to 1,000 words in length. It would also be helpful to receive photographs, video footage and audio material, if available.
The Toolkit has three main themes, and case studies should correspond to at least one of them:
- Cultural Understanding: activities that increase understanding between, appreciation of and respect for different cultures and cultural diversity.
- Culture and Development: activities that respond to development needs and seek to address the economic and social needs of people through the use of arts and culture.
- Validation and Recognition: activities that are designed to encourage artists, promote their work, and provide them with recognition and validation for their talents.
For more details, and to send case studies, please contact Jennifer Sobol at j.sobol@commonwealth.int.
