1.  Strengthening the voice of civil society organisations so they can influence policy, both at local and national levels, for the promotion of sustainable development and the improvement of livelihood security
2.   Support communities to participate in development at local and national levels
3.   Support communities to gain access to resources for local development and the improvement of essential services
4.   Support communities and organisations to respond effectively to the HIV pandemic through programmes of prevention, care and support
5.   Support communities to realise their human rights, especially those of women and children

1. Facilitating partnerships that fosters participation; 
2. Implementing active Global Citizenship initiatives whereby partners benefit from training opportunities in Ireland; 
3. Establishing links between communities in Ireland and communities in the developing world; 
4. Organising on the ground expertise in communities rarely visited by development specialists; 
5. Acting as a catalyst to mobilise local communities to engage in a participative approach to development; 
6. Strengthening the spirit of volunteerism that is so essential to the success of so many development projects; 
7. Engaging marginalised groups, especially young people in the development process; 
8. Acting as an impetus for overcoming local stigmatisation of marginalised categories of people; 
9. Facilitating participative methods of completing socio-economic analysis of communities; 
10. Developing the team skills and group dynamic capacity of partners resulting in community responses rather than individual responses; 

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