Capturing values-based legacies of community-led development with GPI in Bhutan

This project is the fruit of a new partnership between the University of Brighton and GPIAtlantic, which aims to demonstrate the usefulness and relevance of values-based approaches to evaluating cultural legacies of projects for asset-based community development. The project will transfer approaches developed in the 'Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies' Connected Communities project to an established programme. The project will embed values-based approaches to identifying legacies within the Stories of Amazing Resilience (SOAR) and Gothkad (Happiness) Village projects led by GPIAtlantic and its local partner in Bhutan, the Youth Development Fund (YDF). These projects are part of the wider programme of developing Gross National Happiness pioneered in Bhutan. In doing so, we will train Canadian and Bhutanese youth leaders who are involved in delivering action research projects for community wellbeing, and co-develop an approach to evaluating legacies of these projects in Bhutan. The project also aims to use this practical example as a case for the usefulness of the approach in other regions, and to develop a deep, mutual partnership with GPIAtlantic, a global leader in indicators for development. Our community partner will also facilitate the transfer of this learning into an established global network of policy-makers, funders and assessors of genuine progress and wellbeing.

本项目系布莱顿大学（University of Brighton）与GPIAtlantic全新合作的成果，旨在彰显基于价值观的评估方法在资产为本社区发展项目的文化遗产评估中的实用性与相关性。本项目将把"始于价值观：评估无形遗产"（Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies）互联社区（Connected Communities）项目中研发的评估方法，移植至一项成熟的项目当中。本项目将在GPIAtlantic及其不丹当地合作伙伴青年发展基金（Youth Development Fund, YDF）主导的"非凡韧性故事"（Stories of Amazing Resilience, SOAR）与Gothkad（幸福村）项目中，嵌入用于识别遗产的基于价值观的评估方法。上述项目均为不丹首创的国民幸福总值（Gross National Happiness）发展整体框架的组成部分。借此契机，我们将为参与社区福祉行动研究项目的加拿大与不丹青年领袖开展培训，并联合开发一套适用于不丹境内上述项目遗产评估的方法体系。本项目还旨在以该实践案例证明此评估方法在其他地区的应用价值，并与全球发展指标领域的领军机构GPIAtlantic建立深度互信的合作关系。我方社区合作伙伴还将推动将本次学习成果融入已成型的全球政策制定者、资助方与真实进步及福祉评估者网络当中。