Community Gathering on the role of local elites and influential people in development of social and cultural programmes

On Tuesday 8 of December 2009, a community gathering was held on the role of local elites and influential people in development of social and cultural programs in one of the communities of District 10 of Tehran Municipality (Teimouri-Soleimani) . The meeting was facilitated by Parvin Pakzadmanesh (a very professional community-based facilitator). Municipality authorities, people from the community, in particular local elite and influential persons attended the meeting. Participants talked about the future of the community, its vision, the existing needs to be addressed. The gathering was important since the idea of data collection is oriented towards an action within the community.