Good practices as a resource for community action: identification and search criteria

Abstract

In the last times, in scientific research and in the daily work of different organizations and groups, based on the need to make visible the good practices in order to identify those elements that allow to mean them like such, both for its excellence and its ability to make them transferable.

There are different criteria that allow characterizing a good practice, although not always respond to certain principles of selection; they are endowed originality experiences that inspire the concept of a transferable, sustainable and innovative practice that is comparable to certain territories. Hence, some of these initiatives have the aim of providing an overview of types of initiatives that demonstrate new ways to increase creativity, reinventing certain educational activities in order to achieve a more educational, more civic and citizen culture.

This article describes the features that must meet an experience to be considered as a good practice, complementing the proposal with specific indicators for Community action argue. In both cases they are constructed from the proposals made by international bodies, by entities that represent the work of the government and the third sector. While touring Banks of Good Practices managed by institutions, public and private entities is done, etc. with the aim of demonstrating contributions that improve the performances in educational and social key, and increase the quality of life of people and communities.