Accreditation

FORM E. 4 -SOCIETY AND CULTURE
For each indicator, award circle (0), if no action has been taken, (1) if the actions are visibly under way, (2) if they are advanced. Check the box " DK" (don't know) if the village never has heard of the concept (e.g. "new systems of management") Check "NA" if the item is not applicable (e.g. website, in case of small village where having own website is not realistic)
Score: count the total number of items, excluding DKs and NAs. Multiply this by 2 to get the "denominator." Total the number of 0's, 1s and 2s to get the "numerator." The. Score=numerator/denominator expressed as a % 
Domain
Indicators
 NK NA Not Yet Begun Advan-ced
A. Governance
           
Organization and   
1. Ecovillage represented by a local organization with legal status
    0 1 2
management of the ecovillage
2. Participation of different groups and actors (especially women) in decision-making and consultation       0 1 2
  3. Peace, good system of conflict resolution       0 1 2
  4. Members responsable for development        0 1 2
  5. Systems of solidarity, mutual aid       0 1 2
  6. Integration of elders in governance     NA 0 1 2
  7. Valuing of traditional forms of management (i.e. maintaining the advice of elders, oaths taken before a community assembly)     NA 0 1 2
  8. New systems of appropriate management   NN   0 1 2
  9. Transparency in the management of the public good   NN   0 1 2
The land
10. Land secured by the inhabitants       0 1 2
11. Adequate management of land titles   NN   0 1 2
B.   Education
           
Nonformal Education
 12. Trainings in ecological practices – adults/youth/children   NN   0 1 2
Preschool
13. Day nursery(s) – preschool   NN   0 1 2
Elementary
14. Elementary school accesible to all children       0 1 2
15. Creation of schools adapted to the environment   NN   0 1 2
Secondary
16. Available in the village        0 1 2
17. Good management of children emigrating to secondary schools       0 1 2
Functional literacy  
18. Available course or already created, use of the local language (to write, to work)       0 1 2
19. Integration of the ecovillage concepts into school prgrams   NN   0 1 2
Religious and cultural education  
20. Religious and customary law teachings available, attended, and valued by the adherents of each faith     0 1 2
School of wise men  
21. Education and initiation in traditional age groups     NA 0 1 2
C.   Health Services
           
Health center
22. Clinic, with nurse or well-trained health worker       0 1 2
23. Maternity hospital in the village       0 1 2
Preventive medicine  
24. Health/nutrition education       0 1 2
25. Household and community sanitation – infectious diseases, drinking water /       0 1 2
26. Family planning     0 1 2
27. Promotion of community health       0 1 2
28. Widespread vaccination program    NN   0 1 2
Medical follow-up  
29. Access to medicines       0 1 2
30. Pre and post-natal visits       0 1 2
31. Fight against AIDS   NN   0 1 2
32. Nutrition     0 1 2
Traditional medicine  
33. Use and protection of medicinal plants     NA 0 1 2
D. Spiritual Life
           
Beliefs
34. The dream of creating a better world together     0 1 2
35. Respect for the beliefs of the different religions     0 1 2
36. Spiritual life in accordance with spiritual practices     0 1 2
world religionsour traditional values, (attendance at mosques or churches )          
offerings of traditional earth religions (protective spirits, ancesters, harvest festivals, etc.)          
group prayers, rituals, blessings, etc.          
Ancient heritage
37. Preservation of heritage of own ethnic groups, oral histories, sagas   NA 0 1 2
tours of historic and sacred sites          
Rites et rituals
38. Identification, conservation et revaluing of cultural pratices   NN NA 0 1 2
in lifecycle, baptisms, initiations, marriage customs, etc.          
E. Factors that attract the:
           
Return of emigrants
39. Features of interest that attract emigrants (above all, youth), employment, communications facilities       0 1 2
that keep them in the village.          
40. Culturel activities, festivals     0 1 2
International openness
41. A spirit of openness to the best of the modern world     0 1 2
42. Networks of intercultural exchange     0 1 2
between emigrants and the local population          
staying in the village          
Community life
43. Public social space and socialising (playing children)     0 1 2
F.   Sports & leisure activi
           
Physically and morally
44. Traditional wrestling, regattas, games   NA 0 1 2
Groupe spirit and
45. Well managed group sports between   NA 0 1 2
tolerance
 hamlets/neighborhoods and villages           
Artistic activities
46. Organisation of traditional danses     0 1 2
47. Modern danse evenings   NA 0 1 2
48. Local theatre     0 1 2
49. Story telling for children     0 1 2
G.   Communication
           
Social dialogue
50. Maintaining extended family ties, meetings, communications   NA 0 1 2
51. Preserving and valuing traditional communications     NA 0 1 2
52. Community radio   NA 0 1 2
53. Meetings - events     0 1 2
Reinforcement of  
54. Activities that engage ecovillage members in     0 1 2
Community bonds
ecological and cultural development          
55. Development of ties between neighboring communities     0 1 2
and in other parts of the country          
H. Planetary openings
            
56. Web site on the Internet     0 1 2
57. Creation of exchanges and partnerships       0 1 2
58. Official twinning with other cities and structures     0 1 2
59. Persons from other countries living in the village     0 1 2
60. Reception of interns, volunteers, researchers, students     0 1 2
61. Ecovillage and sustainability education     0 1 2
62. Reciprocal awareness building between cultures     0 1 2
63. Correspondence between countries     0 1 2
Total possible = 126