[3] The centre piece of the RSP approach is social mobilisation of the poor in order to enable them to participate directly in decisions that affect their lives and prospects.
They are then encouraged to assume responsibility for implementing and maintaining the projects, reflecting their own priorities, with technical and financial support being extended by the programmes.
[5] The model upholds civil society as central to addressing the economic, socio-political and cultural causes of poverty.
[6] It also subverts the conventional model of social development, which assumed that either central government or outside agencies would lift people out of poverty.
It provides capacity building support to them and assists them in policy advocacy and donor linkages.