The Scope Programme seeks to provide educational institutions with a design tool or process to develop integrated land-use management systems for their own grounds. In 1989 St. Vincent Secondary School approached Fambidanaj Permaculture Centre for assistance in managing their school grounds. Work done on the grounds over a two-year period impressed the Minister of Education, who ordered that a pilot project be started so that other schools could benefit from the experience of St. Vincent School. The ILUD practice is based on the principles of involvement and integration.
Involvement is achieved as stakeholders take part in the implementation process.
The stakeholders include parents as well as teachers and pupils in the participating schools. The participants use the principle of integration to establish connections between the elements in their environments. The group then formulates a holistic goal for their land. This is followed by the design of a sustainable land-use programme and the drawing up of plans for action and monitoring. The participation of representatives of the entire school community establishes the community s ownership of the process, which empowers its members to make use of local knowledge.