Difference between revisions of "Community Development"
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| − | What is Community Development, Community Work, Community Engagement? | + | [What is Community Development, Community Work, Community Engagement?] |
| + | "Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline concerned with the organisation, education and empowerment of people within their communities" <ref>https://www.iacdglobal.org/</ref> | ||
== Background and History of Community Development in Singapore == | == Background and History of Community Development in Singapore == | ||
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=Resource Directory= | =Resource Directory= | ||
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=== Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation === | === Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation === | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 4 June 2019
- Page to the Community Development Network
Contents
Definitions
[What is Community Development, Community Work, Community Engagement?]
"Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline concerned with the organisation, education and empowerment of people within their communities" [1]
Background and History of Community Development in Singapore
Issues Faced by Community Workers
Issue 1
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Issue 2
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Issue 3
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Issue 4
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Resource Directory
International Association for Community Development
Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation
https://democracycollaborative.org/
Founded in 2000 at the University of Maryland as a research center dedicated to the pursuit of democratic renewal, increased civic participation, and community revitalization
Resources on building community wealth, set up by the Democracy Collaborative
"A global community sharing knowledge and stories about public participation and democratic innovations"
Sorted by case studies and approaches (eg participatory budgeting, deliberative polling, citizen's jury). You can post your own cases too.
ABCD Resources
https://www.abundantcommunity.com/
Useful starter kit for practitioners who want to do Asset-Based Community Development