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== Definitions ==
 
== Definitions ==
  
What is Community Development, Community Work, Community Engagement?
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[What is Community Development, Community Work, Community Engagement?]
  
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"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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https://www.iacdglobal.org/
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International Association for Community Development
  
 
=== Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation ===
 
=== Democratic Innovations and Civic Participation ===

Revision as of 14:07, 4 June 2019

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

https://www.iacdglobal.org/

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

https://community-wealth.org/

Resources on building community wealth, set up by the Democracy Collaborative

https://participedia.net/

"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

Voluntary Organisations that do Community Work