Community development supports communities in utilizing their resources to improve the standard of living in their neighborhood. The purpose of community development is majorly to build communities based on human rights, justice, mutual respect, and equality. Community development is fundamentally grounded in the idea that everyone should have access to health, happiness, wealth, justice, and opportunity. It acknowledges that some individuals, organizations, and communities are marginalized and oppressed because of how society and its systems are set up.

This training aims at equipping communities, community leaders, NGOs, CSOs, and other practitioners with relevant knowledge and skills for effective participation in socio-economic development.

Target Participants

This course is ideal for staff in development organizations, government institutions, and the private sector who are involved in community development activities.

Course Duration

Online     7 Days

Classroom-based    5 Days

What you will learn

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand the key concepts and principles in community development.
• Understand the importance of community participation in development.
• Develop the project life cycle of a community development project.
• Determine how cross-cutting issues affect community development.
• Implement strategies for mainstreaming cross-cutting issues in community development.

Course Outline

Introduction to Community Development

• What is community development?
• Key concepts in community development
• Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy communities
• Assumptions in community development
• Principles in community development
• Approaches in community development
• Challenges in community development

Participatory Methods for Community Development

• Participatory methods (PRA, PUA, RRA, ABCD)
• Participatory tools
• Participatory learning and action (PLA)

Interpersonal Skills for Community Development

• Communication skills
• Roleplay
• Presentations skills
• Facilitation skills

Project Planning and Management

• Project life cycle
• Characteristics of community development projects
• Types of community development projects
• Challenges in project management

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Development Projects

• Importance of participatory monitoring and evaluation of community development projects
• Indicators in a community development project
• How to conduct participatory M&E
• Understanding participatory M&E tools

Resource Mobilization

• What is resource mobilization?
• Types of resources
• Sources of resources – internal and external
• Ways of mobilizing resources
• Tools for Resource Mobilization

Cross-Cutting Issues

• Gender Mainstreaming
• Disability Mainstreaming
• HIV/AIDS
• Vulnerable groups
• Drug and Substance abuse
• Environment /climate change
• Disaster awareness and preparedness response

Training Approach

This course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have vast experience as expert professionals in their respective fields of practice. The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work, and case studies.

Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued a certificate.

Tailor-Made Course

We can also do this as a tailor-made course to meet organization-wide training needs. A training needs assessment will be done on the training participants to collect data on the existing skills, knowledge gaps, training expectations, and tailor-made needs.