School of Community Development and Participatory Engagement / Concepts and Principles of Community Development
Concepts and Principles of Community Development
Module One establishes the conceptual foundation for the entire CDP training. Learners are introduced to community development as a participatory process through which community members collectively identify needs, set priorities, and take action to improve their own wellbeing, deliberately distingu
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Learning objectives
Learning Objectives
1. Define community development and distinguish it from simple service delivery.
2. Explain the core principles of community development: empowerment, addressing real needs, ownership, resource mobilisation, sustainability, and community strength.
3. Identify the practical implications of a participatory, ownership-centred approach for planning practice.
4. Distinguish community development approaches that build lasting capacity from those that create dependency.
5. Apply community development principles to critique a described initiative's design.