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Community development is defined by the United Nations as a collective process where community members address common issues through organized action. Key principles include community participation, ownership, empowerment, lifelong learning, inclusion, access and equity, social action, advocacy, networking, and self-help. Effective community development is characterized by long-term planning, inclusivity, and a focus on holistic benefits for the community.

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Aex 102 Lecture 13-1

Community development is defined by the United Nations as a collective process where community members address common issues through organized action. Key principles include community participation, ownership, empowerment, lifelong learning, inclusion, access and equity, social action, advocacy, networking, and self-help. Effective community development is characterized by long-term planning, inclusivity, and a focus on holistic benefits for the community.

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LECTURE 13

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT –
MEANING, DEFINITION, CONCEPTS
AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Community development

The United Nations defines community development as "a process


where community members come together to take collective action
and generate solutions to common problems.
Effective community development should be:
• A long-term endeavour

• Well-planned
• Inclusive and equitable
• Holistic and integrated into the bigger picture
• Initiated and supported by community
• Members of benefit to the community
• Grounded in experience that leads to best practices.
Community development is a grassroots process by which
communities.
• Become more responsible
• Organize and plan together
• Develop healthy lifestyle options
• Empower themselves
• Reduce poverty and suffering
• Create employment and economic opportunities
• Achieve social, economic, cultural and environmental goals
Community Development Principles
Community Participation
Everyone has a valuable contribution to make and community
members can join in at any level.
Community Ownership
Members are actively involved in decision-making and have
ownership of the centre’s activities.
Empowerment
A process that respects, values and enhances people’s ability to have
control over their lives is put into practice.
Lifelong Learning
Learning is integrated into all aspects of centre activities, thus building
and supporting the personal skills, knowledge, abilities and resilience
of people.
Inclusion
The diverse contributions that people make are valued, no matter what
their background or varying abilities.
Access and Equity
Centres are accessible and welcoming. They promote a fairer
distribution of economic resources and power between people by
aiming to improve the social, environmental, economic and cultural
Social Action
Internal and external factors that impact on the local community are
analysed and relationships between individuals, groups and
organisations and within the community transformed through
collective action.
Advocacy
In meeting individual and group needs, Centres act with, or on behalf
of, community members.
Networking
Linking, forming alliances, collaborating and working with
individuals, groups, other agencies,
Self Help
Individuals are supported in coming together in a caring group
environment to share information, knowledge, skills and life
experience in order that each participant can reach their own
personal goals.

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