Community Development Intensive

When people work together to meet their own changing social and economic needs, community development is successful and sustainable. For over 35 years, ICA has been implementing its "grass-roots" process in communities around the world, resulting in long - term, locally motivated change. The Community Development Intensive is a five day course which establishes the context of community development as a whole-system change. This course covers the full cycle of community based change

Learn how to:

Ensure grass roots participation.
Motivate groups to action.
Develop a grass roots vision.
Analyze the obstacles and create innovative strategies.

Convert plans into visible, do-able projects.
Build supportive relationships.
Sustain cross -sectoral collaboration.
Generate a sustainable development process.

This Course is for:

Community agencies, community development groups, community planners, community economic advisers, community relations officers, concerned citizens, environmentalists, private consultants, private business people.

Course Design

Community Development Intensive Course Overview
	Doing the Analysis		Launching the Project	Implementing the Plan	Telling The Story
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning	*Approach*	*Analysing*	*Planning*	*Action Plan*	*Evaluating*
Morning	Experience & Expectations 9 Ingredients Of CD Approaches To CD Situational Analysis	Economic, Social & Cultural Presuppositions Of CD Creating A Geo-Social Grid Presentation Of Grids And Data	Vision Obstacles	CD Organizational Dynamics Action Planning Timelined Action Plan	The Human Change Needed In The CD Journey Project Evaluation Creating An Evaluation Process
Afternoon	*Lab*	*Frameworking*	*Partnering*	*Implementing*	*Documenting*
Afternoon	Ladder of Participation Field Research: Local Community Using The Social Process Triangles	Friends And Enemies In CD Program Screen Focusing A Project Creating A Framework Of Support	Strategies Creating Strategic Partnerships	Miracle Stories Principles Successful Implementation Project Coordination & Monitoring	CD Project Process Cycle Documentation And Sharing Stories Of Success Evaluation & Celebration

Benefits:

Increased participation and involvement

Deeper sense of purpose and motivation

Residents feel a sense of ownership and responsibility for their community.

Plan your project with maximum support and involvement of stakeholders.

Keep a your project moving; so people don't falter after a good beginning.

Please register for the public Community Development Intensive course below.

Does your organization need to adopt a participatory, community development approach?

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Community Development Training Designed for Your Group

Increase community participation and involvement by adopting a community development approach. Local groups and organizations are assuming increasing levels of responsibility and need tools to make their efforts effective. These methods and applications can increase your ability to catalyze initiatives in your community. The Community Development Intensive can be designed to meet your specific needs and fit your requirements. We can create a set of modules to fit the demands of your schedule. Please call us and we'll discuss your situation

In Toronto - 416-691-2316. Outside of Toronto - 1-877-691-1422 (toll free)

Prerequisite: Group Facilitation


ICA Associates Inc. 655 Queen Street East - Toronto, Ontario - M4M 1G4 Phone - 416-691-2316 - Canada toll-free - 1-877-691-1422