Download or read book Local Economic and Employment Development LEED Community Capacity Building Creating a Better Future Together written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents and analyses interesting recent developments in the field of community capacity building, in a variety of OECD and non-OECD countries. The focus is on how CCB has effected change in three major areas: social policy, local economic policy and environmental policy.
Download or read book Investing in community capacity building written by Eric Leviten-Reid and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It changes the nature of the relationship between the neighborhood and the systems outside its boundaries. [...] Introduction The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of community capacity building in neighbourhood revitalization and the implications for the way in which such work is funded. [...] The argument of the paper is that the dynamics of community capacity building require new ways of thinking and acting on the part of funders. [...] Some level of exhaustion (within the organization and outside of it) was beginning to set in with respect to the old way of thinking and acting. [...] In the first year of Nurture the Future, we visited every corner of the community to facilitate small group visioning sessions on the future of our community.
Download or read book Capacity building written by Deborah Eade and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers specific and practical ways in which NGO's can contribute to enabling people to build on the capacities they already possess. It reviews the types of social organisation with which NGO's might consider working and the provision of training in a variety of relevant skills and activities.
Download or read book Building Community Capacity written by Robert J. Chaskin and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on a gap in current social work practice theory: community change. Much work in this area of macro practice, particularly around "grassroots" community organizing, has a somewhat dated feel to it, is highly ideological in orientation, or suffers from superficiality, particularly in the area of theory and practical application. Set against the context of an often narrowly constructed "clinical" emphasis on practice education, coupled with social work's own current rendering of "scientific management," community practice often takes second or third billing in many professional curricula despite its deep roots in the overall field of social welfare. Drawing on extensive case study data from three significant community-building initiatives, program data from numerous other community capacity-building efforts, key informant interviews, and an excellent literature review, Chaskin and his colleagues draw implications for crafting community change strategies as well as for creating and sustaining the organizational infrastructure necessary to support them. The authors bring to bear the perspectives of a variety of professional disciplines including sociology, urban planning, psychology, and social work. Building Community Capacity takes a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to a subject of wide and current concern: the role of neighborhood and community structures in the delivery of human services or, as the authors put it, "a place where programs and problems can be fitted together." Social work scholars and students of community practice seeking new conceptual frameworks and insights from research to inform novel community interventions will find much of value in Building Community Capacity.
Download or read book Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. But growth of coastal populations and increasing demands on marine resources are putting the future of ocean and coastal resources at risk through impacts such as overfishing, wetland drainage, climate change, and pollution of coastal waters. Given these demands, it is vital to build capacity-the people, the institutions, and technology and tools-needed to manage ocean resources. Unfortunately, many capacity building efforts focus on specific projects rather than on capacity building as goal unto itself, resulting in activities that are not funded or sustained past the typically short project lifetime. This book finds that the most successful capacity-building efforts meet the needs of a specific locale or region based on periodic assessments and include plans to maintain and expand capacity after the project ends. The report recommends ways that governments and organizations can help strengthen marine protection and management capacity, including conducting periodic program assessments, making plans to sustain funding, and developing leadership and political will. The book was produced at the request of Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the President's Circle of the National Academies, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Marisla Foundation, and the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation.
Download or read book Strengthening Nonprofit Performance written by Paul Connolly and published by Fieldstone Alliance. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the most out of your grantmaking Authors Paul Connolly, Vice President, Conservation Company, and Carol Lukas, President, Fieldstone Alliance, synthesize the most recent capacity-building practice and research into a collection of strategies, steps, and examples that funders can use to get started on or improve their funding to strengthen nonprofits. Who this book is for: Funders new to capacity building, looking for step-by-step guidance; Funders with years of capacity building experience, looking for new approaches and examples of other funders' approaches; A range of grantmakers, including venture philanthropists, community foundations, family foundations, corporate foundations, and government funders; Funders wishing to expand their work to address community needs locally, nationally, or outside the U.S; Consultants, trainers, management support organizations, and other capacity builders. Benefits you'll get: Learn compelling reasons for investing in capacity building; Understand the basic types of capacity building activities; Find out what other foundations are doing; Get a range of costs for various types of support; Clarify your roles and responsibilities in using power and resources, developing expectations, and coordinating with others; Follow a 4-step process to develop, implement, and evaluate a grantmaking plan for capacity building; Choose among 7 widely-used strategies for building the capacity of nonprofits; Discover how to coordinate the roles of funder, nonprofit organization, and capacity builder; This hands-on guide also includes dozens of examples, worksheets, and contact information for organization assessment tools, capacity building providers, and publishers. Get Strengthening Nonprofit Performance and build the capacity of nonprofits and ultimately, the communities they serve.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Community Organizing and Community Building for Health written by Meredith Minkler and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .
Download or read book Social Capital Local Capacity Building and Poverty Reduction written by Thomas F. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Capacity and Resilience in Latin America written by Paul R. Lachapelle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Capacity and Resilience in Latin America addresses the role of communities in building their capacity to increase resiliency and carry out rural development strategies in Latin America. Resiliency in a community sense is associated with an ability to address stress and respond to shock while obtaining participatory engagement in community assessment, planning and outcome. Although the political contexts for community development have changed dramatically in a number of Latin American countries in recent years, there are growing opportunities and examples of communities working together to address common problems and improve collective quality of life. This book links scholarship that highlights community development praxis using new frameworks to understand the potential for community capacity and resiliency. By rejecting old linear models of development, based on technology transfer and diffusion of technology, many communities in Latin America have built capacity of their capital assets to become more resilient and adapt positively to change. This book is an essential resource for academics and practitioners of rural development, demonstrating that there is much we can learn from the skills of self-diagnosis and building on existing assets to enhance community capitals. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
Download or read book Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Programs to Promote Housing and Economic Development written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenging Capacity Building written by S. Kenny and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interrogates the idea of capacity building theoretically and explores the variety of meanings, constructions and practices of capacity building. This book examines capacity building in both developing and developed countries and takes the position that fragile communities are present in all societies.
Download or read book Capacity building written by Deborah Eade and published by Oxfam Pub. This book was released on 1997 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capacity-building:where has it come from? What is capacity-building? Whose capacities? Investing in people. Investing in organisations. Investing in networks. Building capacity in crisis. Building the capacities of others: questions for donors.
Download or read book Investing in commonly held resources for inclusive and sustainable development written by Gnych, S. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key messagesInvestment in commons comes primarily from donors, governments and communities, but private sector investment is increasing.Commons-based investment readiness is conditional on the level of assurance stakeholders have that the obligations of each party will be met. Investment readiness develops over time and in stages, as levels of assurance increase.Each sector has specific roles and responsibilities for mitigating risk.Community rights have fostered investment that recognizes the social character of commons ownership and delivers environmental and social returns, as well as profits.There is a need for additional research on the origins, mechanisms, volume and direction of investment in community-managed resources that can help communities and investors alike better understand their options.
Download or read book Investing in People written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is a resource to help International Finance Corporation (IFC) clients and other companies establish effective community development programs. It defines general principles and methods, disseminates good practice, and refers readers to other resources to help them develop an appropriate community development program.
Download or read book Community Based Participatory Research written by Karen Hacker and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Based Participatory Research by Dr. Karen Hacker presents a practical approach to CBPR by describing how an individual researcher might understand and then actually conduct CBPR research. This how-to book provides a concise overview of CBPR theoretical underpinnings, methods considerations, and ethical issues in an accessible format interspersed with real life case examples that can accompany other methodologic texts in multiple disciplines.
Download or read book Neighbourhood Regeneration written by Duncan, Pete and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neighbourhood regeneration looks at how community capacity building is currently delivered within neighbourhood regeneration programmes, focusing on the key issue of resourcing. The authors frame this review within the context of the government's emerging national strategy for neighbourhood renewal, Bringing Britain Together, and the Local Government Association's New Commitment to Regeneration initiative. The report is essential reading for policy makers in community- and agency-led regeneration partnerships, local authorities and communities themselves, as well as anyone with an interest in neighbourhood regeneration strategies.
