Rights-Based Approaches: A-Contemporary Community Development

A- CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
APPROACHES
- Rights based approach:

Aims and objectives: is tack the actions and mack the plan to establish the the community development skills and achive goles
• involvement
• responsibility
• Non discrimination
• Transparency
• Human dignity
• Self decisions
• Rule of low 2-strength based approach: Aims and objectives:
• Involving community members in making decisions about the issues that affect their lives implies changes in the balance of power
• Includes all parts of the community
• Recognises the length of time needed to achieve change
• A learning process holistic process
B- ASSET BASED COMMUNITY (ABCD):
Foucasting on community

Q2-Explain

Consider both primary and secondary sources of information.

• Talking with people residing in my community (interview). Start with my own networks, and then moving out of them to canvass a wide range of views, not just those similar to mine.
• Asking what people in the community see as the issues.?, what these issue causes? And whate the leaders see as this iassue?

• Reading the local paper to keep abreast of local issues and who the power players are. Approach the local council for information about local issues. Many councils undertake needs assessments and have social planning documents that I can access

• Identify what services and groups already exist for the community

Q 4-What is the aim of an Asset Map? Explain how one would be developed

1- An assessment will encourage community members to examine the community's assets and how to use them, as well as the community's needs and how to address them.
2- help to make decisions about priorities for program or system

Contact the individuals or groups who are active in the community – both formal and informal networks. This will identify the individuals who can do the mapping.

3-Through face-to-face conversations, door knocking and other approaches such as storytelling, these individuals collate the assets and talents of individuals in the community. The residents who get involved recruit more people to help who, in turn, carry on mapping more individuals.

4. Identify the resources and assets of local associations, clubs and volunteers.

5. Map the assets of the agencies including the services they offer, the physical spaces and funding they could provide, and the staff and networks they have. Depending on the local vision, the maps can be extended to include physical, economic and cultural assets. (The next section provides further information on assets.)

Q5-What is Capacity Building? Give three (3) practical examples of how you would work to build community capacity and strength.

• Capacity building mean: promoting the ability of local communities to develop ,implement and advocate their own solutions to problem in a way that helps them shape and exercise control over their physical, social, economic and cultural