By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand the key concepts and principles in community development
• Understand the importance of community participation in development.
• Develop the project life cycle of a community development project
• Determine how cross-cutting issues affect community development
• Implement strategies for mainstreaming cross-cutting issues in community development

This course is ideal for staff in development organizations, government institutions, and the private sector who are involved in community development activities.

Course Outline

Introduction to Community Development
• What is community development?
• Key concepts in community development
• Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy communities
• Assumptions in community development
• Principles in community development
• Approaches in community development
• Challenges in community development
Participatory Methods for Community Development
• Participatory methods (PRA, PUA, RRA, ABCD)
• Participatory tools
• Participatory learning and action (PLA)
Inter Personal Skills for Community Development
• Communication skills
• Roleplay
• Presentations skills
• Facilitation skills
Project Planning and Management
• Project life cycle
• Characteristics of community development projects
• Types of community development projects
• Challenges in project management
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Development Projects
• Importance of participatory monitoring and evaluation of community development projects
• Indicators in a community development project
• How to conduct participatory M&E
• Understanding participatory M&E tools
Resource Mobilization
• What is resource mobilization?
• Types of resources
• Sources of resources – internal and external
• Ways of mobilizing resources
• Tools for Resource Mobilization
Cross-Cutting Issues
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Disability Mainstreaming
• HIV/AIDS
• Vulnerable groups
• Drug and Substance abuse
• Environment /climate change
• Disaster awareness and preparedness response

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.