Online and Distance Learning Diploma Course in Community Development
Start Date: 2nd Week of every Month
Community Development Course
Community development has evolved over the past few decades into a recognized discipline of interest to both practitioners and academicians. However, community development is defined in many different ways. Most practitioners think of community development as an outcome – physical, social, and economic improvement in a community – while most academicians think of community development as a process – the ability of communities to act collectively and enhancing the ability to do so. This Manual defines community development as both a process and an outcome and explains the relationship between the two while highlighting the process of Community Development..
The aim of this course
To enable the learner gain an understanding of the skills necessary to work effectively in community development work.
Course Outline
Module One
- Basic Concepts in Community Development
- Principles of Community Development
- Developing: A Process
- Community Organizational Structure
- Strategies for Community Capacity Building, Mobilization and Empowerment
- Promoting Participation among Diverse Groups
- Cross Cutting Issues in Community Development
- Methods of Conducting Potential Participants
- Involving Key Influential in the Group
- Involving People Most Affected By the Problem
- Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests
- Building Capacity for Community and System Change
- Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
- Lessons Learned On Community Organization and Change
- Framework for Addressing Community Goals and Problems
- Understanding Culture and Diversity
Module two
- Developing a Plan for Assessing Local Needs and Resources
- Understanding and Describing the Community
- Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
- Collecting Information about the Problem
- Analyzing the Community Problem
- Conducting Focus Groups
- Conducting Needs Assessment Surveys
- Identifying Community Assets and Resources
- Developing Baseline Measures of Behaviors
- SWOT Analysis
- Developing and Using Criteria and Processes to Set Priorities
- Strategies for Community Change and Improvement: An Overview
- Community (Locality) Development
- Social Planning and Policy Change
- Social Action
- Coalition Building
Module Three
- Principles of Advocacy
- Survival Skills for Advocates
- Understanding the Issue
- Recognizing Allies
- Developing a Plan for Advocacy
- Using Social Media for Digital Advocacy
- Lobbying Decision Makers
- Conducting A Petition Drive
- Seeking a Negotiator, a Mediator or a Fact Finder
- Seeking Funding For Community Projects
- Introduction to Grant Management
- Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability
- Establishing Micro-Grant Programme
- Creating a Business Plan
- Outline for writing a grant application for Funding
- Writing a Grant
Module 4
- Women and Social construction of Gender
- Sex, Gender roles and Gender Equality
- Conflict Resolution
- Types of Interventions to Enhance women income and Productivity
- Groups and Self Help Groups
- Women and Labor: Sexual Division of Labor
- Women in Organized Sector Case
- Meaning and Classification of disasters
- Disaster management Cycle
- Disaster management Recent trends
- Disaster prevention
- Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Assessment
- Resource analysis and Mobilization
- Disaster mitigation and preparedness
- Community Based Disaster Management
Course Outcome
By the end of training the learners will have knowledge on how to:
- Implement and develop community programs
- Support community actions
- Support and develop community leadership
- Lead community engagement to enhance participation
- Implement strategies for community development
- Promote and manage diversity
Who should attend
The course is designed for project development managers, project leaders and team leaders, NGO staff, Community offers and leaders involved in implementing and designing community based programs.
Course Organizers
Intex Management Institute was registered in 1983. We have been offering a wide range of Human Resource Management training programs both online and open workshops, building capacity to enhance effective service delivery for NGOs, CBOs, Public and Private sector.
Currently we are training participants from various organizations such as UNDP – Burundi, World Food Programme – Zimbabwe, Red Cross – South Sudan, State Ministry of Education – South Sudan, MEDAIR – South Sudan, Norwegian Refugee – Liberia, Zenab for Women Development - Sudan, Action AID, Word Health Organization, AMREF, USAID, National AIDs Control Council, International Committee of the Red Cross among others.
Training methodology:
• All training materials will be availed through online or distance learning.
• You are expected to submit assignments via email
• You will receive feedback from our committed instructors.
• Learn at your own time schedule
• At the end of the course you will be issued with a certificate.
Other requirements
You will be required to use email, upload and download documents in MS-Word format.
Learning materials
Course materials and Assignments will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Course exercises
Students are required to test their own learning by completing exercises and tasks for each unit of the course.
Course Assignments
Students will be required to submit 8 assignments for the period of 8 months to demonstrate their understanding of the course content. At the end of the course training students will write a Research Paper.
Course Duration : 32 Weeks (8Months)
Target Region : Global
Course Fee : USD 600
Language : English