The community development handbook : a tool to build community capacity / written by Flo Frank and Anne Smith. : MP33-13/1999E
This handbook provides an introduction to community development and capacity building. It is meant as a resource for exploring and initiating community development. The book defines the terms "community development" and "community capacity building." It explains the 7 basic steps of the community development process and identifies problems often experienced and how to overcome them. Real life stories help reveal how the community development process has and can be applied. There is also information on the knowledge and skills you will need to make up a strong and effective development team. This book is a great start for anyone interested in getting his/her community development project off the ground. Copies of this handbook and the "Community Development Facilitator's Guide" are available from: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/community.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Human Resources Development Canada. |
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| Title | The community development handbook : a tool to build community capacity / written by Flo Frank and Anne Smith. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | "This handbook has been created by the Employment Programs Leaning and Development Unit at Human Resources Development Canada to support the understanding and effective application of community development."--Page 1 (Introduction). Previously distributed by Employment Programs Leaning and Development Unit. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Human Resources Development Canada 2000, reprinted 2003, c1999. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | iv, 81p. ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-662-28233-7 |
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| Subject terms | Community development |