About Course

Community Development Training

About the Program

This certificate training is designed to introduce individuals to community development as a concept as well as basic skills in mobilizing communities for development and influencing social change. This training is, therefore, aimed at building the capacity of individuals involved in community mobilization as well as those seeking innovative approaches in community development activities. The main purpose of this training is to provide a resource for community leaders, volunteers, and practitioners who desire to make their communities a better place. It describes the steps in the community development process and the guiding principles that explain why each step in the process
is important. This online certificate program is designed for people who currently work in community development and desire to advance their careers as well as those who plan to work or volunteer in this field. You will be equipped with practical tools to meet today’s challenges as project directors, community leaders, grassroots activists, funders, and field workers in community-based organizations and governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

Program Objectives

• Develop practitioners’ skills in participatory monitoring
• and evaluation of community initiatives.
• Identify and apply various tools and skills in engaging
  communities for development.
• Introduce advocacy as a key tool for community entry
• Introduce community organizing as a process of community
  development.
• Understand the concept of community development
• Assist practitioners to source resource for community
  development

Target Audience

The training will increase the confidence of development workers, community leaders, volunteers, Government officials and private practitioner as it provides a step by step approach in their quest to mobilize communities toward sustainable development.

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online: 7 Days

Module 1: The Concepts, Process, and Strategies for Community Development

• Introduction
• Understanding Communities, Development, and
  Mobilization
• The concept of community development
• Key elements of community development
• Community development process
• Engagement in community development process
• Steps in community engagement
• Strategies for community development
• Steps to community development

Module 2: Participatory Tools for Community Development & Community Volunteer

• Understanding participatory tools
• Understanding PLA
• Steps of PLA Processing
• PLA Tools
• Processing of Community PLA activities
• Who is a Community Volunteer?
• The role of Community Volunteer in Community
  Development

Module 3: Basic Inter Personal Communication Skills in Community Development

• Communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Facilitation skills
• Role play

Module 4: Community Mobilization Events

• Community dialogue
• Rally and road shows
• Market storms
• Community Drama
  Communication Strategies for Community Development
• Use of BCC tools/materials
• Visual aids

Module 5: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of community development program

• Procedures on how to evaluate the objectives
• Importance of PM&E in Community Development
• How to conduct PM&E?
• Key indicator in community Development
• Understanding PM&E tools