"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
Georgian organizations unite for community development
1. COALITION OF GEORGIAN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING
ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2010-2012
CoDeCo
2. Community Development
Coalition”CoDeCo”
Biological Farming Association “Elkana”
Community Development Center- CDC
Centre for Training and Consultancy
Adult Education Association of Georgia - AEAG
Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia- CSRDG
“Rhea” Union
IDP Women Association “Tankhmoba”
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network
Civil Society Institute- CSI
3. Presentation Issues
History of the Coalition - 2010-2012
Shared Definitions - 2010
Joint Publication/working process, structure
and content, main findings
CoDeCo Mission and Priorities
4. Prehistory
The birth of the idea
Sighnagi Meeting and its outputs
- Shared Vision
- Development of Meeting Materials
- Initiation of the project on joint publication
5.
6. What is “Community”
Shared Definition
Community is a group of people living
in a defined geographical area;
sharing the same socio-economic and
cultural conditions; having similar
interests, problems and needs
7. Community Development
The basic indicators of a Developed Community:
Existence of Civic Group
Community has a vision oriented to development and
innovation
Community is able to define problems and to respond
to them effectively
Community realizes its own rights and needs and
advocates them
8.
9. Preparation of the Publication
Internal Working Meetings
Regional Conference in Batumi
Development of the
Conclusion
10. Publication Structure
Introduction
- Organizational Profile
- History of community work
Vision, Approaches, Target Groups
Experience
- Positive
- Negative
Conclusion
11. Main Obstacles of Community Work
Nihilism and Mistrust of the Population
The complexity of Group Forming/Sustaining
Process
Out Flow of Human Resources
Dependency Syndrome
12. Basic Findings
• Work with communities is a very time consuming and intensive process
• Community Education is an essential prerequisite for Community Development
• Identification and capacity building of informal leaders is vital
• The success greatly depends on adequacy of specific methods to a specific
environment, rather than selection of a certain method for community development.
• Community development projects require very intensive monitoring and careful
observation
• The main principle is - work together with communities and not instead of them
• Transparency is essential accompanying element of community work
• Active use of local media ensures effective advocacy of community problems
• The main challenge of Community Development is still Sustainability of achieved
results
13.
14. Mission of ”CoDeCo” Coalition
- Voluntary, non formal Union, with aim to promote
supportive environment for Community Initiatives
and its Sustainability in Georgia
- The main purpose is to share existing
competencies and experience in the field of
community development in the country, to
coordinate community work countrywide and to
advocate/lobby issues of community development
on local and International levels
15. Strategic Directions
1. To Advocate and Lobby Community needs and
- Analytical researches
- Development and provision of relevant Recommendations
- Cooperation with Government
- Preparation of Legislation Initiatives
- Business Communication campaigns
2. To strengthen capacity of community development and coordinated work
- Regular meetings
- Development of mailing list of interested parties
- Development of date base
- Study tours
- Joint Publications
- Experience sharing between target groups
3. Institutional Strengthening of Coalition
- Short and Long term Plans
- Fundraising
- Pilot Projects
- Membership in International Networks
- Study of International Practices/ its popularization
- Organizing and attending Regional and International Events
Editor's Notes
აქ ვფიქრობ რომ ბოლოში ჩაჯდეს, ყველა ორგანიზაციის ლოგო, როგორც ჩვენს პლაკატზეა.
ფოტოები
შესაძლოა ხსენდეს ადგილობრივი სპეციფიკაც, თუმცა ეს დროში ზრდის ინტერვენციას და შედეგი მაიცნ მიღწევადია
პრაქტიკოსები აღიარებენ ქალთა განსაკუთრებულ როლს თემის განვითარებაში
აქ შესაძლოა გავუშვათ ჩვენივე საქმიანობის და სათემო ჯგუფების მუშაობის ამსახველი რამოდენიმე ფოტო - ანიმაციით
აქ შესაძლოა გავუშვათ ჩვენივე საქმიანობის და სათემო ჯგუფების მუშაობის ამსახველი რამოდენიმე ფოტო - ანიმაციით