This document summarizes a presentation on sustainable community development in South Africa's North West Province. It discusses using a community-driven approach to identify local needs and strengths through research and community engagement. An interdisciplinary team then aims to address needs and promote well-being through a community development toolkit and forums. The goal is to empower communities to plan and implement their own sustainable interventions, establishing self-sufficient development over the next 5-10 years across the province. Science and technology provide tools to facilitate this process and measure progress toward goals like those outlined in South Africa's national development strategy.

1. Sustainable Community Development in the North West Province of South Africa Hendri Coetzee 3rdAnnual LLiSA Workshop Rhodes University, Grahamstown 20 – 21 June 2011

2. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” Our journey as a Living Labs in the North West Province of South Africa…

3. Our thoughts on community development Sustainable efforts driven by the communitywhereby local needs are addressed and local assets (strengths and resources) enhanced to achieve personal, relational and collective well-being Through community engagement - residents must be facilitated and mobilised to identify possibilities for economic growth and develop strategies for capacity building Interventions = growth on multiple levels Science and Technology provides the tools

5. What?

6. How?

7. When?

8. Who?

9. Which?

12. Needs inventory

14. Quantification and verification of needsExploratory mixed-methods design (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2007)

15. Needs & Assets in the NWP What? Agricultural Development Community Activities Economic Development Education Environmental Conservation Welfare Health Leadership Safety & Security Skills Training Service Delivery Infrastructure

16. Collective, relational and personal well-being How? Research Comm. Wellness Needs (N) Comm. Wellness Ideals (I) - = = Action to address needs & promote wellness (A) Comm. Wellness Strengths (S) + CDF: co-creation Totikidis & Prilleltensky, 2006

17. WHY? Reflection! “The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” -Don Williams Jr-

18. Are we on the right track? Rest Stops & Look Out Points “A journey is like marriage.The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it” -John Steinbeck-

22. Ethical community engagement

23. Research component

24. Program for the CDF

25. Evaluation component

26. Info on priority platforms

27. Skills programs – interpersonal and business related Essential process and tools for the planning and implementing of sustainable community interventions in South African

28. How to use the toolkit

29. When? 1st Community Development Forum: 24 June 2011 Kopela Set up more CDFs in the next 3-5 years Continue baseline studies and setting up CDFs in the rest of the NWP in the next 5-10 years SA…

30. Which? Feasibility vs. Sustainability = Self-sustaining Funding, contracts – help other LL’s in SA with research and the planning of their interventions Access to information about cutting-edge technology LLiSA Voice/platform for communities in the NWP Liaison between communities and other stakeholders

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