FYI colleagues.  Best wishes, Cari Patterson 

 

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The International Association for Community Development (IACD), Development
Support Team (DST) and the Centre for Social Response (CSR) present the 2010
Community Leadership Programme

Community Development Study Visit to India, November 7-28, 2010

 

Travel to India with IACD and the Centre for Social Response to build your
understanding of community development and its role in creating change. Join
this exciting professional learning opportunity today!  The refundable
deposit deadline has been extended to 24 September and the programme
organisers are offering a £300 discount on registration!

 

Community Leadership Programme
The Community Leadership Programme (CLP) is organised by the International
Association for Community Development, Centre for Social Response (CSR) and
the Development Support Team (India).  With over 10 years experience in
programs dealing with community development, travel and learning, IACD, CSR
and our Indian facilitators will ease your entry into the country and the
communities and villages we visit. Participants will travel together with
local programme partners, to experience firsthand how economically poor and
marginalised people are organising themselves to overcome poverty and
injustice. We will focus on building a deep understanding of the role of
participation and dialogue in community development and change processes.

Small voluntary community organisations in developing countries are creating
change and hope in the lives of many people. As we visit these
organisations and villages we will learn from their experience and then use
this experience on our return home. The Programme is not designed to train
you for overseas work nor to equip you for work on development projects.
What it will do is to give you an effective analysis and deeper
understanding of community mobilising and community building techniques in
real life settings. 

 

Programme Content :
The IACD Community Leadership Programme is being offered to community
development practitioners from around the world in quest for a more
meaningful experience of community development in the Indian context.
Participants should be able to communicate easily in English.
The Community Leadership Programme entails a three week exposure from 7th to
28th November 2010, with arrival at Mumbai and departure from Delhi. The
participants will get to see various facets of the development initiatives
in India, facilitated by experienced Community Development Practitioners in
the States of Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

The exposure thus covers;

*       Building a context for the participants, through sessions organized
over a two-day period on the Indian socio-economic and political scenario
and processes. Besides, this there are inputs on the history and policy
practices of Community Development.   

 

*       Field visits to Community Based Organizations, which demonstrate the
active participation of the community to address their development needs
with a thrust on the role of leadership.

 

*       Sessions for reflection and discussions on the field visit
observations.

 

*       Community Development processes inclusive of community mobilization,
promotion of appropriate ‘Peoples Organizations’ and peoples institutions to
enhance the community development processes focusing on policy and advocacy.


The Community Leadership Programme will provide the participants with an
opportunity to directly interact with the community members, dialogue with
experts on community development and learn about the Indian context, thereby
gaining insights into the processes and impact of community development,
while drawing parallels to their own work from the learnings.  

Programme Facilitation :
The Community Leadership Programme is facilitated by three very experienced
development Professionals, including the Director of Centre for Social
Response, Mike Dendle and the President, Ingrid Burkett, and Vice-President,
Harvinder Bedi of IACD who are deeply involved in the community development
sector. At different stages of the Community Leadership Programme, their
wide experience helps in bringing about a deeper understanding on
development issues in the local, national and global context.   

Costs: The study trip organisers are offering a discount of £300 on the
registration costs which covers all food, accommodation, local transport
(including internal flights), site visits and discussions/lectures with the
programme facilitators for the three weeks for only £2,550 (the registration
costs were originally £2,850). All facilities provided during the visit are
very basic, but safe and clean. The participants will need to take care of
international travel, visa and insurance for the trip.  Participants can pay
the registration fees by cheque, bank transfer or credit card. Act now to
receive this discount and to secure your place for this amazing community
development opportunity! Deposit deadline has been extended to 24 September.

To view more about the programme including travel details, please visit:
<http://www.iacdglobal.org/> www.iacdglobal.org and download the programme
brochure (also attached).

INTERESTED?
Fill out the application form in the brochure or email any questions you
have to Debi Fry at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Debi Fry
Development Manager
International Association for Community Development (IACD)
The Stables 
Falkland, Fife
KY15 7AE
+44 (0)1337 858 808
fax: +44 (0)1337 858 120
www.iacdglobal.org
skype: iacd_debi
IACD is a registered Scottish charity: SC036090

 

 


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