FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
1. Assumptions
2. Values
3. Principles
4. Practice
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS
People are capable of rational behavior.
Significant behavior is learned behavior.
Significant behavior can learned through interaction over time.
People can give purposeful direction to their behavior.
People can impact their environment toward a desired future.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VALUES
All people have basic dignity.
People have the right to help make decisions on issues that impact their well-being.
Participatory democracy is the best way to conduct a community's civic business
People have the right to Strice to create the environment they want.
People have the right to reject an externally imposed environment.
The more purposeful knteraction and dialogue withon a community, the more potential
for learnjng and development.
Implied within a process of purposeful interaction is an ever-widening concept of the
community.
Every descipline and profession is a potential contributor to a community
development process.
sMotivation is created through interaction with the environment.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES
Self-help and self-responsibilty vare required for succesful development.
Participation in public Decision-makingshould be free and open to all citizins.
Broad representation and increase breadth of perspective and understanding are
conditions conducive to effective community development.
Methods that produce accurate information about the community are vital to the
process.
Understanding and general agreements are the basis for community change.
All individuals have the right to be heard in open discussions, and the responsibility to
respect opposing viewpoints.
Trust is essential for effective working relationships
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
People develop the ability to collectively help themselves and reduce reliance on
external resources.
An orderly set of steps lead to problem solving, program planning, and task completion.
Without process, the desired outcomes may be deminished or unrealized. without
successful outcomes, the process can be devalued or abandoned. Successful
communities understand the role and controbution of each.
That results that occur from the community development process.
Outcomes can be Physical, environmental, or human capital; financial resources; or
social capital.