Key Words of Community Development, Empowerment, Participation Some Key Words for Mobilisers By Phil Bartle, PhD Translated by: These are not definitions, but notes about concepts related to empowering low income communities. They are directed first to community field workers, but should be of interest to planners, activists, academics, students, researchers, programmers, managers and administrators who are involved with elimination of poverty and sustainable development of low income communities. Also see the list of acronyms and abbreviations. Acronyms. As with most of the training material on these pages, you are invited to download these files, print them for training sessions, or to translate into local languages. Do not plagiarise. Please indicate the source. The words are grouped alphabetically. Click on the letter below that begins a word you want to see. We recommend that you browse through all of the words. If you have found a word related to community empowerment, and it needs discussion, please write. ??» «?? To the training Modules. To the Acronyms page. The GCAD Strategy. The ISS Research. Training for Strength. What is Community? Bottom of Page: Updated: 2003 October 3