Annotated List of Publications

The Community Development Programme (CDP) is a programme aimed at strengthening community capacity for sustainable human development.  A programme in the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) Habitat, CDP has been in operation for nearly fifteen years and over that period had produced over 250 publications. CDP is aware of the importance of documenting the learning that emerged from its work with partners. This has included building partnerships, providing practical management and technical skills and providing opportunities for collaboration with other actors in the human settlements sector.  CDP has also provided education to public authorities about the importance of community participation and has assisted governments to formulate policies that place end-users of local development at the centre of the planning processes.  This catalogue was therefore prepared to document and disseminate the experiences of Community Development Programme and its partners.

Key:

CDP	Community Development Programme
CERCA	Centro de Recursos para el Desarrollo Sostenible de los Asentamientos Humanos en Centroamérica  (Resource Facility for Sustainable Human Settlement Development in Central America)
CMP	Community Management Programme - Uganda
CPTP	Community Participation Training Programme - Zambia, Sri Lanka
EARF	East African Resource Facility (of CDP, UNCHS)
ISS	Institute of  Social Studies (The Hague, Netherlands)
PAC	Proyecto de Autogestion Communitaria - Ecuador  (Community Self-Management Programme - Ecuador)
PROFAC	Proyecto: Fortalecimiento de la Autogestion Communitaria - Costa Rica (Project Strengthening Community Self Management - Costa Rica)
SCMP	Strengthening Community Management Programme - Ghana

Each Section is composed of the following sub sections:

• Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy;
• Financing Neighbourhood Development;
• Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation;
• Gender and Women;
• Participatory Approaches and Concepts;   and
• Other.

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

Aims at making community participation effective in the ten stages of planning and implementing squatter settlement upgrading projects, with the purpose of executing projects that match the needs and resources of the squatters. 1984. 44pp. HS/69/84

Aims at making community participation effective in the management of solid household waste in low-income urban settlements, with the purpose of obtaining optimum resource recovery and reducing the cost of refuse collection; includes exercises. 1986.  46pp. HS: 96/86.  ISBN: 92-1-131015-6.

Aims at making community participation effective in the development, implementation and maintenance of water supply systems in urban low-income areas. 1989.  60pp.  HS: 152/89.  ISBN: 92-1-131078-4

Community and Resource Management: Critical Perspectives for Social Change

This challenges assumptions about community-based development, recognises the importance of resource management, and revitalises strategies for human-scale development. Contributions from the 1996 CDP Expert Group Meeting in Copenhagen, of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UNCHS (Habitat) Community Development Programme. Many topics are covered, including: (1) questioning the utility of collective action in cities where organised crime, political patronage and self-interest prevail; (2) the  importance but difficulty of scaling up people's initiatives to national programs; (3) the need to link credit to savings for genuine participation; (4) community development is more sustainable when central government redistributes wealth, regulates privatisation, and finances training for popular participation; and (5) the need for an overall conceptual framework which links normative positions on empowerment, governance and devolution to operational strategies of community management and government enablement. 1999. 130pp

1999.  27pp.

Presented at Habitat II, 1996 June, Istanbul. The report contributes to ongoing debate on urban finance, resource mobilization, democratic decision making, and community management by providing a summary and analysis of the proceedings of the roundtable discussion entitled, Financing the City We Want."  It consolidates presentations by community activists, ministers, NGO practitioners, and donor agencies, and subsequent discussions among 100 participants from 27 countries representing communities, municipalities, central governments, NGOs, and the private sector.  Themes of municipal finance analysed in the report include questions about: (1) how CBOs increase their capacity to manage resources for local development without being exploited and without exploiting women, youth, and the very poor; (2) how local authorities and CBOs agree to share decision making power to mobilize and manage decreasing resources; and (3) how governments promote human development and redistribute resources equitably at a time of privatisation and structural adjustment. 1999. 10pp.

How improvements in low-income human settlements are financed: how diverse actors mobilize resources and collaborate to use these funds democratically. Experiences of community organizations, municipal governments and public authorities that collaborated with the Community Development Programme since 1992.  The Costa Rica experience focuses on contextual factors which shape local development financing, such as political patronage, election cycles, weak local authorities, and heavily centralized government administration.  The Ecuador case documents community-based savings and credit schemes, and cooperation agreements between neighbourhood associations, municipal authorities and financial intermediaries. Contrary to conventional, top-down government funding of local development projects, participatory approaches to settlements improvements are far more cost effective.  They mobilize community resources, introduce mechanisms for accountability which minimize political manipulation, leverage private investment, target public funding, and better coordinate the use of disparate resources. 1999. 90pp

1999. 95pp.

1999. 140pp.

The role governments play in facilitating participatory human settlements improvements (government enablement.)  Explores two distinct but related forms of enablement: government enablement of people's development processes (eg civic and neighbourhood associations) and government enablement of market processes (privatisation, parastatal reform, public investment).  The edited volume is based on case study presentations, working group findings and subsequent analytical reports of the 1998 CDP Expert Group Meeting organised jointly by the Ministry of Housing, Cape Metro Council, and UNCHS (Habitat) Community Development Programme (CDP) in Cape Town, South Africa.  The case studies provide concrete examples in South Africa, El Salvador, Ecuador, Ghana, India, and Central America.   While governments are under pressure to enable markets rather than enable civic processes, they are failing to reach the needs of large portions (often the majority) of their urban populations.  Local governments must define the limits of market enablement, institutionalise community enablement strategies, and create regulatory mechanisms which enable civic groups to monitor privatisation and public-private partnerships.  Specific strategies and tools to advance such an agenda. 1999. 25pp.

Aims at making community participation effective in determining affordability and organising cost recovery for low-income housing projects such as squatter settlement upgrading and sites & and services schemes, with the purpose of executing projects that match the residents' capacity and willingness to pay for them; includes exercises.1988. 52pp. HS: 131/88/E. ISBN: 92-1-131057-1. (Replaces HS/68/85, Cost recovery and Affordability)

An overview on current activities in community-based urban micro-finance in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Strengths and weaknesses of existing programmes and specific problems of micro-finance systems such as high transaction costs and repayment rates. A good introduction for readers with general interests and a valuable information update for the experienced specialist and practitioner.

Community Credit Mechanisms

Aims at involving residents of low-income housing projects in the creation of savings-and-loans associations, with the purpose of increasing the affordability of house building and improvement; includes exercises. 1989. 44pp. HS/150/89 ISBN 92-1-131076-8

The Role of Women in the Execution of Low -Income Housing Projects

Aims at making participation of women effective in the ten stages of planning and implementing squatter settlement upgrading projects and sites & and services schemes, with the purpose of strengthening the position of women in such projects; identifies opportunities and limitations of women's participation. 1985. 64pp.HS/75/85. ISBN: 92-1-131005-9.

Aprender Intercambiando: Lecciónes del Intercambio Práctico en Nueva York (Junio, 1997) y Johanesburgo (Octubre, 1998)

1999. 65pp.

1999. 150pp.

Analyses the nature of community leadership and decision-making structures in low-income settlements. Explains various types of leadership and their impact on low-income communities. Analyses how leaders emerge and how they can co-operate in reaching the urban poor. 1988. 43pp. HS: 132/88. ISBN: 92-1-131059-8.

The first of a two-volume series on the experiences in Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador of the Community Development Programme and its efforts to reduce poverty by advancing strategies of community management and government enablement.  Based on poverty research commissioned by CDP and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) together with national researchers in the three countries.  Volume I examines how strategies to reduce poverty have evolved conceptually from 1986 to 1996.  It analyses, through country studies, how CDP over time has translated the concepts into practices and activities at field level.  The publication compares these profiles with parallel country studies in Africa and Sri Lanka through a global synthesis which considers the experiences of Latin countries from an international perspective.  Country studies are further contrasted with literature reviews on community management and government enablement.  By juxtaposing country studies and reviews in this way, Volume I concludes that CDP is firmly placed, and in some ways ahead of the "state of the art" of community management and government enablement. 1999. 250pp.

Volume II examines the practical effectiveness of the two strategies.  Includes three country studies that compile the results of field surveys targeted to households, community leaders and public officials. Analysis at country level is based on controlled comparisons between areas where the CDP intervened, and control communities and districts. The country studies are compared to parallel studies in Africa and Sri Lanka, offering an understanding of the experiences in Latin America from an international perspective.  The global comparative analyses demonstrate that community management and government enablement as practised by CDP generate assets, increase access to basic services, and strengthen ties between popular organizations and public authorities.  The publication concludes with recommendations for advancing a set of public management strategies to reduce poverty. 1999. 300pp.300pp.

The first of a two-volume series on the experiences in Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Sri Lanka of the Community Development Programme and its efforts to reduce poverty by advancing strategies of community management and government enablement.  The publication is based on poverty research commissioned by CDP and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) together with national researchers in the four Anglophone countries.  Volume I examines how the strategies to reduce poverty have evolved conceptually from 1986 to 1996.  It analyses through country studies how CDP over time has translated the concepts into practices and activities at field level.  The publication compares these profiles with parallel country studies in Latin America through a global synthesis which considers the experiences of African countries and Sri Lanka from an international perspective.  Country studies are further contrasted with literature reviews on community management and government enablement

The second volume examines the practical effectiveness of the two strategies.  The publication includes four country studies that compile the results of field surveys targeted to households, community leaders and public officials. Analysis at country level is based on controlled comparisons between areas where the CDP intervened, and control communities and districts. The country studies are compared to parallel studies in Latin America, offering readers an understanding from an international perspective.  The global comparative analyses demonstrate that community management and government enablement as practised by CDP generate assets, increase access to basic services, and strengthen ties between people's organizations and public authorities.  Concludes with recommendations for advancing a set of public management strategies to reduce poverty. 1999. 300pp.

For designing, delivering or evaluating training programmes for professionals promoting community participation.  A guide to the use of the training modules prepared by the DANIDA/UNCHS Training Programme, outlining the principles of participatory adult education.  Included is a toolkit providing an overview of training techniques, checklists and exercises. 1988. 85+ 64pp. HS: 147/88. ISBN: 92-1-131072-5.

Report of the Regional Seminar on ‘The Role of Community Development in Shelter and Human Settlements Improvement' held in Bangkok, Thailand, 24-26 February 1997. Includes the proceedings of the seminar and national reports on the preparatory process in the participating countries. 1997

A consolidated version of the 21 reports of the UNCHS (Habitat) / ISS Evaluation Research (1995-1998) on community management and government enablement, tailored for policy makers.  It extracts key findings of research commissioned by the Community Development Programme (CDP) and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) together with national researchers in Africa, Latin America and Sri Lanka where CDP executed projects between 1986 and 1996.  It highlights strategies demonstrated by the research which significantly generate assets, increase access to basic services, and improve collaboration between popular organizations and public authorities. It provides information useful to policy makers interested in putting into practice decentralisation programmes and policy frameworks for poverty reduction and popular participation.  Emphasis is placed on public management strategies that enable people's development processes, as well as on management skills popular organizations can use to increase their capacity to participate in and effectively manage human settlements improvements. 1999. 75pp

A consolidated version of the 21 reports of the UNCHS (Habitat) / ISS Evaluation Research (1995-1998) on community management and government enablement, tailored for policy makers.  It extracts key findings of research commissioned by the Community Development Programme (CDP) and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) together with national researchers in Africa, Latin America and Sri Lanka where CDP executed projects between 1986 and 1996.  It highlights strategies demonstrated by the research which significantly generate assets, increase access to basic services, and improve collaboration between popular organizations and public authorities. It provides information useful to policy makers interested in putting into practice decentralisation programmes and policy frameworks for poverty reduction and popular participation.  Emphasis is placed on public management strategies that enable people's development processes, as well as on management skills popular organizations can use to increase their capacity to participate in and effectively manage human settlements improvements. 1999. 75pp

Presents an assessment of experiences gained with the Community Participation Training Programme which UNCHS (Habitat) carried out from 1984.  It demonstrates that, with organised effort, commitment and open exchange of ideas at both policy and community levels, progress can be made towards the goal of sustainable development of human settlements. 1991. 59pp. HS:257/91. ISBN: 92-1-131184-5.

New Directions for Community Participation in Asian Cities
Eleven articles by well known experts and practitioners in community development in Asia. The authors analyse the current state of community participation in urban planning, shelter and infrastructure provision and approaches to urban poverty alleviation in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. A second section of regional presentations discusses new political and economic trends in the region with effects on community participation  and focuses on organisational structures of participatory urban  development programmes.1998. HS: 527/98/E. ISBN: 92-1-131384-8

Participación Communitaria, Gestion Communitaria y el Gobierno Como Facilitador -- Su Evolución y su Efectividad Practica (Implicaciónes para los que Hacen Politicas Publicas)
80pp.

Participación Comunitaria, Gestión Comunitaria y el Gobierno Como Facilitador -- Su Evolución y su Efectividad Práctica (Implicaciónes para los que Hacen Políticas Públicas)
1999. 75pp.

 Participación, el Poder y Asociaciónes: La Reunión de Asociaciónes en Nueva York (Junio, 1997)
1999  65pp

Participation, Power and Partnership: New York City Meeting with Partners (June, 1997)
This contributes to contemporary debates on partnerships between people’s organizations and public authorities designed to improve low-income settlements and democratize urban governance.  Based on a one-day, high-level policy meeting organised by UNCHS (Habitat) Community Development Programme, together with UNICEF, the Ford Foundation, the New York Commission on Housing, and the Pratt Institute, the publication consolidates case study presentations, thematic discussions, and subsequent analysis.  The cases contained  in the publication include: economic development initiatives in the South Bronx section of New York City; opportunities for popular/public collaboration brought about by decentralisation of government administration in Ghana; cooperation among youth gangs, community organizations, governments, and NGOs in San Jose, Costa Rica; and the establishment of -- integration councils -- in Fortaleza, Brazil.  The publication summarises the results of debates meeting organisers generated when they posed critical questions about the case studies to a panel of distinguished activists, practitioners and policy makers. It also includes a synthesis of key issues raised about partnerships.  These include questions about how popular organizations, governments and NGOs can overcome political differences; how national policy frameworks enable or obstruct such collaboration; and how various popular, public and non-governmental actors can use binding contracts to hold one another accountable to commitments made through partnership. 1999  60pp

Partnership for Local Action
A Source Book on participatory approaches to shelter and human settlements improvement for local government officials. This document was published in cooperation with City Net and deals with the new role for local governments in shelter and settlements improvement.  It contains seven case studies from Asia, background information and references. (Isthaneo Karmayodyog Angshedayetya- Bengali Translation). 1997. ISBN: 92-1-131339-2

Partnerships, Co-management and Sustainability: Lessons from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana and Uganda
This publication assesses partnerships popular organizations and public authorities use collectively to improve the living and working conditions of human settlements.  The study is based on investigations in Africa and Latin America prepared by four national research teams together with corresponding national project staff of the Community Development Programme (CDP).  It documents the range, variation, purpose and scope of partnerships as well as the historical, political and social factors that impact on their quality and character.  In addition to country case studies, the publication provides a historical comparative analysis which contrasts partnerships as practised by CDP in the four countries.  The study argues that state/society relations, political patronage, the strength of popular movements, and the form of decentralisation greatly  impact on partnerships.  The publication concludes that in order for partnerships to become operational and meaningful, both popular and public actors must have the capacity to participate.  Further, they must have appropriate attitudes and expectations, and agreed upon mechanisms to plan, finance and manage settlements improvements collectively.  1999. 150pp.

 Pobreza, Participación y Gobierno Facilitador; Un resumen de las conclusiones y recomendaciónes de la investigación evaluativa del CNUAH (Habitat) / Instituto de Estudios Sociales (1986-1996)
1999 20 pp

Poverty, Participation, and Government Enablement: A Summary of the Research Findings, Lessons Learned and Recommendations of the UNCHS (Habitat) / Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Evaluation Research (1995-1999)
This summarises 21 reports of the UNCHS (Habitat)/ISS Evaluation Research (1995-1998) on the Community Development Programme (CDP) and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS).  The study examines the evolution and practical effectiveness of the concepts as practised by the CDP over ten years in Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Zambia. The pamphlet presents how community management and government enablement as practised by CDP have generated assets, increased access to basic services, and improved collaboration between people's organizations and public authorities.  It also outlines recommendations for local governments to strengthen public management norms and practices to reduce poverty. The report includes an analysis of the implications of the research findings for UNCHS (Habitat).  It outlines how CDP can contribute to the Centre’s vision statement, normative standards, operational strategies, work programme, and global campaign on urban governance. Information on the research design and methodology appears as an appendix to the report. 1999. 20pp.

Project Support Communication (i): Basic Principles
Explains the principles of effective and participatory communica-tion and discusses the types of supportive communication required in the ten stages of squatter settlement upgrading projects and sites & services schemes; includes exercises. 1984. 47pp. HS: 52/84. ISBN: 92-1-131011/3

Project Support Communication (ii): Meetings
Deals with effective interpersonal communication and explains methods for making good interviews, public speeches and meetings; includes exercises and role plays. 1984. 46pp. HS: 71/84. ISBN: 92-1-131012-1.

Project Support Communication (iii): Documents
Deals with effective use of documents for communication purposes; explains how to write simple standard documents such as reports, agendas and minutes; explains the setup and use of a filing system. 1984. 58pp. HS: 95/84. ISBN: 92-1-131014-8.

Project Support Communication (iv): Audio-visuals
Deals with effective use of audio-visuals for communication purposes and discusses advantages and disadvantages of different types of audio-visuals for use in low-income housing projects.1990. 79pp. HS: 205/90. ISBN: 1-131124-1.

Training Strategies for Community Management in Africa: Lessons from Ghana, Uganda and Zambia
This examines the strategies that underlie training activities undertaken by community organizations, local government training institutes, local authorities in select countries of Sub Saharan African.   What is the purpose of training?  Efficiency or empowerment?  Who is trained?  Who trains?  Who finances training? How sustainable (socially, financially, politically) is training?  The publication address these and related questions by presenting country case studies of the activities of the Community Development Programme in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia.  Prepared by separate teams of national researchers, each study presents actual training strategies used to strengthen the capacity of people’s organizations to manage settlement improvements.  The publication then compares and contrasts the experiences of the three countries. It concludes that activists, practitioners and policy makers must have strategies for training if they hope to advance community management.  They must come to terms with the purpose, financing, and level of intervention of training if they seek to build capacity in the long-run.1999  70pp

UNCHS (Habitat)/ISS Evaluation Research: Research Design and Instruments
This publication is a consolidated version of the 21 reports of the UNCHS (Habitat) poverty research project (1995-1998) on community management and government enablement, tailored for scholars.  It presents the methods and instruments used to undertake research commissioned by the Community Development Programmed (CDP) and conducted by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) together with national research teams.  The publication outlines the conceptual framework used to organise, collect, process and interpret data obtained from the research teams based in the seven countries where CDP has been operational from 1988-1996.  This includes a research frame designed to organise the concepts of the study -- community participation, community management, and government enablement -- into a set of aspects and corresponding indicators.  The publication includes guidelines used by national researchers to examine how CDP's use of the concepts evolved over time, and how these were translated into practices and project activities. Subsequent sections are the guidelines and actual survey instruments used to collect data from households, community leaders, and public officials.  The publication concludes with a summary of the procedures used for processing data, comparison and interpretation. 1999.  200pp.

Other:
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Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

CERCA: Facilitating a Regional and Inclusive Consulting Process
This describes the role and strategic plan of CERCA in Central America and it’s objectives as a community development project of Habitat.  It explains how regional programmes and national actions were jointly formulated, executed and monitored through CERCA’s organisational strategy.  It also discusses initiatives such as the rational and efficient use of human and financial resources in housing and human settlements through instruments and regional umbrella programs. 1998. 28 pp.

Building Central American Cities in the Face of the Twenty-First Century
This brings together the Central American contributions to the Habitat II City Summit.  It has three documents, each presenting the position of one of the three Central American organisations involved in human settlements development that have participated: The Central American Council of Housing and Human Settlements (CCVAH); The Federation of Municipalities of the Central American Isthmus (FEMICA); The Continental Front of Community Organisations (FCOC).  The first section of each document presents the preparation process leading up to Habitat II (Istanbul, 1996 June).  The second section consists of written contributions specific to each of the three sectors representing the Central American organisations. 1996.

Central American Alliance for Participatory Management In Human Settlements
An agreement signed, in December 1996, by Central American organisations representing the three main sectors involved in the development of Human Settlements. Its purpose is to draw out the lines of actions for the establishment of the Central American Facility Centre for Sustainable Development of Human Settlements (CERCA).  1996.

The Montelimar Declaration, Nicaragua
This declaration was signed by representatives of:  the Central American Council of Housing and Human Settlements (CCVAH), the Federation of Municipalities of the Central American Isthmus (FEMICA), the Central American Federation of Community Organizations (FCOC) and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements B UNCHS (Habitat), assembled in the IV regional forum of CERCA's associates, held in Montelimar, Nicaragua, 11 to 13 of February 1999.  It contains results of deliberations of organisations' members of the Central American Alliance for the Participatory Management of Human Settlements. 1999.
 

Financing Neighbourhood Development:
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving And Income Generation
 

Gender And Women:
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Electronic Communication for Local Development Actors; A Training Experience On The Use And Management of New Information and Communication Technologies
This outlines the systemisation of a participatory learning process on the use of the Internet as a medium that facilitates communication and information exchange regarding local development.  It lists the experiences from the AElectronic Communication for Local Development Actors@ workshop carried out in six countries of Central America, between January and May 1998.  Participants in the workshop consisted of community-based organisations, municipal associations of the different countries, as well as governmental and non-governmental entities involved with development. 1998.  64 pp.
 

Other:

Migrations, Their Local Impact
This publication collects the presentations made at the Seminar ALocal Actors Facing the Challenges of Integrating Migrant Population: Case studies from San Jose, Costa Rica and Cali, Columbia, held in June 1998, in San Jose.  It is divided into three sections corresponding to three dimensions analysed at the seminar: (1) economic-labour, (2) urban-space and (3) social-institutional.  A comparative analysis is enhanced by the examination of cases in Costa Rica and Columbia. UNCHS / CERCA y Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, San Jose. 1998. 44 pp.

Adolescence, Rights of Children and the Urban Poor in Costa Rica
This book addresses the characteristics of recent urbanisation and social disintegration processes, the increase of poverty, in Costa Rica, and its repercussions on the rights of children and adolescent populations.  Section I discusses various conditions affecting to juvenile population, including education, work, sexuality and justice.  Section II is describes projects, proposals and experiences. It includes two brief articles showing experiences of working with youth in poor urban neighbourhoods. 1997. 125pp.
 

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy

Manual de capacitación:  disposición de aguas negras
Siete cuadernillos de capacitación para pobladores de asentamientos humanos en condiciónes de pobreza sobre sistemas de tratamiento de aguas usadas, desarrollando  el diagnóstico, procesos de construcción, características, condiciónes de funciónamiento y mantenimiento. Se desarrollan sistemas como letrinas, tanques sépticos, alcantarillado sanitario, plantas de tratamiento, y tratamiento de lodos. 1993

Manual de capacitación: sistemas de recolección de aguas de lluvia
Cinco cuadernillos de capacitación para pobladores de asentamientos humanos pobres sobre sistemas de recolección de aguas de lluvia como drenajes superficiales, alcantarillado pluvial, drenajes subterráneos y diques. 1993

Mejores practicas
Publicación que recopila las 10 experiencias nacionales catalogadas como Mejores Prácticas, presentadas al concurso nacional promovido en el marco de la Conferencia Mundial Cumbre de las Ciudades Hábitat II. 1996

Diagnostico comunal de la zona de paraiso industrial
Estudio socio económico fundamentado en un censo realizado por varias instituciónes en la comunidad de Paraíso Industrial, zona de intervención del PROFAC. PROFAC- IMAS 1997.

Serie de estudios de caso de comunidades. Serie I Planificación Alternativa
Sistematización de la experiencia de intervención para promoción del desarrollo local por medio de metodologías autogestionarias desarrolladas por el PROFAC desde 1992 a 1996 en las comunidad de:
    Rincón Grande de Pavas (ISBN 92-1-331062-5)
    Fray Martín ISBN 92-1-331059-5)
    Cieneguita  (ISBN 92-1-331066-8)
    Puntarenas (ISBN 92-1-331066-8)
    Tirrases  (ISBN 92-1-331061-7)

Guia metodologica para la elaboración de planes de desarrollo local participativo
Documento metodológico producto de la experiencia acumulada por el PROFAC en 5 años de intervención para la promoción del desarrollo humano local en comunidades urbanas pobres. Se trata de una guía para facilitadores para llevar a cabo un proceso participativo de planificación que tenga como resultado el diseño de un plan de desarrollo local. PROFAC,  Serie Planificación Alternativa. 1997

Planificación, programación y  mantenimiento de obras comunales
Instrumento de capacitación para dirigentes y organizaciónes comunales, para  planificar, administrar y darle mantenimiento sostenido a obras de infraestructura que mejoren la calidad de vida de los asentamientos humanos. PROFAC. Serie 3 Instrumentos Facilitadores. HS/400/96S. ISBN 92-1-331056-0. 1997

Plan de desarrollo local rincon grande de pavas
Documento que sintetiza el proceso de planificación llevado a cabo por la comunidad de Rincón Grande de Pavas en la definición de un plan estratégico de desarrollo local  para un perido de siete año (1998-2005). Recoge los productos de 19 talleres participativos de diagnóstico y formulación de plan, llevados a cabo entre 1996 y 1997 y facilitados por PROFAC y las instituciónes públicas y privadas que participan en apoyo al mejoramiento de la zona.1997. ISBN: 92-1-331073-0

Afiche plan desarrollo local de rincon grande de pavas
Complemento del documento de Plan de Desarrollo Local. Es una síntesis gráfica de las necesidades de la zona y principales proyectos propuestos para solventarlas.  Tiene objetivos didáticos y de divulgación. 1997

Foro de concertación para el desarrollo local del canton de paraiso
Memoria del primer encuentro entre la sociedad civil y el Gobierno Local del cantón de Paraíso, en el cual se analizaron los problemas más relevantes del cantón y se construyó una visión conjunta del futuro del cantón. El documento comprende un diagnóstico general de la situación, metodología de trabajo, conclusiones y una carta de compromiso de los participantes con el desarrollo local. 1998

Centro local de recursos de cieneguita. Una idea que se concreta
Memoria del proceso de conceptualización, planeamiento y ejecución de un centro local de recursos en una comunidad urbana pluricultural ubicada en la zona del Caribe de Costa Rica. Los principales líderes del proceso rescatan en el documento las experiencias y aprendizajes de un proceso de gestión que llevó muchos meses de trabajo y en el que se conjugaron esfuerzos y recursos de la comunidad, las instituciónes y la empresa privada. 1998. ISBN: 92-1-331072-2

Plan de desarrollo local de llanos de santa lucia. 1998-2001
Documento que sintetiza el proceso de planificación llevado a cabo por la comunidad de Llanos de Santa Lucía del Cantón de Paraíso  en la definición de un plan estratégico de desarrollo local  para un periodo de cuatro (1998-2001). Recoge los productos de 15  talleres participativos de diagnóstico y formulación de plan, llevados a cabo en 1997 y facilitados por PROFAC y las instituciónes públicas y privadas que participan en apoyo al mejoramiento de la zona. 1998. ISBN: 92-1-331075-7.
 

Financing Neighbourhood Development:
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

Manejando nuestra empresa: manual de capacitación
Programa de capacitación en principios de administración de empresas,  para microempresarios. Consta de diez módulos, dividido en dos series: una serie para el facilitador  y otra para el participante. El programa desarrolla habilidades y actitudes empresariales en una marco de desarrollo humano sostenible.  Documento validado permanentemente. 1996

Acceso al credito de cuentapropistas de barrios pobres urbano. Estudio de caso de la comunidad de Tirrases
Descripción y análisis del funciónamiento del Sistema Comunal de Autofinanciamiento impulsado por Profac en la comunidad de Tirrases. El estudio demuestra la validez del sistema en término de su impacto en las mejoras de las condiciónes de vida de sus integrantes, especialmente en las mujeres. 1998

Proyectos publicos y privados de apoyo a la autogestión microempresarial
Es una compilación de los programas y proyectos, públicos y privados que se están ejecutando en Costa Rica para promover y apoyar las iniciativas empresariales de los pequeños productores.  Se señalan los programas, servicios que se brinda, campos de acción, alcances geográfico y cómo acceder a esos servicios. El documento es producto del trabajo de estudiantes de la Universidad La Salle la cual estableció un convenio con PROFAC para prácticas universitarias que a la vez contribuyan con los pobladores de comunidades urbanas pobres. PROFAC. Serie 2 Información y Capacitación. 1998.
 

Gender and Women:

Ojo al genero
Recordatorio (separador de libros) sobre los aspectos fundamentales que deben tomarse en cuenta para actuar cotidianamente en consecuencia con perspectiva de género, tanto a nivel personal, organizativo como personal. 1996

Estrategia operativa de genero para el desarrollo local
Propuesta metodológica para orientar a facilitadores de campo, profesionales y líderes comunales en la aplicación de la perspectiva de género en la planificación, gestión y puesta práctica de programas proyectos y cualquier tipo de actividades en una acción participativa impulsen el desarrollo humano de la comunidades. Primera edición 1996, Segunda edición 1998. ÍSBN: 92-1-331068-4.

Participación de la mujer en el desarrollo de los asentamientos humanos
El documento es el resultado de una investigación realizada en el marco del convenio PROFAC- Programa de Mujer y Hábitat que incluyó  la validación de los indicadores sobre la participación de la mujer en el acceso a vivienda y servicios, metodología desarrollada por el Instituto Mazingira de Nairobi. Para cumplir con el objetivo de fortalecer la presencia de las mujeres en los procesos de desarrollo local y que tomen conciencia de sus condiciónes y capacidades, el trabajo se desarrollo bajo la metodología ?investigación acción? en la comunidad de Llanos de Santa Lucía. PROFAC. Serie 1, Planificación alternativas. 1998.

Memoria del encuentro nacional genero y desarrollo local
Sintetiza los resultados de un taller de trabajo que reunió a funciónarios de instituciónes públicas y ONG en cual se analizó los avances metodológicos y políticos así como los instrumentos y mecanismos que han servido o pueden servir de base para una acción más sistemática en el desarrollo local con perspectiva de género.  Entre las recomendaciónes destacan la importancia de impulsar acciónes colectivas por parte de las organizaciónes que trabajan impulsando el enfoque de género en los procesos de desarrollo humano. 1998

Memoria del encuentro internacional genero y desarrollo urbano
El documento recoge  los resultados de un taller de trabajo que reunió a funciónarios de instituciónes públicas y ONG de ... países de la región latinoamericana. En este se analizaron los avances metodológicos y políticos así como los instrumentos y mecanismos que han servido o pueden servir de base para una acción más sistemática en el desarrollo urbano con perspectiva de género.  Entre las recomendaciónes destacan la importancia de impulsar acciónes colectivas por parte de las organizaciónes que trabajan impulsando el enfoque de género en los procesos de desarrollo humano y la constitución de una comisión que articule los esfuerzos de cada país y una en una red regional. 1998
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Yornadas de  Reflexion Sobre la Participacion Para el Desarrollo Local
1993

Las Fuerzas del Cambio
Propuesta metodológica para desarrollar acciónes locales, promover el desarrollo social por medio de la autogestión comunitarias en el contexto costarricenses. Describe el proyecto Cos-91-003 de Autogestión Comunitaria y describe los conceptos y principios básicos sobre los cuales se fundamenta. 1993

Guia para la autogestión comunitaria, proyectos de vivienda y servicios basico
Documento didáctico dirigido a grupos organizados que brinda instrumentos para desarrollar proyectos comunitarios de vivienda desde una perspectiva integral, por medio de la gestión. El documento aborda la vivienda desde su concepción integral: servicios básicos y la interacción entre las personas. UNCHS/PROFAC/Fundacion Friedrich Ebert 1993.

Manual de capacitación para al autogestión comunitaria
Un conjunto de tres módulos de capacitación, integrado por siete folletos,  en los cuales se  desarrollan  principios básicos sobre toma de decisiones, solución de problemas, estilos de liderazgo, fundiciónes del dirigente  y manejo de conflictos. 1993.

Modulos de capacitación en comunicación
Serie de dos módulos de capacitación en comunicación: conceptos generales de comunicación y sobre la comunicación escrita y gráfica. 1995

Manual para constituir una asociación 218
Documento de capacitación, guía para facitadores, líderes y comunidad para constituir formalmente una asociación y otorgarle validez en el marco de Ley de Asociaciónes No. 217, la cual regula las actividades de las organizaciónes que tienen como fin el desarrollo y la superación humana.  El documento presenta los requisitos y trámites que se deben realizar para la constitución e inscripción de la asociación. PROFAC, Serie Información y Capacitación.  Primera edición 1997. Segunda edición. 1998.

Triptico de profac
Documento de divulgación e información sobre lo que es el Proyecto de Fortalecimiento de la Autogestión Comunitaria, objetivos, principios, metodologías y área de trabajo. Incluye además las comunidades con las que se trabaja y los documentos y publicaciónes a disposición del público. 1997.

Construcción del poder local hacia la autogestión (versión preliminar)
Es un documento de carácter teórico-analítico elaborado con insumos de una investigación realizada en el marco de la consultoría de Análisis comunitario realizada para el PROFAC entre 1992 y 1994. El documento analiza las primeras experiencias PROFAC en la promoción de la autogestión desde la perspectiva institucional y de cómo se concretan los procesos en las comunidades. El documento concluye con las recomendaciónes para el desarrollo del proyecto e integra un conjunto de percepciónes de su acciónar después de 1995. PROFAC. Serie 1 Planificación Alternativa.1998.

Other:

Las barras de rincon grande
Documento de propuesta estratégica para trabajar con grupos de jóvenes en riesgo social. Se basa en la experiencia llevada a cabo por PROFAC con los integrantes de las ?Barras? de Rincón Grande de Pavas, comunidad urbana en la que se desarrolló un proceso de intervención para el desarrollo local. 1996. HS: 417/96S. ISBN: 92-1-331074-9.

Adolescencia derechos de la niñez y pobreza urbana
Recopilación de varios ensayos sobre problemática y políticas y experiencias relaciónadas con la niñez y la adolescencia en comunidades urbanas pobres de Costa Rica.  Uno de esos ensayos es de la experiencia con jóvenes en riesgo social de Rincón Grande de Pavas. UNICEF-Habitat. 1997.

Medios de defensa de nuestros derechos.
Cuaderno de capacitación en materia legal sobre qué son y cómo y cuando presentar recursos de Habeas Corpus frente a una  violación de derechos y denuncias judiciales en el caso de ser víctima o testigo de la comisión de algún delito. Es material producto de talleres de capacitación en coordinación con la Defensoría de los Habitantes, llevados a cabo con población de comunidades urbanas pobres. PROFAC. Serie 2. Información y capacitación. 1998
 

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

Documento perfil:  Fortalecimiento de las organizaciónes comunitarias
En base a la experiencia del trabajo comunitario, la Regional Quito presenta una propuesta  de contenidos de capacitación para el fortalecimiento comunitario:  sugiere el estudio de los siguientes temas:  La planificación alternativa;  Nuestra organización barrial;  liderazgo y participación politica y social;  y Gobierno local y participación popular. 1996 26 pp.

Cuadernos de capacitación:  La participación popular y los municipios (Documento base)
La Propuesta analiza la relación existente entre el gobierno local (municipios) y las comunidades.  Contiene tres unidades didácticas:  El municipio como organización superior de la comunidad;  La gestión de los servicios municipales: y Hacia el gobierno local con participación popular. 1996. 37pp.

Terminos de referencia para la elaboración de los planes de ordenamiento
Contiene los t'erminos de referencia de los planes de ordenamiento territorial para cada uno de los diferentes 'ambitos en que se han dividido el territorio del Canton (area rural cantonal, de expansi'on urbana, urbano parroquiales, urbana y centro hist'orico). 1996  59pp

Informe; Desarrollo organizacional
Memoria del seminario taller realizado en la regional Cuenca en marzo de 1997, realizado con los objetivos de: facilitar la comprensi'on del proceso de Desarrollo Organizacional;   aplicar en la organización los elementos del desarrollo organizacional; prender de las experiencias existentes de los grupos; y formula pasos concretos de acción. 1997. 29 pp.

Concertación para el desarrollo local en el marco de la autogestión comunitaria en el Ecuador
Informe final sobre la investigación realizada en cuatro comunidades: Atucucho en Quito; Macaji en Riobamba; 24 de Octubre y Luz de America en Mapasingue Guayaquil. Contiene el levantamiento de la información y un diagnostico de la situación existente, con una descripción, especialmente  proyectiva y casual de los componentes referidos al objetivo relaciónado con hacer una investigación que recopile los conceptos y practicas relevantes para la concertación del desarrollo local; en especial los aspectos de la participación, la autogestión, el gobierno facilitador, asi como las actitudes y roles de los actores, normas administrativas y legales; y las fuerzas positivas y negativas para el desarrollo local. 1997. 138 pp.

Concertación para el desarrollo en el marco de la autogestión comunitaria en el Ecuador
Resumen de una investigación cualitativa  realizada en Quito, Riobamba y Guayaquil Contiene:  Los actores reales y potenciales del proceso de concertación;  Las cogniciónes y actitudes predominantes sobre la participación, la autogestión, la concertación y el poder local;  Los roles desempe~nados y el marco institucional;   las fuerzas positivas  y negativas, tendencias y causas;  Las lecciónes de la practica;   El  potencial de acción de los actores;  Requisitos para la concertación;  y Conclusiones y Recomendaciónes. 1997. 85 pp.

 Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo II, Fortalecimiento de la gestión y administración de los servicios comunitarios; "Cuaderno La gestión de los servicios comunitarios"
La estructura prevista,  contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) La obtención de los servicios conexos basicos, conteniendo:  Los servicios de agua y alcantarillado;  Los servicios de energia electrica y combustibles;  Los servicios de comunicación, telefonos y correos;  y Los servicios del manejo de los desechos solidos (basura) Oficina Nacional en edición
(b) El acceso a los servicios sociales, conteniendo:  Los servicios de tierra y vivienda;  Los servicios de salud y nutrición;  Los servicios de educación y culto;  Los servicios culturales, deportivos y recreativos;  Los servicios de ecologia y seguridad ciudadana;  Los servicios de abastecimiento; y  Los servicios de administración comunitaria. Oficina Nacional en edición.

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo II, Fortalecimiento de la gestión y administración de los servicios comunitarios; "Cuaderno La administración  de los servicios comunitarios"
La estructura prevista,  contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) Las empresas comunitarias de servicios conexos y sociales, conteniendo:  Instancias de organización barrial para la administración y creación de empresas  comunitarias de servicios basicos y sociales. Oficina Nacional en edición
(b) Gerencia y administración de las empresas comunitarias de servicios, conteniendo:  Manejo economico, administración de los recursos humanos y materiales, y tecnicas gerenciales para la administración de las organizaciónes barriales. Oficina Nacional en edición

Cuaderno de capacitación Modulo III, Construcción y mejoramiento de la infraestructura fisica de los asentamientos precarios. "Cuaderno Los servicios conexos y sociales"
La estructura prevista,  contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a)  Los servicios conexos a la vivienda, conteniendo:  Redes de electricidad;  Redes telefonicas y otros; y Calles y pasajes. Oficina Nacional en edición
(b)  Los servicios conexos a los servicios sociales, conteniendo: Normas minimas de equipamiento comunitario;  y  mantenimiento del equipamiento social. Oficina Nacional en edición.

Cuaderno de capacitación Modulo III, Construcción y mejoramiento de la infraestructura fisica de los asentamientos precarios.  "Cuaderno Los sistemas de construcción"
La estructura prevista,  contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a)  Sistemas convencionales y alternativos, conteniendo:  Tecnologia y tecnicas de construcción;  Lo convencional o lo usual;  y Lo alternativo, ente los nuevo y lo tradicional. Oficina Nacional en edición
(b)  El proceso constructivo, conteniendo:  Diseno participativo;  Presupuesto de obra;  Programación de obra; y ejecución de obra. Oficina Nacional en edición
 

Financing Neighbourhood Development:

Informe; Financiamiento para el desarrollo local en el marco de la autogestión  comunitaria en el Ecuador
Informe  final de la investigación nacional.  Contiene: Identificación exhaustiva y no clasificada de 32 posibles fuentes financieras para proyectos de desarrollo local;  Analisis de  las necesidades de financiamiento en el 'area social a nivel nacional;  Resultados obtenidos del an'alisis de las pol'iticas de descentralización que actualmente se discuten en el pa'is y una propuesta que se formula para profundizar en esta materia;    Resultados obtenidos en cuanto a la cuantificación y a la priorización, en base a los programas y las metas propuestas en los Planes de Desarrollo Barrial;  Resultados obtenidos en relación a una evaluación de los factores positivos y negativos de la población objetivo, frente a la ejecución de proyectos y las experiencias recientes de financiamiento del desarrollo local.;  Propuesta de reglamento para el funciónamiento de Cajas de Ahorro y Cr'edito;  Propuesta de reglamento para el funciónamiento de empresas asociativas;  y  Evaluación de los resultados obtenidos hasta la fecha por el Programa de Desarrollo Comunitario. 1996. 100pp.

Financiamiento para el desarrollo local,  en el marco de la Autogestión Comunitaria en el Ecuador; Resultados
Esta publicación contiene los resultados obtenidos durante la investigación acerca del financiamiento del desarrollo local  en las siguientes areas;
(a) Se analiza el financiamiento en el area social a nivel nacional, en base a  la recolección, el procesamiento y el an'alisis de las proformas presupuestaria y de las cifras de gastos efectivos del Estado (a nivel Central y de los Gobiernos Locales)
(b) Presenta los resultados obtenidos del an'alisis de las pol'iticas de descentralización que actualmente se discuten en el pa'is y una propuesta que se formula para profundizar en esta materia, de acuerdo con las tendencias que priman en America Latina en recolección de este tema.
(c) Muestra los resultados obtenidos con relación a una evalución de los factores positivos y negativos de la población objetivo, frente a la ejecución de proyectos y las experiencias recientes de financiamiento del desarrollo local. UNCHS / Ecuador 1998.  48pp.

Desarrollo Local;  Alternativas de financiamiento, capacitación y concertación
Se ha programado realizar una edición en leguaje popular de las tres investigaciónes nacionales sobre: Concertación para el desarrollo, en el Marco de la Autogestión Comunitaria en el Ecuador:  Resultados, Financiamiento para el desarrollo local,  en el marco de la Autogestión Comunitaria en el Ecuador: Resultados;  y Capacitación y Formación para la Autogestión Comunitaria,  Sistematización de experiencias. Oficina Nacional en edición
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

Memoria de Talleres de capacitación:  Organización y administración empresarial
Memoria del seminario taller realizado en la ciudad de Cuenca en julio de 1996. Contenido en dos talleres:  Gestión Empresarial y Gestión Productiva.  En la primera parte se realiza una explicación clara y concreta  sobre el tema, luego una reflexión y un  análisis aplicando lo que se ha visto en teoría en cada uno de los grupos de las diferentes comunidades participantes, para luego exponer y buscar soluciónes, planteando estrategias. Este análisis se lo realiza en base al FODA. 1996. 37 pp.

 Documento perfil;  Proyectos Productivos de Plantas Medicinales Perfil de Proyecto productivo de plantas medicinales, uso, cultivo, y comercialización
Incluye objetivos, resultados, capacitación, evaluación y seguimiento, cronograma de actividades y presupuesto. 1996. 60pp.

Resumen de las Memorias de Capacitación para el objetivo Generación de Ingresos
Contenido en tres seminarios Talleres:
(a) Legislación sobre formación y funciónamiento de las organizaciónes sociales; realizado con el objetivo de apoyar al análisis de la organización con elementos básicos de organización social,
(b) Organización y administración empresarial;  ejecutado con el propósito de apoyar con técnicas y herramientas prácticas, para la administración eficiciente de los recursos económicos,
(c)  Motivación y liderazgo en la gerencia empresarial:  Apoyar con elementos fundamentales por medio de los cuales un gerente puede ser auténtico líder de su microempresa o empresa asociativa. 1996. 118pp.

Guia para la formulación y presentación de proyectos productivos
Presenta una propuesta para la elaboración de perfiles de proyectos productivos o de servicios.  Ordena logicamente la serie de actividades a seguir, formas para identifica los recursos humanos y fisicos necesarios.  Adem'as presenta formularios referenciales para realzar el an'alisis financiero b'asico de la unidad de producción. 1997. 28 pp.

Evaluación de proyectos productivos, implementados en Quito Guayaquil, Cuenca y Riobamba
Este informe contiene dos partes: La Primera;  evaluación de los proyectos productivos, clasificados de acuerdo a las actividades de producción realizada en cada sector, con recomendaciónes y conclusiones;  y la vialidad subjetiva de las propuestas contempladas en el plan operativo de 1997. En la segunda parte;  se define los parametros que se deben tomar en consideración para la elaboración de los perfiles de proyectos, y los perfiles ejemplos que se podrian implementar en las diferentes regionales. 1997.  30 pp.

Memoria del Taller de capacitación; generación de ingresos
Proyecto Organización de la Población Economicamente activa Contiene la memoria metodologica del seminario taller sobre la realización del Autocenso Comunitario en las comunidades de San Isidro, Turi Centro, Tierra Blanca, Guzho y el Calvario, pertenecientes a la Regional Cuenca.  Incluye ademas las eramientas, conceptos y la muestra poblacional del autocenso. Adicionalmente contempla el dise~no y aplicación de la encuesta, y finalmente incluye la tabulación y analisis de los datos obtenidos. 1997. 20pp.

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo IV, Mejoramiento de los ingresos de las familias en situación de pobreza,  "Cuaderno Estudio de la situación, la información y la colocación de la población economicamente activa PEA comunitaria"
La estructura prevista, contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) El Banco de datos comunitarios, conteniendo:  La PEA  comunitaria, levantamiento de la información;  la información comunitaria, su manejo;  y El empleo en la comunidad, clasificación. Oficina Nacional en edición
 (b) La Bolsa para el empleo comunitario, conteniendo:  Situación ocupacional actual de la PEA;  Clasificación ocupacional actual de la PEA;  y El recurso humano disponible en la comunidad. Oficina Nacional  en edición
(c) La Agencia de empleo comunitario, conteniendo:  Que es la agencia?;  La prestación de servicios;  y Capacitación para el empleo. Oficina Nacional en edición.

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo IV, Mejoramiento de los ingresos de las familias en situación de pobreza,  "Cuaderno  Los pequenos proyectos productivos para mejorar el ingreso familiar"
La estructura prevista, contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) La comunidad y su capacidad productiva, conteniendo:  Sectores de la economia;  El sector informa (autodiagnostico);  Para mejorar el trabajo;  y  La Microempresa. Oficina Nacional  en edición
(b) Formulación de proyectos productivos, conteniendo:  Estructura del perfil de proyecto;  La idea del proyecto productivo;  Costos  del proyecto;  y  Viabilidad del proyecto. Oficina Nacional en edición
(c)  Gerencia de Proyectos Productivos, conteniendo:  Administración;  Contabilidad;  Costos;  y Mercadotecnia. Oficina Nacional en edición
(d) Proyectos productivos autogestionados, conteniendo:  Las unidades economicas;  Las unidades economicas en producción;  Las unidades economicas en comercialización;  las unidades economicas en servicios. Oficina Nacional en edición.

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo IV, Mejoramiento de los ingresos de las familias en situación de pobreza,  "Cuaderno  Los las fuentes de financimiento para pequenos proyectos productivos"
La estructura prevista, contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) Las unidades de financiamiento comunitarias, conteniendo:  La economia domestica;  El ahorro;  El credito;  y  La caja de ahorro y credito comunitaria. Oficina Nacional  en edición
(b) Las unidades de financiamiento institucional, conteniendo: Las instituciónes financieras;  Lineas de financiamiento;  Requisitos para acceder al credito;  y Tecnicas de gestión y negociación. Oficina Nacional en edición

Proyectos publicos y privados de apoyo a la autogestión microempresarial
Es una compilación de los programas y proyectos, públicos y privados que se están ejecutando en Costa Rica para promover y apoyar las iniciativas empresariales de los pequeños productores.  Se señalan los programas, servicios que se brinda, campos de acción, alcances geográfico y cómo acceder a esos servicios. El documento es producto del trabajo de estudiantes de la Universidad La Salle la cual estableció un convenio con PROFAC para prácticas universitarias que a la vez contribuyan con los pobladores de comunidades urbanas pobres. PROFAC. Serie 2 Información y Capacitación. 1998.
 

Gender and Women:

Mujer y equidad
Contiene la memoria metodol'ogica del seminario taller realizado en las comunidades de la  Regional Cuenca,  con el objetivo general de concientizar sobre la situación de discrimen hacia la mujer, y como objetivos espec'ificos el de conocer y confrontar los modelos culturales impuesto a la mujer y nuestro compromiso de cambio. Incluye los siguientes temas:  La mujer y el hombre, quienes somos;  Roles y funciónes de la mujer;  Importancia de la sexualidad;  Enfermedades de transmisi'on sexual y SIDA; La familia, agente de educación;  El alcoholismo y sexualidad. 1997. 57pp.
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Informe; Apoyo a la estrategia facilitadora y organización Comunitaria
1996 60pp

Memoria Taller;  Planificación y liderazgo comunitario Memoria del seminario taller impartido en la Regional Riobamba, contiene lecciónes practicas para la formación y acción del  lider comunitario.
1996 31pp

Cartilla; El dirigente comunitario
Contiene la sistematización de la experiencia de campo a traves del desarrollo del Programa de Capacitación para el Desarrollo Autogestionado, que servira como instrumento y guia para facilitadores comunitarios, dirigentes barriales, promotores institucionales en desarrollo y todos cuantos promuevan la participación comunitaria como estrategia de superación de la pobreza. 1996. 97pp.

Modulos de capacitación para el desarrollo autogestionario
En base a la experiencia en el trabajo comunitario, la Regional Quito, presenta una propuesta de contenidos curriculares para los siguientes m'odulos de capacitación:  Fortalecimiento del Tejido social;  Fortalecimiento de la gestión y administración de los servicios comunitarios: Construcción y mejoramiento de la infraestructura f'isica de loas asentamientos humanos;  y Mejoramiento de los ingresos de la familia en situación de pobreza. 1997. 34pp.

Opciónes de evolución de la organización comunitaria en un proyecto autogestionario de desarrollo social
Informe final de la consultoria:  Analiza la experiencia del Proyecto realizada respecto a la organización comunitaria, identifica posibles opciónes de evolución en esta materia y viabiliza algunas operaciónes por medio de un conjunto de recomendaciónes operacionales e instrumentos de apoyo. L estructura del informe contiene los siguientes temas analizados:  Antecedentes, Metodolog'ia, Marco conceptual, Analisis de los resultados, Conclusiones,  Recomendaciónes y Anexos (Anexo 1 Criterios para elaborar una propuesta sobre educación para el desarrollo y Anexo 2 Esquema b'asico del contenido de un manual para promotores comunitarios). 1996.  55 pp.

Capacitación y Formación para la Autogestión Comunitaria,  Sistematización de experiencias
Analiza y sistematiza las experiencias del proceso de capacitación y formación realizado por la Asociación Cristiana de Jovenes;  La Federación de Barrios Populares de Noroccidente de Quito;  y del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (Municipio). 1997. 100 pp.

Manual Para Capacitadores en Autogestión Comunitaria
El manual para Capacitadores tiene el proposito de ofrecer una pauta  que facilite a los capacitadores comunitarios el trabajo como agentes multiplicadores en el proceso de construcción de capacidades para el Desarrollo Humano y la Autogestión Comunitaria.  Esta publicación presenta el marco conceptual de la construcción de capacidades y ofrece una guia metodologica para el trabajo en los talleres de capacitación, para una implementación organizada y eficaz.  Aqu'i se presentan tambien los conceptos b'asicos sobre Desarrollo Humano y la Autogestión Comunitaria, con el proposito de que la persona capacitadora adquiera una vision global de la tematica considerada.  Ademas, se presenta el Programa de Capacitación del Proyecto, sus objetivos y estructura, asi como el glosario de terminos. 1998.  64pp.

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo I Fortalecimiento del Tejido  Socia:
"Cuaderno las organizaciónes comunitarias"
la estructura prevista, contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) Planificación alternativa, conteniendo: El autocenso comunitario; El autodiagnostico comunitario; El plan de desarrollo; y Formulación de proyectos, su seguimiento y evaluación. Oficina Nacional en edición
(b) Nuestra organización barrial, conteniendo: Las organizaciónes populares; Tecnicas de organización popular;  Tipos de liderazgo; y Movimientos sociales urbanos Oficina Nacional en edición.
(c) Liderazgo y participación politica y social, conteniendo: Desarrollo humano y medio ambiente;  La participación y la reforma politica; La participación y la reforma social; y La participación y la reforma economica. Oficina Nacional en edición
(d) Gobierno Local y la participación popular, conteniendo:  El Municipio su estructura;  Los servicios municipales y usuarios; y El Gobierno local y la participación popular. Oficina Nacional en edición

Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo I, Fortalecimiento del tejido social;
"Cuaderno de Genero y comunidad"
Comprende cuatro cuadernos:
(a) Cuaderno N.- 1 "Derechos Democr'aticos";  Los contenidos de este cuaderno, organizados en cuatro talleres, incluyen los temas relativos a los derechos en la democracia; la defensa de la no violencia contra la mujer, la mujer y la familia y la mujer y el  trabajo y se basan en los textos ya existentes sobre tratamiento de g'enero, derechos humanos, la constitución y la Ley de la Republica y en las experiencias de trabajo educativo desarrollado con grupos de mujeres de la comunidad de Atucucho y Lucha de los Pobres de Quito., Mapasingue y la Trinitaria de Guayaquil, el Turi en Cuenca y la Florida, Macaj'i en Riobamba, dentro del Proyecto de Fortalecimiento a la Autogestión Comunitaria en el Ecuador. 1998. 64pp.
(b) Cuaderno N.- 2  "Relaciónes de Genero,"  Contenido en tres talleres relativos a:  Sexo, genero y equidad; Divisi'on sexual y social del Trabajo;  y  Origen de la discriminación contra las mujeres. 1998. 64pp.
(c) Cuaderno N.- 3 "Identidad de Genero," contenido en seis talleres relativos a:  Vision de Genero;  Situación de genero; Condición femenina;  Condición Masculina;  Identidad  generica e integral; y Apropiación  del saber. 1998 52pp
(d) Cuaderno N.- 3 "Identidad de Genero," contenido en dos talleres relativos a:  Conceptos principales de g'enero; y Como enfrentar el cambio. 1998. 39pp.

 Cuadernos de capacitación Modulo I, Fortalecimiento del Tejido Social;  "Cuaderno la comunicación comunitaria"
La estructura prevista,  contempla los siguientes contenidos:
(a) La comunicación, conteniendo:  Introducción a la comunicación;  Comunicación popular; y Tecnicas de comunicación. Oficina Nacional en edición
(b) Medios Impresos u audiovisuales, conteniendo:  Diseno y diagramación I;  Diseno y diagramación II;  Implementación y menejo tecnico;  Definición y alcance del medio audiovisual;  Nuestra radio comunitaria I ;  y Nuestra radio comunitaria II. Oficina nacional  en edición
(c) Centro de comunicación y capacitación, conteniendo  Gerencia del centro;  Mercadotecnia y relaciónes publicas; y Implementación y manejo tecnico. Oficina Nacional en edición

Nuevas estrategias de capacitación  para el desarrollo local autogestionario
Esta publicación  es parte de la investigación  sobre Capacitación para el Desarrollo Local, realizada en el marco del Plan de Investigaciónes del Programa de Desarrollo Comunitario para el Ecuador, asi como del Componente de Documentación e investigación del Programa de Autogestión Comunitaria del Proyecto ECU/91/011. Contiene los resultados obtenidos de la investigación Capacitación Para el desarrollo local. Presenta una visión de contexto sobre los procesos de capacitación en el Ecuador en las diferentes etapas de desarrollo econ'omico;   agroexportador y en el proceso de industrialización.   Analiza la capacitación desarrollada por el estado ecuatoriano a traves de la Secretaria Ecuatoriana de Capacitación Profesional SECAP y el modelo educativo con la creación de los colegios tecnicos, adicionalmente analiza los procesos de capacitación realizados por la iglesia.  Realiza una revision de las propuestas de capacitación desde la perspectiva de cuatro actores de capacitación para el desarrollo:   Municipios;  Asociación Cristiana de Jovenes; Federación de barrios de Noroccidente de Quito;  y El Proyecto de Autogestión Comunitaria.   Finalmente presenta una propuesta de un modelo de capacitación desde la vision de la Autogestión Comunitaria, involucrando a las comunidades en la toma de desiciónes, planificación y ejecución de los procesos de capacitación. 1998. 84pp.

Concertación para el desarrollo, en el Marco de la Autogestión Comunitaria en el Ecuador:  Resultados
Esta publicación  presenta el resumen de resultados de la investigación que sobre el tema de la Concertación, realizada entre abril y julio de 1997. Recoge los aspectos m'as relevantes del estudio cualitativo llevado a cabo en las comunidades de Quito, Guayaquil y Riobamba y nos da una visi'on sobre los niveles de concertación que se observa en la sociedad ecuatoriana de hoy.Este resumen, identifica a los actores reales y potenciales en t'erminos locales y ofrece un an'alisis de los roles desempe~nados y proyectados por los actores  sociales dentro del marco institucional, exponiendo  las lecciónes que hasta el momento ofrece la pr'actica dentro de las iniciativas de concertación que se vienen desarrollando en le Ecuador.  Finalmente, a partir de este an'alisis se define los requisitos necesarios para la concertación entre los diversos actores que intervienen en el ambito nacional. UNCHS / Ecuador. 1998 58pp

Informe Final.  Fase I  "Evolución y aplicación de los conceptos de participación, autogestión comunitaria y Gobierno facilitador. Caso Ecuador"
Los Informes Fase I y II Corresponden a la investigación internacional realizada por el Instituto de Estudios Sociales Servicios de Asesoria de la HAYA, con la colaboración de consultores nacionales.  El Informe contiene un an'alisis de c'omo los conceptos de participación,  autogestión comunitaria y gobierno acilitador se han sido desarrollados y aplicados por el Proyecto en el pa'is;  como estos conceptos gu'ias generales han sido utilizados y han evoluciónado a trav'es del tiempo, desde el inicio del proyecto; y como estos onceptos han sido aplicados operacionalmente  UNCHS/Ecuador. 1997. 45pp. Documento de uso interno (no publicado).

Informe Final.  Fase II "Evolución y aplicación de los conceptos de participación, autogestión comunitaria y Gobierno facilitador. Caso Ecuador"
El presente informe contiene los resultados de la segunda fase del estudio acerca de la aplicación de los conceptos de participación y gestión comunitaria y de gobierno facilitador.   Esta segunda parte ha constituido basicamente en el analisis de la información recogida directamente en el trabajo de campo, con lo se complementa lo realizado en la primera fase, que se baso en la información documental producida por el proyecto nacional. M'as que una evaluación de los conceptos menciónados o del proyecto en su totalidad, el estudio se ha orientado a conocer las caracteristicas de la ejecución del proyecto en tres comunidades de un igual numero de ciudades ecuatorianas.  Fundamentalmente, se ha considerado conveniente trabajar en dos niveles:  en primer lugar, en el de una visi'on global de las condiciónes sociales, economicas y organizativas de las diversas comunidades estudiadas, que permita establecer con cierta precision el contexto en que se han desarrollado las acciónes del proyecto;  en segundo lugar, en el nivel de la percepción de los pobladores de esas comunidades acerca de esas mismas condiciónes asi como de la acción de diversos agentes internos y externos. 1997. 42pp.

Marco Conceptual de la Autogestión Comunitaria para el desarrollo final
Informe final de la investigación nacional. En este resumen se intenta ofrecer una vision global, breve, simplificada e integrada de los aspectos conceptuales basicos que fundamentan la estrategia por el Proyecto de Autogestión Comunitaria que se realiza en Ecuador.  No es un an'alisis exhaustivo y en profundidad de  cada uno de los elementos que forman parte de la estrategia, sino solo lo esencial para lograr esta vision global.Parte de un intento por responder a un problema: la pobreza, para ello se asumen ciertos principios que fundamentan la acción y que en definitiva apuntan hacia la busqueda de un desarrollo humano sustentable a partir de una estrategia central;  la autogestión comunitaria, la que a su vez puede ser desagregada en diversas otras estrategias especificas, como la construcción de capacidades, fortalecer el tejido social, promover el desarrollo economico a escala humana y dotar de poder a la comunidad.  Por su parte, cada una de estas ultimas, tambien son objeto de una desagregación y de un analisis de sus elementos constituyentes. Este resumen esta estructurado en cuatro partes:  el problema, los principios que funadamentan la intervension, los objetivos y los aspectos basicos de la estrategia. UNCHS/Ecuador. 1998. 87 pp.
 

Other:

Estudio del mercado de los materiales de construccion en la ciudad de tarija
1993

Estudio sobre la situacion socio-cultural y economica de las comunidades beneficiadas de proyectos
1992

Fase preparatoria proyecto de control de chagas
1994

Guion de la obra de titeres para el programa de control de chagas
1992

Informe de la reunion de planificacion del programa de control de la enfermedad de chagas - (noviembre 26-30 de  1990)
1990

Informe del taller I fis-habitat
1993

Informe taller fis-habitat
1993

Informes y planes de trabajo programa de control de chagas
1992

Lotes para construccion de vivienda
1992

Memoria del seminario interno de la municipalidad de cochabamba -o- proyecto piloto de planificacion urbana y mejoramiento de barrios populares
1991

Propuesta para el desarrollo de un programa educativo entarija
1994
 

Financing Neighbourhood Development

Pautas metodologicas para el funcionamiento del fondo comunal
1992

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

Gender and Women:

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Community Participation in Bolivia.  The Danida/UNCHS  Training Programme
Traces the development, over a seven-year period, of a UNCHS assisted project into an autonomous Bolivian institution: the Pro-Habitat Foundation.  Through all the structural and conceptual changes this process involved, the training activities have been oriented towards achieving the same goal: promoting and facilitating community participation as an integral element in the planning and execution of human settlements projects in Bolivia. 1993. 60pp. HS: 296/93. ISBN: 92-1-131218-3.

Anexo 8 -o- materiales  didacticos  bol/87/f05 -o- agosto
1988-mayo 1989  (1992)

Asdi -o- propuesta de financiamiento chagas
1993

Beca Usaid -O- Programa Chagas Cch-Habitat B O
1992-1994

Capacitacion ambiental a traves de la participacion comunitaria
1993

Capacitacion en saneamiento basico a instituciones departamentales en proyectos financiados por el fondo de inversion social
1992

Capacitacion institucional y comunitaria en proyectos de saneamiento basico financiados por el fis
1991

Informe del taller I (chuquisaca del 22-26 de marzo de 1993) depto. Sucre-tarija
1993

Informe final -o- julio 1995
1995

Programa de capacitacion institucional en proyectos de aguay saneamiento basico -o- primer taller - del 22 al 26 demarzo de 1993 (sucre - bolivia)
1993

Programa de capacitacion institucional en proyectos de agua y saneamiento basico -o- segundo taller - del 10 al 13 deagosto de 1993 (tarija - bolivia) -memoria
1993

 Programa de capacitacion institucional en proyectos de agua y saneamiento basico -o- tercer taller - del 21 al 24 deseptiembre de 1993 (sucre - bolivia)- memoria
1993

Programa de capacitacion institucional en proyectos de agua y saneamiento basico
1992

Programa de capacitacion institucional en proyectos de agua y saneamiento basico -o- cuarto taller - del 19 al 21 de octubre de 1993 (tarija - bolivia) - memoria
1993

Propuesta para el ii y iii taller de capacitacion institucional en programas de agua y saneamiento basico -o- metodologias e instituciones que trabajan en programas de agua -o- materiales educativos referidos a la salud
 

Other:

Mi casa y mi salud
1993

Quinto foro internacional de intercambio de recursos
1992
 

Community Based Human Settlements Development in Namibia
Namibia has experience in participatory human settlements improvements, which vary in terms of success and challenges. The common pattern of approach to human settlements is demonstrated in the Namibian context in the past and to a lesser extent still in housing developments which are currently under way.  The government, local authorities and housing developers, however, have tended to make the decisions for low-income people; plan, install the services and build what they regard as being needed.  Before Independence, decisions about the urban low income housing process were taken by the authorities, parastatals and private sector institutions without consultation.  The majority of people had no opportunity to participate in the process of housing.  The systems in place did not encourage self-help housing initiatives.  The tendency has continued well after Independence and to this day little consultation occurs with people when development plans are prepared in the urban development process.  The direct involvement of beneficiaries, particularly women, is recognised in the project planning and implementation to ensure sustainability.  An example of such a programme is the "Building Together Programme." 1997. 50pp.

Community Based Human Settlements Development in Zambia
This is a  collaborative effort of various stakeholders, individual  actors, research and training institutions, the NGOs and CBOs and representatives of target communities in a highly participatory manner.  The report gives a descriptive profile of work done in Zambia in the field of participatory approaches to human settlements development for low income groups.  It examines policy issues, practical programmes and strategies developed and used over time focusing on the low-income groups.  Research activities and the development of innovative strategies in participatory approaches to human settlements development for the low-income groups are also examined.  The report analyses the UNCHS (Habitat) Training Programme (CPTP) and the extent to which capacities  have been built through the training of local government staff, community leaders and target groups in community participation and management; and how effective community participation has been applied as a strategy for human settlements development. 1997. 58pp.

Country Profile Report on Community Based Human Settlements Development in Kenya
This discusses participatory ap-proaches to human settlements development issues in Kenya.  It looks at the historical development of par-ticipatory human settlements, high-lighting policies and programmes, partnerships, capacity building, research and development.  An implemen-tation strategy is proposed, with a view to designing appropriate interven-tions to respond to urban challenges and promote appropriate intervention in sustainable participatory human settlements development. There is substantive policy framework consistent with community participation but there is need to strengthen the implementation strategy. The establishment of the East African Resource Centre will help in responding to some of the challenges through net-working and experience sharing at the sub-regional level. 1997. 21pp.

Country Profile on Community Based Human Settlements Development in Tanzania
This points out that while there is no real shortage of housing in the rural areas as people build their own houses using locally available materials such as mud, poles and thatch, the quality of housing is poor and most structures are temporary.  They also lack adequate ventilation and flooring.  In the urban areas, the shortage of housing has led to extensive growth of informal settlements.  About 75% of the urban population live in unplanned settlements which are over crowded and lack services such as clean drinking water, sewerage and access roads.  In addition, building bylaws are frequently flouted, even in the planned areas where most housing is constructed without reference to planning authorities, resulting in sub-standard structures.  Only 35% of all houses in the urban areas are built in compliance with existing building regulations.  The report gives an overview of the socio-economic constraints and makes general recommendation for resolving the issues. 1998. 21pp.

Country Profile Report on Community Based Human Settlements Development in Uganda
This presents the social economic situation of human settlements development in Uganda.  It is based on literature reviews, interviews and discussions with stakeholders (government officials, NGOs, CBOs and researchers.  The Government of Uganda adopted an enabling strategy aimed at removing constraints and providing a conducive environment for low income communities, NGOs and the private sector to operate in partnership with government in the development of human settlements. The report justifies the need for setting up a regional resource centre as an important step in sharing knowledge, skills and experiences.  The East African Cooperation, set up in 1996, provides an institutional base for co-operation among the three partner countries, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. 1997. 23pp.

Developing a National Institutional Framework and Capacity Building B Tanzania
This describes the existing institutional framework for partnership in Tanzania.  It was written as a result of national workshops which brought together key stakeholders in participatory human settlements development. Some key actors were accorded an opportunity to make presentations during these National workshops giving a brief account of the roles of their institutions in facilitating participatory processes in the development of human settlements.  The report recommends the formation of an institutional set-up in Tanzania that will coordinate human settlements development and people's participation in community development.  Specific analysis is made on strengths and weaknesses of the existing structures.  Best practices in community development were identified, notably the Tabata Community Infrastructure Programme, based in Dar-es-Salaam. 1998.  20pp.

Development Institutions and Strengthening Capacity at National Level B Kenya
This report describes management systems that exist and the partnership relations among national organisations in Kenya.  Through random sampling, various key organisations involved in human settlements in Kenya were interviewed using a questionnaire.  Informal discussions were also held with some of the key players. Information was also collected from the first workshop.  It highlights the importance of practical national management structures, their strengths and weaknesses. The information helps highlight community development implementation structures that are in place and necessary for strengthening national structures for partnerships with the EACDP. 1998.  21pp.

National Institutional Development and Capacity Building - Uganda
National workshops to sensitise key actors in human settlements development on the East African Community Development Programme (EACDP) were held in Uganda as the first phase towards implementing the newly formulated East African Community Development Programme (EACDP) at country level.  This report helps to elaborate the concepts, principles and participatory methodology involved in the implementation of Community Development projects in Uganda including proposals for the establishment of national fora and their secretariats.  The report gives details on the formation of the national network structures, strategies, outputs and activities for the promotion of the Habitat Agenda through the EACDP.  It recommends establishing a secretariat within the Ministry responsible for Community development. 1998. 24pp.

Towards EACDP: Proceedings of Sub-Regional Workshops
Sub-regional meetings, attended by key human settlements development actors from the partner countries, were held in Jinja (Uganda), Arusha (Tanzania), and Naivasha (Kenya) where the country profiles were discussed and consensus reached on the areas of cooperation.  These workshops culminated in the formulation of the East African Community Development Programme.  This report is a record of proceedings of these workshops.  The report will help the reader to follow and appreciate the participatory process adopted in the formulation of EACDP.  It is useful to community development practitioners.  1998.  59pp.  HS: 556/98.E. ISBN:92-1-131417-8.

Towards EACDP: Country Profiles Report on Human Settlements Development: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
These country profiles, which describe the human settlements situation in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, were prepared as the first step towards the formulation of the East African Community Development Programme. The report gives the socio-economic context for human settlements concerns in the sub-region, upon which the three countries developed areas of cooperation. 1998. 58pp. HS: 557/98.E. ISBN: 92-1-13148-6.

Financing Neighbourhood Development:
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:
 

Gender and Women:
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Facilitating Community Participation; A Training Needs Assessment for Municipal Staff
This report is both a training needs assessment and capacity analysis carried out in three municipalities and selected training institutions in Kenya.  The assessment is of the training needs of professional and sub-professional staff from Mombassa, Embu and Thika.  The capacity analysis was of GTI in Mombassa, Embu and the Kenya Institute of Management.  The underlying concern of this study was to enable staff of these councils to implement community participation and community management in human settlement projects, working alongside NGOs and other development agencies. Analysis at Mombassa, Embu and the Kenya Institute of Management was to determine the capacity of these establishments to provide training programmes. 1997. 67pp.

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

Directory of Partners in Participatory Community Development (PAPCOD)
The Directory has the aim of facilitating inter-linkages and exchange of data and experiences in various fields of operation among development practitioners.  It contains basic information on organizations engaged directly or indirectly in participatory community development programmes.  The Directory is in two parts: Part I: List of organizations implementing programmes (in alphabetical order) Part II: Institutions supporting programmes implementation. 1997. 46pp.

The Problem Solving Cycle
This manual  uses a very practical and systematic way to spell out the total process of the problem solving cycle to participants.  It has been organized mainly as a tool for training community development practitioners, social workers, community leaders and District Assembly Staff and other similar target groups to carry out their responsibilities effectively. 1997. 55pp. HS: 478/97E. ISBN: 92-1-131341-4.

Strengthening Community Management Programme and Poverty Reduction
This publication aims at sharing the experiences of SCMP in poverty reduction with other development oriented agencies.  It describes the concept of poverty in Ghana, the Government Policy Interventions at poverty reduction and the SCMP initiatives in support of the government's policy on poverty reduction. The impact of these initiatives and the lessons learned are also addressed. 1997. 27pp.
 

Financing Neighbourhood Development:
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

Micro-Enterprise Support Manual
This is an operational training manual in support of micro-enterprises in low-income communities.  It can be used by Government Agencies, NGOs, Financial Institutions and other development agencies working to enhance the opportunities of the poor, especially women.  Contents in the manual include: (a) Group organization and development. (b) Understanding your business. (c) Savings mobilization. (d) Operating a community credit scheme. 1998. HS: 524/98E. ISBN: 92-1-131380-5.
 

Gender and Women:
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Construction skills manuals in masonry, carpentry and painting
Construction skills training manuals in masonry, carpentry and painting serve as self-instruction guide for District Assemblies, Basic and Junior Secondary Schools and local communities.  In content the syllabus covers 10 weeks, 14 weeks and 5 weeks in masonry, carpentry and painting respectively and is fashioned to fulfil the following: to update and improve indigenous knowledge and practices in construction ii to provide appropriate training methodology and guide for trainers engaged in construction skills iii training programmes in low income communities.  1996.

Strengthening Community Management Programme for Sustainable Human Settlements Development in Ghana:
This publication aims at documenting and communicating the experiences of the Strengthening Community Management Programme (SCMP) in Ghana.  Attention is focussed on the community management programmes, the objectives and strategy of the SCMP.  The main components of the programme and the organizational structure at the national, district and community levels.  Beneficiary communities, districts and regions, the development activities engaged in and the experiences gained are also mentioned. 1996. 16pp. HS: 381/96/E. ISBN: 92-1131293.

Leadership and Conflict Management Manual
The Leadership and Conflict Management Manual is one of the series of training manuals prepared by SCMP and is intended for use primarily by trainers at the district and community levels.  It is designed specifically for the effective facilitation of leadership training programmes and the efficient day-to-day performance of these leaders.  Its purpose is to improve capabilities of community leaders, community workers and officials in leadership and conflict management. 1997. 24pp. HS: 525/98/E. ISBN: 92-1-131381-3.

The Problem Solving Cycle - Trainers Handbook
This is a supplement to the training manual.  The main points of the manual are highlighted on an A-4 sheet to make facilitation easier. 1998. 28pp.

The Problem Solving Cycle B Illustrated, Flip board size
The main points in the training manual on The Problem Solving Cycle have been further illustrated on a flip board size to make facilitation easier.

Other:
 

Community Management Strategy
The strategy used by CMP in Uganda was, as with the overall CMP methodology, based upon a three pronged approach: enablement, animation and management. The first part, enablement, was aimed at creating and/or strengthening an environment for participation of community members in the decision making necessary for their own development, and taking control of their own destinies. That environment ranges from the highest level of policy and legislation of the government, from central to district, to the rules, regulations, and practices of ministries, departments, local governments and non-governmental organizations.  The second part, animation, consists of the sets of interventions traditionally called "community development," modified to be applicable to urban as well as the traditional rural applications. Here the effort is aimed at individuals and organisations that seek to strengthen communities, mobilising for self help activities, advocacy, pressure groups and community groups, where the communities are encouraged to unify, determine their own priorities, and act so as to solve their own identified problems.  The third prong, management, takes management training (as used in corporations and union organising) and adapts it to community empowerment, combining it with the community development process. Management training includes but goes far beyond the transfer of skills to the trainees, but also is a method for organising effective action groups where there were none before, and strengthening (capacity building) already organised groups. 1998. 19pp

Community Perspective in Land Management; The CMP Experience in Uganda
Bringing together specialists in Ugandan land problems per se with community development workers, CMP compiled a series of land priority problems, and a set of recommendations to address those problems.  It lists priority land issues in order of concern, suggests recommendations to government and community workers.  1.  There is a lack of information about land tenure laws and practices, maps and transaction records.  Community workers should (a) be familiar with land issues, then (b) inform community members during mobilisation exercises about land tenure.  2.  A lack of instruments for effective land use practices: eg over-centralisation; lack of money and skilled manpower, thus no land security, so community groups are discouraged from building human settlements facilities (eg clinics, latrines, schools, water supplies).  Community agencies and the ministry are encouraged to train local authorities in land use practices.  3.  Inconsistency and confusion about land tenure because of multiple land tenure systems result in a lack of security of tenure (ownership, occupancy, usage, not merely the laws).  Although parliament grapples with land issues, there remain disagreement and lack of consensus.  Community workers are encouraged to develop innovative mobilising and training practices around the existing system.  4.  Many laws are not enforced.  Community workers are encouraged to become familiar with existing land laws and rules and bring them to the attention of community members and authorities.  5 Most available land in Uganda is remote, rural, and without access (no roads) or other infrastructure.  There is a high cost of land in developed areas having access, especially in urban areas.  Community workers can: (a) encourage land owners to donate and transfer parcels of land to community groups to build facilities, and (b) engage in community work encouraging community groups to purchase parcels of land for communal facilities.  6.  Social and cultural roadblocks hinder some categories of citizens.  In spite of gender equality laws, existing attitudes and practices (inheritance practices, property rights) work such that women cannot buy or own land. Government is encouraged to engage in gender affirmative action in sectors related to land and community development.  Community workers are encouraged to inform, train, and mobilise more women, and to sensitise men about women's issues. 1996. 10pp

Guidelines for Preparing a Community Development Policy Paper
The strengthening of low income communities, organising and mobilising them to identify and make efficient use of their own resources, to help them to help themselves fight poverty, on a national level, requires an enabling environment.  That environment includes the laws and regulations of the Government, and a transparent, publicly approved, policy, under which programmes, guidelines, and civil service actions and interventions can be undertaken in a consistent and equitable manner.  This paper provides guidelines for producing a policy paper, which should be participatory, the content of that paper, which should clarify, define, explain and encodify a country’s policy, and then the use, eg for advocacy, to which a policy paper can be put after it is promulgated by parliament. 1998. 4pp

Guidelines for Preparing a Work Plan
This document provides recommendations and guiding principles for writing three-month or six-month work plans.  It is primarily aimed at community development mobilizers and coordinators, but can be used by planners and managers in most sectors at all levels.  A work plan identifies the problems to be solved, and ways to solve them.  It is an argument that shows how inputs (eg resources) will be converted to outputs (the solutions to identified problems).  While the argument is put in the text of the work plan, the details that support that argument are put in appendices of the work plan.  1998.  8pp

Report of the Base Line Survey of Kisekende Community Bagezza Sub-County, Buwekula County Mubende District
Kisekende Parish, Bagezza sub county, Buwekula County, Mubende district: consists of nine villages, with a total population of 6,000 people in about 1,000 households.  The parish lacks clean and safe water.  There is a private health clinic, 3 primary schools, a secondary school; a CBO with few members.  Only 44.6% are employed in productive activities: 40% are self employed, 2.9% are public servants while 1.2% are in private sector.  In the informal sector the majority are in subsistence farming.  The majority of households are low income.  1993. 43 pp

Report of the Base Line Survey of Namigavu Community Kikandwa Sub-County, Mityana County Mubende District
Namigavu Parish, Kikandwa sub county, Mityana County, Mubende district: consists of eleven villages.  The parish has a population of 4,000 people in about 1,000 households.  The parish lacks clean and safe water.  There is one private health clinic, three primary schools and three nursery schools with long distances children have to walk.  Very few people (8%) belong to any community based organisation (CBOs) and the majority are in subsistence farming.  1993 50pp

Report on the Baseline Survey, Wampewo Community, Nangabo Sub-County, Kyaddondo County, Mpigi
Wampewo Parish.  Nangabo sub county, Kyaddondo County, Mpigi District: consists of ten villages with a population of 6,000 people in about 1,200 households, about 15 km from the centre of Kampala.  The parish lacks sufficient water sources.  There are 9 nursery schools, 6 primary schools, a secondary and a vocational training school, a health centre, dispensary, maternity home and 5 private clinics.  Many Mpigi residents are employed in Kampala, although unemployment is high, especially among the youth.  The majority of people are engaged in subsistence farming.  1992.  65pp

Report on Analysis of Community Development Initiatives
Reviews community development activities in the areas of Uganda where CMP was to work. 1993. 62pp

Report on the Baseline Survey in Maziba Parish, Mpigi District
Maziba Parish, Mpigi sub county, Mawokota County, Mpigi District: consists of eleven villages.  The parish has a population of 4,500 in about 1,000 households.  There are two nursery schools and five primary schools and no health facilities.  Few CBOs exist in the parish.  The majority of the residents are engaged in subsistence farming (informal self-employment).  1993 61pp

Report on the Baseline Survey in Kiwatule Parish
Kiwatule Parish, Nakawa Division, Kampala, is a semi-urban parish in the expanding part of Kampala's development.  It has four villages, Sebbowa, Central, Kazinga and Balintuma.  Population is 2,508.  It has one primary school and two private dispensaries.  Its main activities are peasant agriculture and petty trade.

Report on the Baseline Survey in Nakawa Parish
Nakawa Parish, Nakawa Division, Kampala, with a population of 5,287, has two parts: a slum area and a dilapidated city council housing estate.  Poverty, food insecurity, and lack of community facilities prevail.  There is a primary school and 4 private dispensaries.  Residents are mainly petty traders.

Training for Strength; A Community Management Training Methodology
Of the three prongs of the CMP strategy, enablement, animation, and management training, this document focuses on the management training. It explains the purpose and content of management training for communities and community groups, aimed at empowering communities to engage in their own, self-directed development.  The community should not simply be given resources; that creates dependency upon outside donations.  It should be given encouragement and advice how to obtain resources, including management training aimed at strengthening their ability to take decisions, identify resources, and meet community objectives.  The training process itself is used to create new structures to take action; where organizations already exist, to re-organise and strengthen them to be more effective.  Management training as a methodology was first developed in order to strengthen profit making corporations because it is seen as having an effect that goes beyond mere skill acquisition by individuals.  So too communities can become more effective, and therefore more strong (empowered), by the collective effects of management training. 1995 43pp.

Working Paper: Institutional Analysis
Lists and sketches the organisations operating in the areas of CMP interest in Uganda. 1992. 7pp

Financing Neighbourhood Development:

Guidelines for Financing Community Based Projects
Techniques and principles of resource acquisition for community groups. Fund raising.  Proposal writing.  Ethics and methods.  1995 5pp.

Proposal Guidelines
Guidelines for writing proposals.  A proposal is a request for funding; the format recommended here is based on a project design: identifying the priority problem, and defining its solution as the project goal; refining goals to more specific objectives (SMART = specific, measurable, realistic and time-bound), identifying available and potential resources and constraints, generating several strategies and choosing the most viable; additional details such as budgets, organisational details and identifying who does what and when.  1994 11pp
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

Development of an Appropriate Community Based Finance Mechanism to Support the Development of Community Infrastructures
Initial description of a possible initiative for income generation for CMP; all elements in it, and others based on CMP Uganda experience,  are included in the following more recently updated documents.1993. 32pp

Income Generation by Micro Enterprise Support
The basis of this scheme lies in the existence and long tradition of credit rotation groups, where small groups of persons donate small amounts of money on a regular basis and allocate the resulting amount to a selected member each time.  Instead of being distributed each month to a participant, the collected money is integrated with commercial banking through a pyramid of small trust groups and an umbrella group.  CMP consults with women's groups, provides financial and management training to recipients, who in turn form trust groups.  Each member of a trust group works to produce some product for sale, or similar income generating activity, rather than as a member of a co-operative, but the group as a whole contributes inputs of a communal interest.  As each member contributes small amounts of money each period, the trust group forwards the collected money to through umbrella group.  That money is then deposited in a nearby participating commercial bank.  The bank, after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry, has some money deposited in it from the CMP (using its IG budget) as capital.  The groups are required to obtain loans through the regular bank channels and procedures (after encouragement, mobilization and training from CMP), and the bank uses the capital deposited by CMP to make loans to the umbrella group.  When an umbrella group demonstrates its credit worthiness to the bank, then it can get access to normal capital from the same bank (ie: not from the original CMP deposit), thus opening a channel for Sustainability, and freeing up the CMP capital for use by further target groups.  1996 16pp

Handbook on Generation of Wealth and Assets
 A "how to" book for community workers to help eradicate poverty.  Analysis of poverty and its causes.  Using credit and training to promote entrepreneurship.  1.  Definitions, goals, methods.  Attacking causes not results of poverty (apathy, ignorance, disease, dishonesty, dependency, isolation).  2.  Credit.  Wealth must be created, not merely transferred.  Sizes of loans.  Market rate of interest.  3.  Organising groups: trust umbrella, training.  4.  Skills needed: management, resource mobilization, accounting, finance, records, reports, marketing, credit skills, technical skills.  5.  Successful enterprise: viability, integrity, goodwill 6.  Appendices: Forms.  Group formation.  Micro - enterprise.  Business records.  Financial training.  Marketing.  Savings.  Planning an enterprise.  Definitions.  1998 67pp.  HS: 544/98.  ISBN: 92-1-131403-8.
 

Gender and Women:

Gender Perspective in Community Management
Paper prepared for the gender sensitisation element of introductory CMP workshops, by Catalina Trujillo.  We cannot speak of the situation, roles and needs of women in human settlements development in isolation from the situation, roles and needs of men.  We live and work together and therefore we are accountable to one another, in our families, communities, work environment, nation, world.  But there are constraints and potentials involved in striving to live and work together, and we cannot be blind to them.  Think globally; act locally.  We must focus on the strategies which should be implemented in order to assure equal participation of women and men in human settlements development. 1995. 7pp

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Brainstorming Principles and Procedures
This is a two page training handout used to by a trainer to work with a group to define a problem, and find, through creative thinking, the best group decision for a plan of action to solve it. 1995. 2pp

Empowerment and Community Management; the Uganda Example
Examines the concept of "Em/Power-ment" (from "power" an ability to influence or control), and its application to the Community Management Programme (CMP) implemented in Uganda.  "Em/Power-ment" is a process of instilling an ability to influence and/or control, in the context of development and human rights, directed towards groups or categories of people who have been identified as lacking power and access to wealth and influence.  The power that is to be instilled in them is often considered to be the power to control or influence their own futures, their own development.  The paradox is that it takes power on our part to instil power in the target communities.  That can not be seen as a "bottom-up" process, although our aim is to promote "bottom-up" decision making. 1995 5pp

Guidelines for a Community Based Monitoring and Evaluation System
Initial framework for organising a CBM&E programme outlined by a consultant. All its topics, and more based upon CMP experience in Uganda, are included in the handbook on monitoring. 1993. 41 pp.

Handbook for Mobilizers
This publication acknowledges that community participation must be stimulated and encouraged if the community is to be empowered. A passive approach will not yield results; a planned and logical positive social intervention is needed.   This is a "how-to" book intended for community mobilizers.  1.  Getting Prepared: know your goals, your target community, the skills you need ,the basic concept.  Avoiding dependency.  2.  Getting Started : sensitising authorities, getting permissions.  Mobilisation circle.  Community chooses its action.  3.  Organizing the community: action training.  Forming the executive.  Assessing conditions: problems, resources, constraints, community action plan.  4.  Into Action: monitoring is essential.  Transparency.  Records, Reports.  Community generated needs.  Training: communication: meetings, reports, inspections.  Celebrations: key turning points, completion.  5.  Sustainability: community leadership and internal mobilisation.  6.  Appendices: Glossary of key terms.  To be a mobiliser.  What is Community? Elements of Strength.  Mobilisation Cycle.  Unity Organising training as mobilisation.  Brainstorming.  Management training.  Telling Stories.  Slogan & Proverbs.  Project design.  Preparing a workshop.  Resource Acquisition.  Measuring Progress.  Initials and Acronyms. 1998. 43pp. HS/543/98.  ISBN: 92-1-131401-1

Handbook on Monitoring
This hand book, aimed mainly at community workers, focuses on monitoring and evaluation of community strengthening. A companion to the handbook for mobilizers. 1.  Principles.  2.  Integrated into all stages of project cycle; executed by all stakeholders.  Monitoring indicators.3.  Evaluation.  4.  Management information: determining information needed, collecting, analysis, storing, assessing, disseminating.  5.  Advantages and challenges of participation in monitoring.6.  Issues and procedures at community, district, national and donor level.  7.  Pros and cons of verbal and written reports.  Appendices: forms.  Mobiliser's Reports.  Model .1998. 34pp.  HS: 545/98. ISBN: 92-1-131404-6.

Measuring Progress; Evaluating the Strengthening of Communities
Our goal is stated; we want to strengthen communities. We feel that we have a methodology to do so, but how can we know when we have succeeded, or to what extent? We use these three concepts, 1. empowering, 2. strengthening, 3. capacity building Unfortunately, we do not have a little electronic meter that, when it moves from 62 to 78, we can say that strength has been increased by 16 points. What can we do? We can analyse the concept of "strength," "power" or "capacity," as applied to communities, look at its various components, and see if, from them, we can identify a set of observations that will indicate to us that some empowerment or increase in capacity has taken place. The paper lists sixteen  elements of a community that may change as the community gets stronger, and shows how they can be used to measure the degree of empowerment. altruism, common values, communal services, communications, confidence, context, information, intervention, leadership, networking, organisation, political power, skills, trust, unity, and wealth. Participatory methods, involving the target community groups (supplemented by specific alternate sources of information for each element), is recommended for recording and measuring these sixteen elements. 1997. 9pp.

Mobilisation Cycle
A one page handout for workshops; a possible mobilisation cycle; not a rigid formula. 1994. 1pp

Training Needs for Project Actors; Volume 1
1993 83pp
Training Needs of Project Actors; Volume 2
1994 86pp
Training Programmes for Various Local Institutions Relevant to the Project
1993 83pp

Writing Reports; A Guide for Community Mobilizers
This paper asks the question about "Why?" should reports be written, to "Whom?" do they go, and "What?" should be included, then goes on to discuss the "How?" they can be written well, so that they would be useful and influential.  It is directed towards community development field workers, social animators, facilitators of self help, community management trainers, capacity strengthening trainers and other mobilizers working to encourage and train low income communities to solve their own problems, to identify their own resources, and to plan their own development.  While it is directed towards the field workers or mobilizers, it also discusses how a CBO (Community Based Organization) whose capacity is being strengthened, can write community self help project progress reports.  Field workers can use these notes, therefore, not only to write their own reports, but also to train CBOs how to write community progress reports.  1995. 19pp.
 

Training Material Accessible Through the Internet: http://www.scn.org/cmp/

An Aural Method to Learn an Oral Language
    In a new community where you do not know the local language?
    This is a method for rapidly learning fluency.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/aural.htm
Bibliography of Community Management Documents
    A working bibliographic reference.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/biblio.htm
Brainstorming Technique
    to obtain a creative set of management decisions from a group.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hbrain.htm
Business Records
    What the community worker needs to know about records for small scale entrepreneurs
    when setting up a micro-enterprise scheme for generating income
    among low income communities.
               . http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwrecord.htm
Checklists for Proposals and Project Design
    Workshop handouts listing the elements of a community project design.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/chcklst.htm
Community Management Training
    Management training adapted to the methodology of strengthening communities.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/com-man.htm
Community Management Strategy
    Strategy based on project document and government policy.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/strabs.htm
Community Strengthening Cycle Illustrations
    With instructions on downloading.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/str-illu.htm
Culture
    A little social science theory for the community worker.
    The superorganic nature of the social dimension.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/culture.htm
Dependency Syndrome
    A one-page handout explaining the role of dependency as a factor of poverty,
    and how it must be overcome in strengthening low-income communities.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/depend.htm
Elements of Strength
    Sixteen elements that change as a community becomes stronger.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/empo.htm
Evaluating the Strengthening of Communities
    A participatory intervention for stimulating the community to self evaluate
    the changing levels of strength as measured by the sixteen elements
    that change as a community becomes stronger.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/meash.htm
Financial Training
    A check list of training topics in financial recording and reporting.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/fin-trn.htm
Forms for a Wealth Generation Scheme
    Some model forms you can use when designing your own.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwforms.htm
Guidelines for Funding Community Based Projects
    Techniques and principles of resource acquisition for community groups.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/funds.htm
Glossary of Key Terms
    Notes for the community field worker, not dictionary definitions.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/keywords.htm
Group Formation and Development
    Tips on organising groups.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwgroup.htm
Handbook of Monitoring
    Monitoring principles and methods, with an emphasis on community based monitoring.
    A companion to the Mobilizers Handbook for the community field worker.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hemon.htm
Handbook to Generate Wealth
    For the community field worker.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hhbweal.htm
Initials and Acronyms
    Short definitions.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/acronh.htm
Income Generation through Micro Enterprise Support
    An explanation of a micro enterprise scheme.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/igcred.htm
Management Training
    The training that is the basis for strengthening capacity.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/manage.htm
Managing Wealth Generating Activities
    Management principles for the community field worker engaged in
    developing micro enterprises for income generating scheme.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwmanag.htm
Marketing
    A quick course in micro-enterprise marketing for mobilizers of micro entrepreneurs.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwmarket.htm
Measuring Progress
    Was the community strengthened? How much? A participatory method of
    monitoring the effect of interventions aimed at strengthening communities.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/measure.htm
Micro Enterprise Definitions
    . A few working notes on words used in developing an income generation scheme.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwdefin.htm
Micro Enterprise Scheme; A brief description
    For the community worker with a desire among clients for income generation activities,
    this overview explains how a viable scheme can be devised and set up.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwschem.htm
Mobilisation Cycle
    A  possible mobilisation cycle; not a rigid formula.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/mobcyc.htm
Mobilizers Handbook
    A "how-to" handbook for the community field worker (also useful for planners)
    organising community groups for self help activities, and training in management
    and organising for community empowerment and capacity building.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hbmob.htm
Model Report
    One-page handout; a structure to use when writing reports.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hemodel.htm
Monitoring Forms
    Some model forms to help you design your own
    when setting up a community based monitoring system.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/heform.htm
Planning a Micro-Enterprise
    Planning methods applied to running a micro enterprise, for the community worker.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwplan.htm
Preparing a Community Development Policy Paper
    To assist a government in a policy of enablement.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/policy.htm
Preparing a Workshop
    A training workshop proposal is like a project proposal.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/worksh.htm
Project Design
    How to design a community project.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/pdesign.htm
Proposals
    How to use a project design to get money from donors and donor organisations.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/proposal.htm
Proposals Chapters
    A workshop handout of an outline for proposals to get money from donor organisations.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/prochap.htm
Report Writing for Mobilizers
    Supplement to the "Writing Reports" handout; aimed at community workers in the field.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/mobrep.htm
Resource Acquisition
    Fundraising and acquiring other resources; methods and principles.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/funds.htm
Savings Mobilisation
    What the community worker needs to know of mobilising savings by micro entrepreneurs.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hwsav.htm
Slogans, Proverbs
    Practical communication tools; not just entertainment.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/slogan.htm
Stories
    More practical communication tools; not just entertainment.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/stories.htm
Three Community Worker Handbooks
    A summary of and link to three on-line handbooks for community workers.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/hand.htm
To Be a Mobiliser
    A one page handout for initial workshops for training mobilizers.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/bemob.htm
Training as Mobilisation
    More than transferring skills; training helps reorganise for strength.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/trainmob.htm
Training for Strength
    The curriculum (training plan of action) for the management training approach
    to capacity building and community strengthening.
                http://www.scn.org/cmp/stren.htm
Unity Organising
    A handout explaining that a community decision needs a unified community.
              http://www.scn.org/cmp/unityh.htm
Wealth Generation Illustrations
    With instructions for downloading and saving.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/ig-illus.htm
What is Community?
    A three page description of the cultural nature of community.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/whatcom.htm
Writing Reports
    The "Why?" "What?" "How?" and tips on writing better reports.
               http://www.scn.org/cmp/hereport.htm

All the above can be obtained on the Internet through the home page:

Other:

After the Emergency is Over; Building Community Based Habitats
A set of illustrations and training slogans that illustrate how sustainable community development techniques with management training is appropriate for the "Continuum" between relief (emergency response) and sustainable development. 1996. 22pp.

Apre' l'urgence; la construction d'habitats par les communaute's
French version of AAfter the Emergency is Over; Building Community Based Habitats. (Presented in Goma, Zaire/Congo). 1996. 23pp
 

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

Community Participation in Zambia; The Danida / UNCHS Training Programme
This documents the experience of the community participation training programme in Zambia.  The report examines the impact of the programme and looks at the process of how this assistance was given.  It highlights some of the lessons that have been learned. 1992.  56pp. HS/272/92. ISBN 92-1-131201-9

Monitoring and Evaluation; From Project to Programme; The Community Participation Training Programme in Zambia
Reviews the experience of the training programme with its monitoring and evaluation.  A particular feature has been the integration of monitoring and evaluation from the start of the project.  The project based monitoring and evaluation system developed towards a sustainable approach, initiating a framework for community-based monitoring and evaluation.  Practical lessons can be extracted and used inside and outside of Zambia. 1995. 43pp. HS: 353/95. ISBN: 92-1-131273-6.

Financing Neighbourhood Development:
 

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:
 

Gender and Women:
 

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:
 

Participatory Assessment, Planning and Policy:

The Community Construction Contract System in Sri Lanka
Argues the need for new approaches to infrastructure service delivery and describes one innovative approach as developed in Sri Lanka.  The community construction contract system is explained in detail, including the details of awarding contracts; the impact and results are analysed. 1994. 32pp. HS/320/94. ISBN 92-1-131230-2.

Praja Sahayaka Sewaya (Community Assistance Service) in Sri Lanka
This first describes the background and context of the origin and evolution of the concept of praja sahayakas (community development assistants) and goes on to provide an overview of the structure and activities of the organisation.  The Women's Bank, established by the praja sahayakas, receives special attention in this report because of its economic and social impact on a large number of urban poor women in Sri Lanka.  The report analyses the socio-economic impact of the Praja Sahayaka Sewaya's Programmes and brings out the issues pertaining to future replication and Sustainability. 1995 36pp. HS: 364/95. ISBN: 92-1-131280-9.

The Urban Poor as Agents of  Development; Community Action Planning in Sri Lanka
Describes the principles and the application of the community action planning and management approach (CAP) as developed by the National Housing Development Authority of Sri Lanka in its urban housing programme.  The CAP approach aims to empower the urban poor to improve their living conditions through self-help, with external agencies acting as supporters and facilitators. 1993. 88pp. HS: 278/93. ISBN: 92-1-131203-5.

Financing Neighbourhood Development:

Low-income Shelter Loans programme Upgrading Option; Case Study of Maligawatte West Upgrading Project.
1986

A Review of Existing Community Construction contracts, Part I and Financial Procedures for Community Construction Contracts, Part II
1989

Micro Business, Credit, Saving and Income Generation:

The Way of Sittu: a Comparison of Traditional and New Styles of Credit in Sri Lanka
Translated and edited by A. Albee, 1989.

Gender and Women:

Enterprising Women: The First Few months of the Siddharta Path Women Mutual Help Group
1989

Participatory Approaches and Concepts for Settlements Improvement:

Mobilizing People's Power through Informal Community Leadership: a Case Study on Land Regularisation at Henamulla Shanty Upgrading project
1986

Pura Udawa: How a Wall Newspaper Supports the Upgrading of a Low-income Settlement
1989

Community Participation in Housing Construction
1986

On-site Planning and Tenure Regularisation - Community Process; Case Study on Land Tenure Regularisation in Wanathamulla Squatter Upgrading Projects
1987

Astrological Aspects in House Building
1986

Community Participation; a Bit of Experience from Stacepura
1986

The Formation of Community Development Councils in Seevalipura, Colombo.  Agents of Development

Potential Problems and Possible solutions in the Process of Plot Allocation: a Case Study of Wanathamulla Shanty Settlement
1986

Participation of Community Development Councils in Urban Low Income Settlements: a Case Study of Wanathamulla Shanty Settlement

Planning a House without Drawings
1989

Community Action Planning and Engineering Services

Other:

Women Keera Producers of Aramaya Place
1989

A Community Development Council for Velupilla Gardens

Review of a Sites and Services Project: Navagampura, Sri Lanka
1986
 

SCMP Newsletter "So Mu Bi"  Issue 1 8pp Feb. 1995
SCMP Newsletter "So Mu Bi"  Issue 2 8pp Sep. 1995
SCMP Newsletter "So Mu Bi"  Issue 3 8pp My 1996
SCMP Newsletter "So Mu Bi"  Issue 4 8pp Jun 1997
SCMP Newsletter "So Mu Bi"  Issue 5 8pp Dec. 1997
The Newsletter "So Mu Bi" aims at informing and educating beneficiary communities and districts and other development agencies of the activities of the project at the community, district and national levels.  Articles for publication are provided by all the actors of the project. UNCHS/SCMP

Do You Care (About your Environment)
It is a flyer that draws one's attention to the need to maintain a clean and healthy Ghana. UNCHS / SCMP Flyer. May 1998

Community Management
UNCHS / CMP Uganda. Pamphlet  1995 6pp

Theme Sheets
A series of one-page handouts with selected themes about strengthening community management.  CMP Uganda. 10 sheets. 1998.

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