Samenlevingsopbouw Vlaanderen, Community Development, Flanders is the institute for the development and promotion of community development in Brussels and the Flemish region of Belgium. It provides support for community development regional centres, community workers and local authorities. Its activities include training, research and publications. Samenlevingsopbouw Vlaanderen is a member of the CEBSD network and Gerard Hautekeur is also Chair of the Combined European Bureau for Social Development

Partners in Vorming ( Partners in Training) involves all Regional Organisations for Community Development in Flanders and Brussels Samenlevingsopbouw Vlaanderen co-ordinates and provides support to PIV
Contact details for PIV: Lies Beunens and Rita L'Enfant
lies.beunens@samenlevingsopbouw.be rita.lenfant@samenlevingsopbouw.be

Centre for Adult Education in Leuven
Centre for Adult Education (linked to School for Social Work in Leuven) provides training for field workers who have no degree or qualification in order to upgrade their skills. At the end of the course participants get a diploma. This centre is particularly interested in an international exchange project with regard to intercultural communication.
Contact details: Gunter Gehre gunter.gehre@skynet.be

VORMING PLUS
Vorming Plus (adult education sector) is involved in three European projects: Nile project (intercultural education), an urban youth project and a right to learn (asylum seekers).
Contact details: Sabine Swartelé info@citizenne.be

Vlaams Minderhedencentrum (VMC)
Vlaams Minderhedencentrum is the Flemish support institute for the ethnic cultural minority sector.
Contact details: Leen D'Hondt leen.dhondt@vmc.be

Vlaams Netwerk van Verenigingen waar armen het woord nemen
This Flemish Network is a member of the European Antipoverty Network
Contact details: Luc Moerkerke luc.moerkerke@vlaams-netwerk-armoede.be

The volunteer Centre in Denmark.
On a national basis the centre promotes and support the development and education of volunteers within community development and social work. The centre offers a range of courses for volunteers dealing with different subjects as co-operation, fundraising, personal recourses, PR and management.
www.frivillighed.dk

Urban Program A community development program in the west side city of suburban Aarhus. In focus is development of citizen-competencies. The citizens are central actors in developing jobs and social good-functioning networks. The Urban programme has supported the citizens in this process through a variety of seminars, courses and events. www.urbanbydel.dk

Ministry of Migration and Integration, division for ethnic integration and housing in urban areas. This division are in lead of the national strategies for integration of ethnic minorities through local programs of job-development, participation and volunteer activities. www.inm.dk

Lars Johansen offers education and learning and training for volunteers and professionals in urban areas, as part of urban renewal and community development. Lars Johansen, Independent Consultancy Korsgade 62, 4. 2200 Copenhagen N. Denmarklahajo2@yahoo.com

Attractor is a private consultancy - and education firm. Attractor offers training for professionals in municipalities in community development. www.attractor.dk

Breaking-the-habits is also a private firm, working within the community development area, doing learning and training for citizens and professionals. www.vanebryderne.dk

Kuben is a private corporation within urban renewal, doing training of board members and volunteers with communal housing. www.kuben.dk

Johani Larjenko Finland Adult Ed + NILE network
Tel: +358 961203712

Kylatoiminta The village action association of Finland: http://www.kylatoiminta.fi/!view/!id1334

• Active citizenship empowering citizens and civic organizations with learning practice and influence on policy-making within the framework of democracy,
• Interregionalisation in a global world with closer networks across borders.

Közösségfejleszt?k Egyesülete (Hungarian Association for Community Development HACD)

• to contribute to effective life long learning processes
• to introduce and adapt innovative projects aiming at local social changes in Hungary
• to build a bridge between the formal and non-formal education fields
• to adapt and acquaint the new methods of adult education
• to contribute to better life chances of youth by social competence based training and learning opportunities.

Trama di Terra: Cultural Mediation association in Bologna
Contact details for Trama de Terra Tiziana Dal Prà
info@tramaditerre.org

Movement of Cooperative Education MCE was born in Italy in 1951. It is an association of teachers, educators and managers founded on cooperation. MCE agrees to FIMEM (Federation Internationale de l'École Moderne) organizing exchanges amongst educators who refer to Freinet's pedagogy. MCE is a movement supported by its members and by the effort of those who are part of it. MCE unites the idea of cooperation with pedagogical and political commitment translating it in didactical practice through stages, study-days, courses and forms of exchange around experiences and problems of educating. Contact details for Movement for Co-operative Education, Rome, Italy MCE is widespread over the national territory and is organised in co-operative, territorial, national, project and editorial groups co-ordinated at national level. The national office is in in via dei Piceni 16, 00185 Roma, tel. 064457228, fax 064460386, e-mail mceroma@tin.it, website www.mce-fimem.it Silvia Balossi sbalossi@tiscali.it

Dutch Networks of organisations/institutions and persons who are active in the field of Training and Learning for Community Development (formal and informal):

This inventory gives the relevant people and organisations in the sector CD (Community Development) and AE (Adult Education), who can be part of a Dutch network 'community development training'.

1. LCO (Landelijk Centrum Opbouwwerk), the national organisation for (professional) community development, aims to facilitate and support the 3000 community workers and the regional and local organisations they work with. As a member of the CBESD, she participates in the Grundtvig Project, to be able to facilitate initiatives for exchange programmes and set up European projects. (Contact Fenny Gerrits: info@opbouwwerk.nl en Dick Bussing: d.c.bussing@freeler.nl
2. LSA (Landelijk Samenwerkingsverband Aandachtsgebieden), the platform organisation for local residents groups in deprived neighbourhoods. In 2005 there was a European conference with a declaration about participation send to the EC, in de same time of the Budapest Declaration. (contact Henk Cornelissen: henk@lsabewoners.nl )
3. Stichting Volkshogeschoolwerk is a national organisation for adult education and member of international networks. (Contact Lidwien Vos de Wael: lidwienvosdewael@chello.nl
4. Beraadsgroep Vorming, is an independent platform of professionals and experts for development of non-formal education. (Contact Lidwien Vos de Wael: beraadsgroep.vorming@worldonline.nl
5. NIZW (Nederlands Instituut voor Zorg en Welzijn), the national organisation for care and welfare has an International Centre that stimulates exchange programmes in the field of social development for youth participation and (the Platform for) neighbourhood settlements in Europe. (contact Paul Vlaar: p.vlaar@nizw.nl )
6. CIVIQ, the national organisation for consultancy and promoting for volunteer work (contact Saskia van Grinsven: svgrinsven@civiq.nl )
7. IPP (Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek), the national organisation for better connections between people and (local) government. (Contact Nel van Dijk: n.vandijk@publiek-politiek.nl )

1. Universiteit voor Humanistiek (Contact prof. Kunneman: h.kunneman@uvh.nl
2. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Contact prof. Blokland: t.blokland@otb.tudelft.nl )
3. HAN Hogeschool Arnhem - Nijmegen (Contact Hans Oostrik: hans.oostrik@ls.han.nl
4. Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (Contact Gerrit Mosk: g.mosk@zwo.nhl.nl
5. Hogeschool van Utrecht (Contact Marco van Stralen: marco.vanstralen@hvu.nl
6. Transfergroep Rotterdam (Contact Elly Verblaauw: e.a.verblaauw@hro.nl
7. Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development (Contact Lambert Mulder en Fred Stafleu: fred.stafleu@planet.nl )

1. Hofman Allianties, contact Joop Hofman: joophofman@home.nl
2. ATConsult, contact Anneke Touwen: anne.touwen@atconsult.antenna.nl
3. Voogt &van Veenen, contact Anne van Veenen: annevanveenen@hetnet.nl
4. Leidraad Leertrajecten, contact Leida Schuringa: info@leidraad.com

Home Street Home.

Giving the streets to young people. The programme is characterised by an integral approach of prevention and cure that focused on children and young people and aims to make the playgrounds/squares and streets more inhabitable by creating a clear, pleasant, safe and decent climate 7 days a week, all year round. An HSH-team organises activities such as sports, games, parties, lending out of toys, etc. They make and maintain contacts with the people and institutions in the neighbourhood, because of participation and promotion of social cohesion The team members (professional HSH-boss, social workers and volunteers) are trained in special courses for skills, methods and permanent coaching. Contact Ton Huiskens: huiskens@thuisopstraat.nl

Opzoomeren Campaigns.

Join in with 'Opzoomeren'. How to stimulate imagination and creativity from street to street? 'Opzoomeren' is the way to come to self-organisation, social cohesion and inclusion in the neighbourhood or street. The concept of "Opzoomeren" or improving your neighbourhood refers back to Opzoomerstraat, a street in the Nieuwe Westen neighbourhood located in the multicoloured municipal district of Rotterdam/Delfshaven. In 1989 the residents of that neighbourhood took action. They were tired of waiting for the Municipal Authority and decided to roll up their sleeves and get down to tackling the problems in their street. The street was swept, pavement gardens were laid out and extra lighting installed. While carrying out the work, the residents got to know each other better and this soon considerably improved the living and social climate in the street. There was a further important effect. Teams of workers from Rotterdam Municipal Authority responded with enthusiasm to residents who not merely complained but actually set to work themselves. The refuse collection department and the parks & public gardens department suddenly became aware of the street's existence and provided the residents with help and advice! Training and learning programmes are pointed on the numerous (methodical) concepts. They can be reduced to three main aspects: focus on the social environment, providing inspiration and a process-based approach. Professional community workers, as well as resident leaders and other professionals get courses and training by doing.
Contact Johan Janssens: jc.janssens@gw.rotterdam.nl

Building Communities From Inside Out.

Developing the neighbourhood on a sustainable and successful way, by using the qualities and capacities of the residents. The Asset Based Community Development-approach (ABCD) works on 3 principles:

1. Focus on capacities in stead of problems (the glass is half full)
2. You need an organisation that care for support of people
3. Professionals have to be open and give responsibility to the residents.

Training and learning is part of the development process in the community of the neighbourhood and related on the issue that is actual.
Contact Johan Bodd: johanbodd@planet.nl

Mother Centre and Father Centre.

At Mother Centres women are responsible for everything that is going on: organisation, management and daily activities. The Centre gives women the opportunity and possibility to combine the tasks for care children, self-reliance and participation. The Centre is the place to meet, to receive and give support. Not the problems are a starting point, but the possibilities and qualities of the women. It is the place for the so-called multicultural society. It can become for women, children and partners a 'second home'. Training and learning are important possibilities to feel better, to have more skills (computer) or to have more participation.
Contact Anita Schwab: info@vadercentrum.nl

Sesam Academy

A project in which retired businessmen work in neighbourhoods together with citizens on social projects. The businesspeople use their knowledge, their experience en specially their networks to support the citizens. They teach them how to organize project, fundraising, making contact with politicians, business leaders, etc. During the time of the project the businessmen are the sparring partner of the people of the neighbourhood. For example in the city of Apeldoorn they helped Somalian groups with starting up their own business and some African man to start a voluntary car-repair place.
Contact: info@sesamacademie.nl

Neighbourhood Academy

Examples in the city of Beilen (rural area) and in the provinces Brabant and Overijssel. The Neighbourhood Academy is a way of developing 24-hours learning programmes. It means that people in neighbourhoods of villages can speak out their learning needs. And it may be all kind of questions or needs. In corporation with the local schools, the organisation for community development and the local government every question will be answered with a 'fitting' learning program in about 4 weeks and some times faster (24 hours!). One of the empowered parts of the Neighbourhood Academy that the first step is looking for local teachers. So for computer lessons they ask the local wiz kid, for car repairing they ask the neighbour who works at the garage, for programmes on safety the ask the neighbourhood policeman, for knitting they ask some Turkish women, for garden maintenance they ask the two retired old guys at the end of the street with their beautiful flowers in the garden.
Contact Ben Dubbeldam: geefme@devijf.nl Contact Albertje Nienhuis: a.nienhuis-naber@welzijnmd.nl

Settlers of the Neighbourhood

A method in which people in the neighbourhood learn to develop their own long-term neighbourhood vision. It was transferred form the worldwide famous play Settlers of Catan. They learn to value the most important topics of the neighbourhood and learn that there are more social groups in the neighbourhood who have other opinions and needs. In this case (Rivierenwijk in the city of Deventer) there were 49 different social communities who, at first made their own plans, and then learned by dialogue and negotiation to come to one long-term-citizens neighbourhood vision. During this period they really rediscover the values, strengths, weaknesses and social developing process of their own neighbourhood. And in the meantime they learned the history of the neighbourhood by organizing Storytelling diners and making a Neighbourhood museum café.
Contact: Ap van Straaten/Joop Hofman a.straaten@rastergroep.nl

Charrette - method

A large-group design-method in which citizens at first express in what way they want to live in their street and neighbourhood. They do that by organizing small meetings and make a mood board (like designers do). And then selected groups literally start to draw their own street and houses. Half way during this citizens-designing-process they will be consulted by architects who help them to fine-tune their ideas. At the end they (re-) developed their own street in physical and in social way and some times they make new rules about living together in the street or block. In cities as Zwolle, Enschede, Woerden and Reeuwijk they did really build (and are still building) the neighbourhood (houses and streets), which the citizens designed.
Contact: Joop Hofman joophofman@home.nl

• animating local development through bottom-up initiatives
• supporting activities of institutions, organisations and people willing to work for their local communities
• helping people working in the areas of culture, education, social help and self-government
  
  

• developing organised cooperation between NGOs working on locality through creating partnership agreement - Forum for Active Communities, embracing several national organisations
• providing the website that is to be "guide-offer" for persons and organisations undertaking local pro-social actions
• organising community discussion on how to start local activity effectively (at the beginning: through the cycle of 10 thematic debates)
• preparing the report on local communities that will include the most important experiences, which have been gained so far by the 3rd sector, and chosen results of scientific research on this issue
• promoting local activity and social entrepreneurship through national campaign Week of Active Communities, embracing from 150 to 250 communities and localities all over the country.
  
  

• community facilitation: facilitate the creation and development of community groups and organizations
• on site training and consultancy on participatory strategic planning and project development
• seed funding: providing small capacity building grants for community projects
• forum theatre
• networking

• Promotion, elaboration and implementation of activities, projects and programs, aimed at the sustainable development of the Romanian society.
• Strategic development of the nongovernmental organizations, through informing services, consultancy, training and technical assistance;
• Support of the capacity development of public authorities and state institutions in order to be able to solve community problems, through informing services, consultancy, training and technical assistance;
• Development of the for-profit sector through informing services, consultancy, training and technical assistance assured to its representatives;
• Stimulation of workforce employment through guiding services: profession counselling and informing, training-, refreshing- and forming courses/activities, career counselling, mediation of workforce on the internal market, qualification and re-qualification courses and services

• Concepts and Basic methods in community development, professional values, ethics, practical skills that a practitioner needs in his/her work and in empowering the community members and leaders;
• Methods, approaches and good practice in order to set up and mobilize the local groups and organizations in achieving certain community changes;
• Practical applications on community development in Romania: methods, procedures and working methods with the organizations, institutions and groups of interest for their sustainable development.

1. trains them as facilitators of group dynamic techniques, designed to enhance democratic group process, community-building and solidarity;
2. stimulates reflection on and discussion of both the structure of organizing models and strategies, and the changing nature of political organizing;
3. provides them with the opportunity to work with other people in a safe space, in order to explore and confront issues of power and oppression that concern them;
4. provides a work frame designed to enable people to apply and adapt elements of the training they've received in intensive FT workshops.

Community development summer school
The project, named "Dialogue on community development: discourse and practice in Central and Eastern Europe", intends to create a bridge between theory and practice of community development in Central and Eastern Europe. The project will assist organizations working in community development in Bulgaria and Romania to improve their skills in conceptualising and documenting their work by providing training in research and report writing and participation of a summer school in community development. The project will also put the base of a venue of communication between practitioners and academicians by producing a journal in community development. The project will also research into the field of public policies in areas of community development and will networking most important stakeholders in the field of community development in Bulgaria and Romania through the means of training, summer school, project meetings and an end of project conference.

1. Documenting practices and instruments in community development
2. Training for RuralNet' members
3. Consolidating RuralNet/ Sustainability of the network
   
   

1. Developing and implementing a communication plan within RuralNet
2. Increasing the visibility of Rural Net
   
   

1. Monitoring the legislative initiatives and lobby and advocacy to participate in the elaboration of public policies and financing programs
2. Elaborating studies, information materials regarding public decisions and policies
3. Setting up a combined operational commission
   
   
Centrul de Asistenta Rurala
Piata Istria nr. 6
300543 Timisoara, Romania
Tel: +4 0256 492 493, 221 470, +4 0356 401 185, 401 186
Fax: +4 0256 221 469
E-mail: cnovac@rural-center.org
Web: www.rural-center.org




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Slovakia


Centrum komunitneho rozvoja, Centre of Community Development is an NGO, which is supporting urban communities to develop according to their needs and to shape their local environments. The organisation promotes community participation and self-organising, reliance on internal resources and capacities, and strengthens socially excluded Roma communities. CCD works in three Slovak cities.
Contact details for Centrum komunitneho rozvoja:
Leo Singer
Centrum komunitneho rozvoja
Hrobakova 5
851 02 Bratislava
t.c. 02/ 6381 5025, leo@ckr.sk




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Spain


Desenvolupament Comunitari DC is a not-for-profit organisation, which promotes community development in Catalunya, Spain. It sets up and runs community development projects: and provides support and training to community groups and professional organisations. Marta Domènech and Mercè Zegrí work in the Intercultural Community Mediation's Service, which is a public service, sponsored by the Barcelona Council. "We are asked for intervene in implicit or explicit conflicts, related to coexistence between local and foreign people from several neighbourhoods. The Service started four years ago, and the mediations have been mostly between shopkeepers, to integrate foreign shopkeepers in commercial associations and to improve the knowledge and the relationship between them. We have also made other mediations related to the occupation public places".
Contact details for AEP Desenvolupament Comunitari Carles Riera, criera@aepdc.org Elena Rovira, erovira@aepdc.org mdomenech@aepdc.org Marta Domènech mzegri@aepdc.org, Mercè Zegrí Via Laietana 54, 4t 4a,
08003 Barcelona Spain
Tel.: + 34 9 3268 0477, fax: + 34 9 3268 0139




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Sweden




The Training and Learning for Community Development, which exists in Sweden is offered by five different types of organisation. No organisation offers a complete training module, but they all offer a variety of training relevant to Community Development.

Cesam is as far as known the only NGO offering training and learning for NGO s and local authorities. CESAM Centrum För Samhällsarbete och Mobilisering is a foundation, which provides support for the public, voluntary and private sectors in the field of community development in Sweden. It has developed a national database and training materials especially on techniques for democratic meetings for joint planning and decision-making. Networking and dialogues.
Contact details for CESAM:Hans Andersson
CESAM Rudbecksgatan 28,
5tr70223 Örebro Sweden
Tel.: + 46 19 17 0750,
fax: + 46 19 17 0753
e-mail: hans.andersson@cesam.se

2.The Schools for social Work.
Sweden has at present 7 schools of social work offering different types of training in different levels under different headings.
Contact: Samarbetskommitt en f r socionomprogrammet. Att. Ulf Herlitz, Box 405 30 Goteborg.

3.The Folk High Schools.
Sweden has 148 Folk High Schools spread over the country offering a variety of courses. Some offers courses like "Eldsj lsutbildning","Lokal mobilisering","Folkhölsa" with shorter or longer courses with elements of CD.
Folkbildningsrådet distribute grants to study associations and folk high schools, submit budget and fiscal reports, follow up and evaluate the popular education activities, and administer the Popular Education Net. ( entrusted by the Government and Parliament)
Contact: Ms. Britten Månsson-Wallin
P.O. Box 730
Stockholm SE- 101 34
Sweden
Tel: +46-8-412 48 05
Fax: +46-8-218 826
e-mail: fbr@folkbildning.se www: www.folkbildning.se http://www.folkbildning.se/page/59/translationsoversattningar.htm

4.The Study-circle associations
Sweden has nine different study circle organisations organising study circles on a great range of subjects. These organisations organise by themselves or on demand study circles for local groups on different topics relating to local community development. See www.studieforbunden.se
Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan (SV)
SV is one of the leading non-formal adult education associations in Sweden, and the largest in terms of territorial coverage. Operations are divided up into 19 districts and about 230 local branches that act independently on the basis of the needs in each region. Throughout the country there are some 1000 full-time employees. The branches have also some 25,000 study circle leaders. SV covers areas such as culture, environment, social issues, international co-operation and democratic development.SV´s activities are supported by the Swedish Government, the County Councils and the Municipalities. Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and other national authorities are partly financing some of our international and national projects. Members include the Federation of Swedish Farmers, the Centre Party, the Liberal Party and the National Federation of Rural Community Centres. Contact: Mr. Raymond Svensson
P.B 1109
Stockholm SE-111 81
Sweden
Tel: +46-8 587 686 00
Fax: +46-8 587 686 01
e-mail: info@sv.se
www: www.sv.se

5. Private consultants.
A number of private consultants and firms offer training in different techniques of relevance for community development with civil servants as a main target group. Some individuals who are interested are.
Individuals
Prof. habil. Dr Vilja Targamadzé Vice -Rector for Development and Foreign Relations. She has studied adult education and Folk-High schools in Denmark and Sweden. Her E-mail is targvili@takas.it .




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UK




The UK mapping exercise included a resource list that can be found in Appendix

Overview

This overview of the UK Mapping - Training and Learning for Community Development is split into findings from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The document also provides some analysis of the different approaches. This work was carried out by face-to-face meetings and desk research. During the research a review of current literature was undertaken which should add value to a review of organisations working in Community Development Learning and Training. The intention is in the future to build on the current research to identify if there is interest and commitment in developing a Training and Learning network for the countries that would link into a Training and Learning CEBSD's network.

There are various definitions for Community Development Learning.

The Scottish Executive defines community learning and development as:

"Community learning and development (CLD) is learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities using a range of formal and informal methods. A common defining feature is that programmes and activities are developed in dialogue with communities and participants. (CLD's) main aim is to help individuals and communities tackle real issues in their lives through community action and community-based learning"

(Working and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities, Scottish Executive Guidance for Community Learning and Development, 2004)

The approaches to this are mixed within the UK. Some approaches are based in Local Authorities, some in Community Development organisations, some in Colleges and some that are not easily defined. This document will try to give a brief overview of just some (and by now means all and in not great detail) of the organisations working for Community Development Training and Learning. Across the UK around half the paid staff are employed by local authorities and government agencies but many work within community groups, family learning centres, development agencies, community projects and community learning centres

England

Adept

ADEPT, an independent not-for-profit company and charity established in 1990, is a specialist and award-winning national community development agency,
ADEPT won a British Urban Regeneration Award (BURA) Commendation in 2000 for best practice in capacity building and its "outstanding contribution to community life".

In 2001, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) funded ADEPT, as part of its best practice dissemination work, and a number of associated Regeneration Apprenticeships were set up and operated in a number of locations in England. Since that time the community-based apprenticeship has been developed with partner agencies to employ and provide accredited training for community development apprentices. The apprenticeship scheme gives participants - who are all residents of the target communities - training, accreditation and support in a regeneration sector work placement, thus benefiting the participants and the voluntary / community sector 'host' organisation.

For the apprentices, they receive practical experience in a genuine work environment that offers qualifications in community development practices as part of a wider development package focused around other issues that involve working with and supporting communities, including community safety, regeneration, housing and health.

The apprentices are the 'tool' to support local development of the community sector and its infrastructure; they are known to local communities, have established networks, and act as role models to encourage others within the communities to become actively involved in their local area.

ADEPT has, with the ongoing input and support of local community members, written and developed a programme of community development courses that can be delivered as a whole programme or as single modules. Collectively the programme is known as 'Working in Community Organisations', which is delivered in venues within local communities, to a mixed range of abilities, and can either be accredited or as part of a short 'bite size' programme. The programme also includes modules in Community Safety; Train the Community Trainer, and Skills in Community Research.
All of these courses are about enabling local people to acquire skills that facilitates them participating in their local communities more effectively. This programme is delivered by experienced community development workers in a practical and interactive way, and supports local community members to acquire the skills and knowledge to become involved to different degrees and at different levels.

The programmes are also delivered to workers who have a role in supporting and/or working with local communities. It helps them understand communities from a different perspective and so to adapt their working practices tin such a way to encourage real and meaningful participation and engagement.

Community Development Foundation

The Community Development Foundation in the UK works across policy and practice. As community development is primarily the professional practice of assisting people to act together on a local or other common basis to overcome disadvantage and improve the conditions of their lives. It works particularly through local groups and networks, which form the community sector, the largest part of the voluntary and community sector. It also works in parallel with public authorities, particularly local authorities / Local Strategic Partnerships. In this context CDF promotes and undertakes Training and Learning for Community Development. There are also examples of this at a European level with CEBSD's but also with distinct training for New Member states. A training course has been developed for Community Development trainers and workers, which incorporates policy, practice and project work.

CDF's aims are to deliver:

• 1. Stronger communities and community sector
  To embed the principles of community development and community capacity building in public policy by demonstrating how it benefits communities and society.
• 2. Cohesive communities
  To develop community cohesion policy and practice by encouraging the use of community development methods and values to improve the capacity of communities to manage diversity and resolve conflicts.
• 3. Engaged communities
  To increase the ability of individuals and communities to effectively participate in local decision-making, in order to improve public service delivery, strengthen democratic processes and deliver sustainable communities.

To achieve these aims and objectives CDF -
Develops Policy
By providing policy-makers with analysis and recommendations for improving the quality and breadth of community participation, empowerment and cohesion Improves Practice By developing and strengthening community development practice to enable local and regional engagement in the delivery of public programmes and regional activity. Transfers Knowledge By building the collective identity and strengths of the majority of community development workers, and support other community practitioners and stakeholders, by providing theoretical and practical materials that meet the current needs of practice and policy.
Website http://www.cdf.org.uk

Community Development Exchange (CDX)
CDX's mission is to be a strong and effective voice for community development. CDX have begun to produce a Community Development Resource Pack. This will consist of a number of accessible information and guidance sheets covering a range of subjects relevant to community development. The first sheet in the series is: What is community development? In 2001 CDX developed The Strategic Framework for Community Development which outlined the values, structures and support necessary for effective and sustainable community development. It has been used by local and national agencies to help them draw up their own community development strategies.
In 2004, in partnership with the Community Development Foundation, CDX also undertook the first UK-wide research into community development workers since the early 1980s.
Website: http://www.cdx.org.uk/

Federation for Community Development Learning
Supports the development of communities through advancing and promoting community development learning at local, regional and national levels, and by creating relevant opportunities for good quality training and qualifications.
This Federation is mostly made up of trainers and therefore is not embedded in localities. The Federation for Community Development Learning supporting the development of communities through advancing and promoting community work learning at local, regional and national levels and the creation of appropriate opportunities for training and qualification
They work at a national level to develop new arrangements for community work training and qualifications that are accessible and relevant to those involved in community work activities.

Institute for Community Development and Learning - Middlesex University
The Institute for Community Development and Learning has been established to promote greater links between the university and its local and regional communities. It is working with local authorities, regional bodies and the voluntary and community sectors in London. It also promotes student volunteering and local and regional partnerships with the university. The Institute also has a Mentoring and Active Citizenship Unit (MACU, which runs conferences, training workshops, masterclasses and several degree programmes in 'mentoring in the community'. It also co-ordinates conferences and training workshops on Citizenship Education for schools and Further Education Colleges.
There is also the Neighbourhood Renewal and Community Leadership Unit, which runs conferences, masterclasses and several degree programmes on aspects of community leadership and neighbourhood renewal.

Training available Unit: Understanding Community Development Work
Level One: Mandatory. NOCN Unit Code EE31QQ004
Level Two: Optional. NOCN Unit Code EE32QQ005



This pack is designed to support the Understanding Community Development Work National Open College Network (NOCN) unit at levels 1 and 2; it is a mandatory unit for the level 1 NOCN award.
This programme is aimed at people who are relatively new to community development work, or who may have been involved for some time with a community or voluntary group but would like to develop their understanding of the wider world of community development. It provides an introduction to some of the key issues in community development work. The programme looks at the key purpose of community development - what it is aiming to achieve - and explores the values and principles upon which all good community development work is based.
Website: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/partners/icdl.htm

The Institute for Learning: Exploring, Supporting and Promoting Learning for All
The main aim of the IfL is to be recognised as a research-based centre of excellence in learning and teaching, both nationally and internationally, whilst continuing to have a particular commitment to serving the educational needs of the local region. Website: http://www.hull.ac.uk/ifl/

Northern College

To provide opportunities for the transformation of individuals and communities and promote social change through the provision of outstanding adult residential and community based learning

The Northern College is a residential college. It is dedicated to the education and training of men and women who are without formal qualifications and are seeking to return to learning. The College is committed to equal opportunities for all, and offers a learning environment in a residential setting, with a high level of support which enables students to make maximum use of their time and the facilities available.
The College has pioneered an innovative mix of full and part-time programmes of study which offer accredited pathways starting from basic literacy and numeracy through to higher education.
The College's traditionally strong links with local authorities, community groups, voluntary organisations, trade unions and private sector companies enable it to contribute to social and economic regeneration through education and training in the community and the workplace.

http://www.northern.ac.uk



Scotland

The Scottish Community Development Centre - the designated National Development Centre for community development in Scotland is an innovative partnership between the Community Development Foundation (a UK non-departmental public body funded by government to support community development) and the University of Glasgow. The SCDC works with communities to:
support community groups to set their own agenda.
strengthen local action.
build community capacity

National Grid for Learning Scotland
The National Grid for Learning Scotland was a Scottish Executive initiative to fund and support projects which brought the benefits of information and communications technologies to learning, teaching and community development in Scotland.
It was set up by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) in September 1999 and concluded in April 2006.
The NGfL Scotland covered three main areas of work:

• Improving and extending the ICT infrastructure for education and community development in Scotland
• Running staff development programmes and providing training opportunities to enable teachers, educationalists, librarians and community development staff to use ICT effectively in their work
• Providing and delivering high-quality digital resources for teachers, learners and community development which were suitable for the Scottish context.
  
  

All the NGfL Scotland projects fell into one or more of these areas of work and the majority of the projects (though not all not them) were managed by Learning and Teaching Scotland. Many of these projects are continuing even though the NGfL Scotland has now come to an end.
The work carried out for the NGfL Scotland is described in several National Grid for Learning Progress reports. These were published regularly after the NGfL Scotland began and explain how projects developed and changed over the years.
The most recent report is The National Grid for Learning Progress Report Three, published in March 2004 by SEED.
A separate National Grid for Learning was established for the rest of the UK. It too ended in April 2006 and its website ceased to operate. However, many of the resources generated by the NGfL in England were transferred into the Becta Schools website run by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta).
Rebecca Morgan, Learning Services Manager in Cambridgeshire, noted that the library and other information professionals are increasingly taking on learning support roles and offering coaching or mentoring. "With e-learning there is a lot of cross-over and precise roles are becoming blurred."
Women Connect
The approach of using ICT as a means of mentoring and developing innovative Community Development practice for training and learning was also picked up in the Community Development project Women Connect. This project used a values based approach to learning and capacity building following a community development model to support women in enabling themselves to engage with policy makers and to be even more active in networks and in their communities

Website: http://www.womenconnect.org.uk

Working and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities Learning Connections has two key roles in relation to Community Learning and Development (CLD). These are:
Policy Advice to Ministers on all matters relating to CLD, linking with colleagues in Communities Scotland and across the Scottish Executive.
The CLD team supports implementation of Scottish Executive policy and development of good practice in CLD, for example through a programme of support to CLD partnerships to assist implementation of Working and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities, supporting development of training in CLD, and promoting the use of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).



Wales

Community Development Cymru CDC is an all-Wales member led independent organisation. It aims to work across sectors to:

• Develop a common understanding of the values and practice principles of Community Development.
• Promote Community Development at all levels, throughout Wales.
• Strengthen support for Community Development workers and others engaged in Community Development.
• Play an active role in the advancement of standards in Community Development practice.
• Facilitate the development of a collective voice in communicating about Community Development at all levels (including policy) for Wales.

Work Based Learning

North Wales Training works with about 2,000 learners every year.
At present, only about half of staff taken on by NWT are already qualified as teachers or assessors
North Wales Training works with about 2,000 learners every year. Most of its grants come from ELWA and Jobcentre Plus but are contingent upon the organisation demonstrating a commitment to workforce development.
About 70,000 people work for the estimated 1,000 work-based learning providers across the UK. WBL providers are funded by government agencies to provide programmes such as modern apprenticeships, New Deal training and UFI/learn direct courses.



Northern Ireland

Community Learning and Development

Northern Ireland's Community Work Education and Training Network (CWETN) is collaborating with LLUK to ensure that community workers, volunteers and others have more opportunities for training based on national standards. Current connections between teaching and training and community development work within Northern Ireland are illustrated by part-time tutors at Ulster People's College.

Key Training Organisations that undertake Community Development Training across the four nations.

NIACE (National Institute for Adult & Continuing Education)

- key UK organisation for adult learning, manages a wide range of useful projects, reports & funds, the site covers the services & activities of NIACE, including briefing papers & news. PAULO - National Training Organisation (NTO) for community based learning and development, including youth work, adult & community education. Community Learning Resource - resources, information & advice for teaching & learning, skills development, technical guidance & leadership & management for Adult & Community Learning (ACL). Informal Education - Learning from Living - improved & expanded site includes the theory & practice of various aspects of adult & community education & youth & community work & community development, including information & bibliographies. Also keywords sections, exploring areas such as competency, dialogue, learning in the community, participation in learning, social pedagogy, FAQs, bulletin (recent statistics & reports on young people), & a section on animation, groupwork & association.






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5.4 European Networks and Projects



EAEA


European Association for the Education of Adults EAEA is a European NGO with 118 member organisations in 41 countries working in the fields of adult learning. The main roles of EAEA are:
• Policy advocacy for lifelong learning at a European level
• Development of practice through projects, publications and training
• Provision of information and services for our members
• International co-operation
The association has offices in Brussels, Budapest, Madrid and Helsinki. (www.eaea.org) Contact Johani Larjenko Village action association of Finland: Early contact with the European Association for the Education of Adults established agreement on reciprocal exchange of information and dissemination of material. Further levels of co-operation including the possibility of joint training events, network buildings etc. are subject to discussion and agreement between the boards of each association.
Contact:
EAEA - Dr. Ellinor Haase
Rue de la Concorde, 60
B-1050 Bruxelles
Telephone: +32 2 513 52 05
Telefax: +32 2 513 57 34
E-mail: eaea-main@eaea.org or eaea-office@eaea.org






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Former Sans Exclure


Former Sans Exclure: Former Sans Exclure is a Grundtvig 4 network that is led by the European Social Action Network, ESAN, based in Lille. One of the partners is a French Community Development organisation ECLORE. They have been mainly responsible for networking with CEBSD.
ESAN Aisbl
17, rue de Londres - 1050 Bruxelles
Tel/Fax : +32 2 512 92 96 - Email :info@esan.org
www.esan.org




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NILE


NILE is a Grundtvig Thematic Network on Intercultural Learning and Education, which has a lot of synergies with the proposed Thematic Network on Training and Learning for Community Development. Contact and co-operation have been established with the NILE network through Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association. "IIZ/DVV are also involved in a project developing a training module for a religious diversity training and we are working on a social action module based on a community development approach."
Contact Dr. Beate Schmidt-Behlau
Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association
Obere Wihelmstr. 32 D-53225 Bonn
Phone: ++49/ 228/ 975 69-0 /97569-36 (direct)
Fax: ++49/ 228/ 975 69-55 /97569-41 (direct)
Mail: schmidt-behlau@iiz-dvv.de www.iiz-dvv.de




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CABLE


Community Action Based Learning for Empowerment Grundtvig 2 Project Objectives 2005-2007:
• To develop a training course which can be used nationally and internationally.
• develop European a learning resources manual that can be used to train workers in all European countries.
• to improve the educational effectiveness of local workers so that the delivery of informal adult education through community development work is increased and enhanced.
• to provide more direct opportunities for excluded groups who are not normally reached by traditional adult education initiatives.
• To explore the possibility of developing an approach to accrediting community based learning, using the experience of the UK participant organisation
• To build up an accessible web site for those interested in the potential of community based learning on the basis of community action
• to impact the understanding of social organisations, churches and faith communities in order to strengthen the educational profile and benefits of local based development work nationally and on the European level.
The objectives of this Grundtvig 2 project focus on the practice of Community Development training and it is therefore an important link for the proposed Thematic Network
Contact: Tony Addy: Co-ordinator tony.ecg@ecn.cz




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