ABCD Presentation week 4

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Program Interactive session week 4 Devotion, István Visky jr.

ABCD and Community Development Breakout room - discussion Principles & Asset Identification

Closing and ‘Q&A hour’

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Devotion

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ABCD and Community Development

Asset Based Community Development

LRM TRAINING 2020

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Introduction

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What ABCD is not…

COMMON MISTAKE

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a fundraising method…

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a local resources mobilization method…

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recipe… (take a community, a need, two leaders, shake them well, add some money …)

INGREDIENTS 1 c. (2 sticks) butter 1 c. packed brown sugar 1/2 c. granulated sugar 1 large egg, plus 1 egg yolk 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 2 c. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1 1/2 c. chocolate chips 3 oz. chopped chocolate Flaky sea salt, for topping

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(Christian) Community Development

Community: people, commonality, geographical area Development: process, something changes from an undesired to a desired (better, bigger, etc.) stage..

Community development: positive sustainable change in and for people’s lives..

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The change

What causes change to occur/happen?

Please write your opinion in the chat box, we will hear 2-3 people.

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The tension

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear: tension?

Is it positive or negative?

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Facilitating consultation – avoid shortcuts!

What would be, how would a shortcut look like in our work?

Consultation – engaging key individuals (as many as needed) – with all parts of the community…

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Unity and healthy human relations

Community development is fundamentally a process of building effective human relationships and harnessing the energy from those relationships to promote improvements in the lives of people.

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Common vision

Who is supposed to build the vision?

The people whose lives are to be impacted!

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Core group/leadership development

Vision Personal commitment Leadership (by example)

CREATE

The pattern which other people can follow

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Personal development

Learning

Creating opportunities for personal growth

Every aspect facilitates human learning

Please share an example with us in the chatbox and one person to share “live�.

Think about your best learning experience.

What made it so good?

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Building effective organization

To sustain and continue to develop the ideals, the vision, and the objectives of the core group(s)

The principal drivers of that process -> those whose lives are supposed to be improved

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Associations Relationships between people

Individuals

Physical

Knowledge & skills

Man-made tangible things

Natural Resources provided by nature

Adequate combined use -> leads to benefits

Institutions More formal, permanent structures

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Program development Who does it?

The community does for itself

How is it done?

- Training - Participation - Coaching

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Reflection on and protection of the process

Self-corrective guidance mechanism

Human and community development processes need protection

Starting point to relate to (baseline)

What aspect of the process are you actually looking at (indicator) Definition of Success Tool to measure (MoV)

Almost every occurrence that is potentially harmful to the process can be turned into an opportunity for learning and growth, and for creating even greater unity, resolve, and commitment.

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Breakout rooms!

Think about the CHANGE you (your organization, the community, ‌) would like to see happen?

Who decided upon this?

Is there a common vision built together with the people whose life is going to impacted?

Is there a group of people committed and engaged to facilitate/lead this process, and to create space for others to step in, follow, flourish?

Is the development process creating opportunities for personal growth and learning?

Were you/are you able to facilitate networking, relationship building and resource mobilization?

Do you have a well developed program, which was driven by the people whose life is being impacted by the process?

Do you spend time regularly to sit, breath and reflect on how the development process is going?

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Principles & Asset Identification

The ABCD approach, starts with the half-full glass – what the community already has that helps strengthen the community.

Deficiency and needs

Capacity and gifts

It starts with what we have and builds from there!

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ABCD approach

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ABCD is an approach (strategy) for sustainable community-driven development and organization.

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ABCD’s purpose is to build on the assets and capabilities that are present in the community.

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ABCD mobilizes individuals, (in)formal community structures/groups and institutions to come together to build on their assets.

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ABCD creates local social economic opportunity and growth.

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Dependency vs Joint action

NEEDS BASED APPROACH

ASSET BASED APPROACH

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Identifying Assets and Opportunities The focus will be on the following 5 main assets:

Associations Relationships between people

Individuals

Physical

Knowledge & skills

Man-made tangible things

Natural Resources provided by nature

Adequate combined use -> leads to benefits

Institutions More formal, permanent structures

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Human Assets

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Asset mapping tools & exercises The ‘We Can’ Game – Human Assets Appreciative Inquiry – Human Assets Community Mapping – physical and natural resources, institutions: miniature outside, on paper inside.

Transect walk – identifying the importance of each resource Historical Timeline – social assets Leaky Bucket – financial resources but also leakages…

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Building the Dream – Linking Assets and Opportunities Visioning The Goal Tree – Identifying goals and setting priorities Action Plan (program development) – making an operational plan for the selected goals.

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Old Chinese Saying Go to the people Live among them Learn from them Love them Start with what they know Build on what they have: But of the best leaders When their task is accomplished Their work is done The people all remark “We have done it ourselves.�

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Reflections...