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Guidelines for Community-based training and learningIntroduction
A series of guidelines were developed by a Grundtvig 4 programme 2005-2006and worked on by the Consortium for Training and Learning for CommunityDevelopment funded by the European Union 2007-2009. (Seewww.cebsd.org and www.tl4cd.wordpress.com for reports and discussion documents and ablog.) These Guidelines have been summarised for dissemination anddiscussion under the following headings:
5.1Target Groupsa)Publicb)Professionalc)Policy makers5.2 Content of Training and Learning for Community Developmenta)Exploring values, principles and ethicsb)Conflict and cohesionc)Governance and democracyd)Skills for Action5.3 Format of Training and Learning for Community Developmenta)Needs Assessmentb)Process and Productc)Combining Process, Product and Procedure 5.4 Organisation of Training and Learning for Community Developmenta)Power and Empowermentb)Design of Programmesc)Planningd)“Made to Measure”e)Engagement, Involvement, Motivation and Participation5.5Some challenges and tensionsa)Diversityb)Relationship between Vocational education and CommunityAdult Educationc)Recognition of learning in Community Developmentd)Sustainability of training and learning programmese)How to improve support for public participation andinvolvement.
 
5. Guidelines
5.1Target Groups of Training and Learning for CommunityDevelopment
Diagram 1 represents the diversity of the target group with division into threecategories of Public, Political and Professional. Each category should be seenat different levels, local, and national, European.
Political
CommunityDevelopmentCore Principles,Definitions and ValuesTraining and learning should create MultipliersPublic Professional
Notes on categories Political, Public and Professional
The category “Political includes Policy makers, civil servants and authorities ingeneral with a focus on specific groups for specific objectives, for example:
electedrepresentatives, people who design curricula, and people in charge of funding
Public
is understood as the localcommunity (all citizens) and specifictarget groups e.g. Voluntaryorganisations,Business people/organisations/Minority groups,Artists etc
Professional
is understood as thosewho are in paid work including:Professionals in NGOs non-governmental organisations; staff working in municipalities, in health,education and schools and experts.
 
5.2 Content of Training and Learning for CommunityDevelopment
a) Exploring values, principles and ethics
The content should include elements designed for both individual and collectivedevelopment, political rights and should have an orientation towards specificproblems and identifying solutions. In addition to training in empowerment, skillsand capacities, groups should be offered knowledge that helps understandcommunity life. Some suggested topics are:
Identities
Social analysis including norms/values, principles of equality
Initiative and motivation
Personal development such as building confidence, being assertive,dealing with conflicts.
b) Conflict and cohesion
Community-based Training can generate conflict because it stimulatesdiscussion and challenges the status quo. Understanding and operating within“communities” involves understanding the potential for conflict in:
Cohesion and co-operation across cultures
Partnership and dialogue – joint action
Forms of racism, sectarianism, sexism etc.Training needs to develop the skills to resolve conflicts as it may be uncoveringconflicts or even causing them! There is often a hidden agenda in conflicts so itmay be difficult to identify whether the conflict is about behaviour, resources,values or identity. Conflicting parties may not be evenly matched leading to“Asymmetric Conflict” where one party is stronger than another and may noteven recognise the power imbalance. There can be an added value in workingat a European level as there are often cultural differences behind conflict andyou need multi-cultural and intercultural competences, which you have moreopportunity to develop when interacting in a European
c) Governance and democracy:
Active participation and involvement of communities is part of the core principlesguiding Community Development. There are stronger and stronger linksbetween Community Development initiatives and citizen initiatives. The Trainingand Learning for Community Development project is exploring how tostrengthen connections to the citizen initiatives of the Central and EasternCitizens’ Network. There is a volume of discussion of how to mobilise citizens inorder to formulate policy and develop awareness of the different forms of democracy from the “bottom-up” (see Gerard Hautekeur’s paper onwww.tl4cd.wordpress.comfor a discussion of Community Development in
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