1 / 12

Community Development Initiatives and Assistance Programs

Learn about the definition of community development and how local communities can develop enterprises. Discover organizations providing assistance such as CEBs, FAS, Leader, Teagasc, and Udaras na Gaeltachta. Explore their services and impact on local entrepreneurship.

cdarrell
Download Presentation

Community Development Initiatives and Assistance Programs

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CHAP 22…… COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  2. 1. WHAT is community development? Community development can be defined as “the efforts of local communities to solve their economic problems by developing entrepreneurship among local people”

  3. 2. How can a local community develop enterprise? To develop business enterprise in a community the following is essential. • People • An Organisation • Plan • Finance

  4. People: AN Organisation: Plan of action:

  5. Finance: Additional measures:

  6. 3. Who provides assistance to these community initiatives? State agencies such as: • CEB’s County Enterprise Boards • FAS • Leader • APC’s Area partnership companies • Teagasc • Udaras na Gaeltachta

  7. CEB’s-help local entrepreneurs start up small businesses and create employment in their own county.The board of every CEB is made up of various local stakeholders such as local businesses, voluntary groups, trade unions, state agencies. CEB’s features • Local Resource Audits- research local area to see if business opportunities exist. • Assisting small businesses – the services they provide new start up’ s is in the areas of market research, financial training, marketing initiatives etc. • Financial Support - They also offer grant aid, equity capital and low cost loans

  8. FAS – This is a state run agency that helps in job creation and training for disadvantaged groups. It also helps to give advice on employment opportunities. NOTE: FAS received poor PR in Dec 2008 due to its wreck less spending of its top managers- (trips away, 5 star accommodation) The FAS social economy programme provides funding to community groups for those who may have disabilities etc. They provide a service that is required more for social inclusion rather than commercial profit making reasons.

  9. APC’s APC’s are geared towards encouraging job creation and developing business initiatives in urban areas of high unemployment (Ballymun, Tallaght in Dublin). They specifically target disadvantaged areas. They act in a similar manner to that of CEB’s. Leader Programme These programmes are set up by the EU to encourage offers assistance to rural parts of Ireland that needs assistance. THE Leader programme promotes areas such as feasibility studies, employment training, rural tourism, rural environmental conservation.

  10. Teagasc – This is a state organisations that are needed for development of young farmers, existing farms and areas of agricultural development. It is particularly interested in the development of rural enterprise as this helps local farming communities the decline that currently exists in traditional farming. NOTE: Dec 2009 – 10 Local farmers from the West Mayo area set up LAMB DIRECT – Buying lamb produce direct from the farmer at more competitive prices than from local wholesale retailers and local butchers. Udaras na Gaeltachta - This is also a state agency that offer grant availability, mentoring assistance, support & advice to those businesses that are set up in gaeltacht areas. Example: GWEEDORE, CONNEMARA, BALLYVOURNEY

  11. LC EXAM QUESTION 2007 Q2 (B) 20 marks Name 3 examples of community development organisations and describe the services provided by one of them? 2003 Q2 (B) 10 marks • Define community development? • Analyse how local communities and local businesses can benefit from each others presence in an area? Use an example in each case to illustrate the answer. 20 marks

  12. LC EXAM QUESTION 2001 (b) 20 marks Discuss how the services provided by one community development organisation in your locality helps business?

More Related