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Asset Based Community Development

Asset Based Community Development. Overview of Module . Introduce asset-based community development (ABCD ) Discuss the four areas that are part of the ABCD process. Link the ABCD process to the seven community capitals Identify regional assets & barriers. Do we even know what we have? .

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Asset Based Community Development

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  1. Asset Based Community Development

  2. Overview of Module • Introduce asset-based community development (ABCD) • Discuss the four areas that are part of the ABCD process. • Link the ABCD process to the seven community capitals • Identify regional assets & barriers

  3. Do we even know what we have? Do we know what to do with what we have?

  4. Asset Mapping Kretzmann and McKnight

  5. Let’s Start with PeopleHuman Infrastructure

  6. Assets of People The Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD ) Approach: • Uncovers hidden talents and skills of people in your region. • Identifies people in key positions with access to important resources. • Taps the skills/talents of citizens who can help

  7. Tools to Uncover Hidden Assets of Individuals • Capacity Inventory of Individuals • Community Participation and Leadership Inventory

  8. People Summary of “People” Tools

  9. The Next Asset Mapping Area Voluntary Associations

  10. Voluntary Associations • Rely on regular or occasional volunteers • Have few, if any, paid staff • Have autonomy from the state • Are self-governed by a board of unpaid individuals (usually) • Tend to be not-for-profit organizations • Provide a benefit or service to non-members Voluntary Associations Source: BusinessDictionary.com

  11. The Third Arena of Assets

  12. Local Institutions Local Formal Institutions Formal organizations that: • Provide programs, facilities and services to meet needs of residents. • Carrying out functions vital to long-term community sustainability. • Influence the vitality of the region by their presence and strength Source: Etzen and Baca-Zinn, 2001; Sparknotes.com, 2006

  13. Local Institutions Key toEconomic Development • Education • Economic • Political/Governmental • Health

  14. Uncovering Assets of VoluntaryAssociations & Local Formal Institutions Challenge: How to identify the relevant assets and resources of voluntary groups and community institutions? Solution: Inventory of Voluntary Associations and Local Formal Institutions

  15. Information Collected • Mission or purpose • Physical location • Number of members and/or employees • Current & planned activities or programs • Partnering organizations • Current resources: • Buildings • Equipment • Expertise • Grants, donations • External resources

  16. UNCOVERING YOUR REGIONAL TEAM’S ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS

  17. The Fourth Area of Assets Physical Resources

  18. Physical ResourcesNatural & Human-Made • Water and land-related amenities • Vacant and underutilized buildings • Historical & cultural sites; museums • Recreational facilities; parks • Housing stock • Educational centers; health facilities • Roads & transportation systems

  19. The Community capitals framework Sources: Flora & Flora (2008); Jacobs (2007)

  20. The Seven Community Capitals A Vibrant Region

  21. Defining the Capitals

  22. The Asset Mapping Arenas Linking Asset Mapping & CommunityCapitals A Comprehensive Approach to Discovering the Assets to Support Regional Goals The Community Capitals

  23. Exploring Possible Barriers:The Other Dimension to Consider Are there forces at play that might impede your efforts to achieve your regional goals? • Factors within the region? • Factors outside the region? How can we identify these possible barriers?

  24. Adding Barriers to the Template Adding a column to identify barriers

  25. Keep in Mind . . . As you identify key voluntary associations and formal institutions • Interview leaders & members of the organizations • Collect pertinent information using the “Inventory to Voluntary Associations and Local Institutions” • Link the activities/interests of these groups with your regional goals and activities

  26. Difference between Asset Mapping and ABCD

  27. Definition of Asset Mapping • "Asset Mapping" is derived from an "asset-based" approach to community development, and refers to a range of approaches that work from the principle that a community can be built only by focusing on the strengths and capacities of the citizens and associations that call a neighborhood, community or county "home".

  28. Asset Based CD model • The Asset Based CD model says – we are citizens (someone that contributes to the community) • We can all make a contribution • Community can take pride in itself • Local relationships are important and improved • We are the answer • We are equal with others – we work together

  29. ABCD “Asset based community development is a powerful approach focused on discovering and mobilising the resources that are already present in a community.  It provides a way for citizens to find and mobilise what they have in order to build a stronger community” (Green, Moore, & O’Brien, 2006)

  30. Case Study • Exploring the difference between the impacts of asset mapping and ABCD • The Wine Industry in Southern Italy and Tourism in Appalachia

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