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Mobilizing Assets for Community Driven Development. Coady International Institute May 21 – May 31 2013. Building a Skills Inventory. Individual Skills. How would you go about identifying the myriad of skills, talents, gifts and capacities that community members possess?.
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Mobilizing Assets for Community Driven Development Coady International Institute May 21 – May 31 2013
Individual Skills • How would you go about identifying the myriad of skills, talents, gifts and capacities that community members possess?
Mapping skills of the head, hand and heart Analysis Organization Writing Management Literacy Cooking Dancing Embroidery Salt Farming Stitching Compassion Humour Teamwork Conflict resolution Willingness to collaborate
Categories of skills • Skills for making livelihoods • Sub groupings? • “Civic” skills (skills for building ‘community’) • Think also of: • Cultural skills (and indigenous knowledge) • Local innovations
Associations • Faith-based • Gender • Age • Residence • Sports and Recreation • Shared Interest • Professional • Cultural • Self-Help or Support
The relationships between Associations and Institutions (RCDC – MARD, Vietnam)
By mapping associations, the community Identifies existing organisational capacity Sees where the energy is in this community Understands what motivates people to organise Recognises existing leadership in the community Can think about how existing associations can be modified and expanded to meet new opportunities