Community Development Goals Research Articles

Creating spaces for dialogue and learning to build collective empowerment: A qualitative study on community leadership development in Midwest America communities

ABSTRACT The complexity of today’s community challenges calls for innovative approaches that promote leadership of diverse community members and institutions working collaboratively with communities. This study reports on an evaluation of two neighborhood leadership development programs that examined the impact of programs on participants and their communities. 41 interviews were conducted with 33 program participants and eight facilitators. All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis. Participants expressed that they were motivated to participate in the leadership program(s) because they saw the need to help others in their communities and wanted to learn how to do that well. Others reported scaling up their capacity and capabilities in doing community work through engaging and empowering others toward achieving shared community development goals. Insights from the study suggest that building communities that are well resourced, equitable, and thriving places, require sustainable investment in hands-on, relational leadership training at the local level.

Public Policy Analysis on the Required Administration of Mountainous Areas in Turkey

Turkey is a mountainous country. 50% of Turkey's territory is located at an altitude of 1000 meters and 2/3 of it is located at an altitude of 500 meters and above. The percentage of mountainous areas in the total of Turkish lands is 74.6%. How aware is the administration of the mountains that bring multi-faceted and strategic meaning to the geographical structure of Turkey? Mountains need to be subjects of public policies. Yet they have not been regulated by law so far. What are the reasons behind this? Human beings must first design the spatial environment in which they live. This principle should be linked to the need for an effective administration planning of mountains. However, unfortunately even the word "mountain" does not clearly appear in the public policies of our country. These policies only focus on resources that are categorized as above-ground and underground. Administrative strategy of mountainous areas is not included in space analyses. It is also a security policy requirement to create basic public policies around the mountain in a multifaceted way, not by hiding mountain area administration under the title of any natural resource, but by handling it separately so that it is obvious within the goals of sustainable community development. Due to the characteristics of the mountains, international interest in the subject is also gradually increasing. 11th of December has been annually celebrated as the “International Mountain Day” since 2002. The ecological resilience of nature related to the existence of valuable resources also corresponds to the resilience of societies against all kinds of threats, especially against climate changes. The world now evaluates countries in terms of how they can manage these resources not just in terms of which goods and resources they have. It is important to make a distinction between the administration of mountainous areas within the public administration organization and the rural activities and to highlight the uniqueness of this type of administration. Public policies on mountains and administration of mountainous areas should rapidly be established in Turkey. In order to find balance between usage and protection, it is crucial to utilize the skills of developing scientific design strategies, objectively analyzing and interpreting and switching to new organizations and methods that are up-to-date. This paper focuses on the need for creating public policies regarding mountainous areas and proposes a model for these policies.

Unraveling the nexus between community development and sustainable development goals: A comprehensive mapping

ABSTRACT While the body of literature addressing community development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is expanding, a comprehensive analysis of its evolving trends and development is currently lacking. This research aims to bridge this knowledge gap by providing a multifaceted bibliometric overview of the literature on community development and SDGs. To analyze the nexus, we utilized a dataset of 5713 publications. The study is divided into two parts: the first part reflects on the initial response to the introduction of the SDGs as a new global development framework by the United Nations (UN) from 2015 to 2019; the second part focuses on the developments and responses from 2019 to 2023. The analysis revealed sustained prominence of keywords “sustainable development goals,” “sustainability,” “climate change,” and “community.” The research identified significant subject domains, showcasing the imperative of sustainable energy, the link between well-being and community progress, and the growing recognition of community resilience.

A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN SELF-HELP GROUPS AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES

Purpose: The abstract provides a summary of the study on women empowerment in self-help groups and digital initiatives. It emphasizes the economic and social impacts, including financial independence through SHGs and digital literacy. The abstract aims to highlight the interconnected nature of these efforts and their broader implications for community development, gender equality, and economic progress. Findings/ Result: The interconnectedness of women empowerment in self-help groups and digital initiatives, showcases how these efforts empower individual women and contribute to the broader goals of community development, social equality, and economic progress. Originality/Value: The studys originality lies in exploring how combining traditional self-help groups with digital initiatives can comprehensively empower women. It adds value by recognizing the intersectionality of empowerment strategies, addressing economic and social aspects, promoting digital inclusion, fostering innovative community development, and offering practical insights for policymaking and programs. Paper type: Systematic Review Paper KEYWORDS: Womens Empowerment, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Digital Initiatives, Economic Empowerment, Gender Gap, Financial Literacy, Microfinance, Digital Literacy, Socio-Economic Impact

Village Development Study Based on the Developing Village Index in Bati-Bati District, Tanah Laut Regency

Village Development Study Based on the Developing Village Index in Bati-Bati District, Tanah Laut Regency

European Youth and Social Circus Pedagogy and the Promotion of Social Well-being

This article explores how youth and social circus (ysc) aims to promote social well-being through the examination of educational initiatives funded by the EU to standardise pedagogical approaches in the European sector. Ysc refers to programs offering circus activities with the goal of personal and community development, mental and social well-being, and social change, rather than the training of professional artists. To address concerns around the term well-being and how it has been interpreted to further a neoliberal ideological position, the term social well-being is employed and qualified in relation to the work of Corey Lee M. Keyes (1998). Three aspects of Keyes model of social well-being (social integration, social contribution and social acceptance) are engaged to analyse the guidebook for trainers used as part of Circus Transformation (CTF), one of the best-known ysc trainers programmes in Europe since 2011 and the handbook produced as an output of the Circus as Intercultural Encounter (CIE) project 2022, which sought to develop the intercultural competences of circus trainers and organisations. The concluding section considers how these publications reveal some pitfalls in the developing discourse on ysc but mostly offer a model of social well-being wary of and resistant to neoliberal individualism.

The Role of Muslim Generation Community at Zakat Collection on Realizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Era of Digital Society 5.0

The large potential of zakat funds can support the government’s efforts in alleviating poverty. However, its management has not been seen optimally even though BAZNAS has been designated as the official agency and the only non-structural government agency that manages zakat. This study aims to investigate the important role of the human generation who are members of the Muslim community in collecting zakat at the BAZNAS in the era of digital society 5.0 to realize the SDGs. This study uses a literature study method with library data collection techniques, reading and taking notes, and managing research materials by tracing written sources that have been previously written. This study uses content analysis techniques to obtain written information that focuses on four dimensions, namely human generation, Muslim community, zakat collection, and sustainable development goals. The findings reveal that two generations of humans are members of the Muslim community that have the potential to increase zakat collection. Deeper, Maqāṣid shari’āh as the essence of Islamic law through the values of justice, freedom, and human rights of the Muslim community will support the goal of collecting zakat. The novelty of this research found that building the strength and glory of BAZNAS in the era of digital society 5.0 requires strong social ties from the entire Muslim generation community, especially the younger generation community. The main contribution of this research highlights the ‘zakat movement’ led by BAZNAS to pay more attention to the role of the millennial Muslim generation community and iGeneration in supporting zakat empowerment programs to realize Sustainable Development Goals.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PREREQUISITES FOR THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS FORMATION

The article deals with the socio-economic prerequisites for the multifunctional school buildings formation, which is aimed at achieving the goals of sustainable community development. The unsatisfactory condition of the socio-cultural service network is one of the reasons for the migration of the rural population, which leads to the depopulation of rural settlements. An important task for sustainable development of rural areas is to build social infrastructure. A promising area of improving the socio-cultural institutions network is their formation on the basis of the principle of cooperation of resources. Integration of general secondary education institutions with health care institutions, extracurricular education, sports-wellness and cultural and educational institutions will provide an opportunity to establish social and cultural services in rural settlements, where the functioning of autonomous institutions is economically impractical or impossible. Under these conditions, the schools will function as community socio - cultural centers, and not only children but also the adult population will use multifunctional school buildings. Organization on the basis of general secondary education institutions of consultative points will provide an opportunity for the population of the community for a lifetime near the place of residence. This will allow the public to be involved in the activity of the general secondary education institution, and will reduce segregation phenomena in society. The socio - economic advantages of erection of multifunctional school buildings have been confirmed by scientific research and experience of their operation.

Флагманские проекты в стратегиях развития российских муниципалитетов: по материалам конкурса муниципальных стратегий 2022

In November 2022, within the framework of the 20th All-Russian Forum “Strategic Planning in Regions and Cities of Russia: Strategies of Turbulent Era”, a competition “Implemented Strategies: From Idea to Execution” was held. One of the nominations in the framework of the competition was “The Best Flagship Project.” 75 projects submitted to the Competition by 33 municipalities from 19 regions of Russia became the object of this research. Various characteristics of the participants’ flagship projects were studied and analyzed in four thematic groups: development of flagship project ideas, financing of flagship projects, the novelty of flagship projects, industry affiliation of flagship projects. Data obtained on the dominant trends in this area are as follows: 56% of the projects are new to their municipalities; 48% of the projects were offered by administrations of the municipalities or regional authorities; 37% of the projects appeared because of the development of strategic documents; 26 projects indicated the federal budget as one of the sources of funding. It was also noted that an extremely small number of projects were proposed by members of the public and only 49% of the cases under analysis indicated extra-budgetary sources of funding. During the study, two hypotheses were tested: 1) the high cost of the project requires the involvement of more types of funding sources; 2) the high cost of the project is accompanied by long deadlines for its implementation. Based on the material of the contest participants, the first hypothesis was unconfirmed, the second was conditionally confirmed. A new definition of flagship project was proposed as a major project or a group of complementary physical or institutional transformation projects aimed at the achievement of the strategic goal of community development or solution of crucial local problems and creating potential for new significant initiatives.

PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN DAN PENGELOLAAN WEBSITE UNTUK TOKOH DAN REMAJA DI BLANG PULO LHOKSEUMAWE

The community service activities of the community development scheme aimed to provide information technology skills through a training of website making and its management for village officials, leaders of Munawwarah mosque, and youth of Blang Pulo village. The problem that has been identified by the team was that there is no village website to explore village potential and promote Blang Pulo as well as increasing the economic level through promoting superior village products as the closest village to the Malikussaleh University campus. The methodology used in this community service activity encompassed: 1) site survey and village interview prior to conducting training and to identify problems; 2) provide an introduction to the website creation system and provide assistance in teaching community empowerment training materials; and 3) providing training materials for partners and village leaders, village apparatus and youth to provide website materials with wordpress. The purpose of this service included: 1) increasing the knowledge and abilities of village leaders and youth in making websites with WordPress; and 2) increasing the ability of village leaders and youth in operating and managing the website. The target of this community service activity was to empower community of Blang Pulo village in managing websites with Wordpress, explore village potential and promote village potential, providing up-to-date data information on village information websites, and increasing economic levels through the promotion of village superior products. The results of this service activity was the creation of village website and appointment of operator Blang Pulo village to manage the web and to set up all display menus properly and correctly. So, it was expected that the results of website management training are in accordance with the needs of the community and rural development goals.

Role of Social Capital in Community Based Ecotourism: A Case of Batang District, Central Java, Indonesia

This study explores the role of social capital in developing local community-based tourism innovation villages. Social capital, including social networks, beliefs, norms of reciprocity, and local cultural values, ​​is a vital asset in various local community development programs. Social capital will be reflected in the community's ability to work together, generate awareness and commitment, a sense of belonging, and social solidarity, and create active participation in achieving common goals. Its presence and role in society are crucial for the success of community development goals and programs, including the eco-tourism development program. This study used a qualitative approach based on a case study located in Batang Regency, Central Java, and conducted in-depth interviews with selected informants. The results show that social capital encourages the ability and capability of local communities to work together and coordinate to contribute to the sustainability of ecotourism productivity significantly. In particular, social capital impacts the readiness and knowledge of local communities on tourist villages, socio-environment, and economy. A part from the active participation of the local community in planning, implementing, and maintaining the tourism village and planning strategies to initiate community action, is an important factor in the sustainability of ecotourism management. In conclusion, several recommendations need to be proposed, including the cooperation of the local community with the Batang Regency Tourism and Culture Office. In addition to collaborating with private investors in order to develop tourism potential in Deswita Pandansari with a mutually beneficial cooperation pattern (mutual benefit). It is especially for the development of traditional arts in order to integrate local arts to support tourist destinations in Pandansari.

Counselling Adult Leaner for Community Participation in Development of Literacy Centers in Akampa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

This paper focus on how adult literacy education and community development are explored to determine how adult literacy education might be used to further the goals of community development in Akampa Local Government Area of Cross River State. While there are parallels between these two disciplines, there are also barriers to overcome if an integrated approach to dealing with community issues is realized. This paper reflected an interest in advancing a comprehensive approach to community development in communities with limited economic resources, low-level literacy and limited access. It seeks to address the issue of whether adult literacy education programs have a meaningful role to play in community development. The strengths of participatory approaches such as community-based literacy, and community development principles such as collective action, shared values, participation, social justice, political awareness and action, comprehensiveness, empowerment, and learning and reflection, facilitate an interdisciplinary approach. putting these three perspectives sought to stimulate and provoke the adult learner to critically analyse issues around him/her and be able to suggest practical solutions that will lead to his/her personal development and that of the rural community, all within the cultural setting. promotes confidence as an individual in a modern society, and as a member of a national and world community

“My definition of community is community, and their definition is more around fan engagement”: balancing business and social logics of professional sport teams’ community activities

ABSTRACT Professional sport teams operate within an increasingly complex institutional environment and are required to often confront incompatible prescriptions from multiple institutional logics, such as performance and commercial goals (i.e., business logics) relative to community development and altruistic goals (i.e., social logics). The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of institutional complexity on managers perceptions of community-oriented practices across 12 professional teams within a single Australian sport league. Using Raynard’s (2016) configurations of institutional complexity, we identify two types of hybrid responses that professional teams utilise to address multiple logics: aligned and segregated. When community managers perceived social logics to be aligned with business logics, community activities were more aligned with commercial organisational outcomes such as brand, fan and sponsorship benefits. Alternatively, when managers perceived social logics to be segregated from business logics, community activities were more autonomous from commercial drivers, allowing a greater focus on community development outcomes including education, health and increased trust. Theoretically, our research adds to institutional logic scholarship by showing that multiple logics can be compatible with each other, central logics influence peripheral logics and organisational responses to institutional complexity can vary within a professional sport league.

Model Strategi Pengembangan Masyarakat Berbasis Desa Wisata di Situ Gunung Sukabumi

Community development is an activity that is planned to improve the standard of living of the community through programs that are able to develop their potential and use local institutions as a forum for collective activities. Assessment of local aspects (including local institutions) in the community in the context of the community development process can explain the position of each local aspect in the community in achieving community development goals. systems approach using Soft System Methodology (SSM). Thus, it is expected to produce a conceptual model of the HR development strategy of the actors by increasing productivity in realizing prosperity and sustainability. The sample of this research is the Situ Gunung Tourism Village Community, Sukabumi Regency. The strategy of developing human resources (HR) and tourism in the object of this research is a strategic action to create competency and quality of human resources, develop local institutions, and empower communities.

Formulating win-win management plans in Protected Areas (PAs) based on Key Ecosystem services (KESs): An application in the Shennongjia National Park, China

Exploring win-win approaches to ecological conservation and community development goals is a central issue in the management of PAs. Achieving sustainable management of ESs in PAs is more of a social governance issue, requiring the SES managers to understand the diverse tradeoffs among ESs and well-beings and design management plans with supportive governance processes and institutions. To solve this issue, ESs importance was chosen as the entry point, which is good at “understanding” but weak in “designing” in most cases. We proposed a “KESs-based PAs management plans formulating framework,” which is born out of the ESs importance analysis and knowledge for win-win management in PAs. Through the six steps and two tools (“Identification Methodology for PAs KESs” and the “Standard Strategies for PAs KESs Management”) embedded in the framework, the win-win management plan for dual goals could be formulated. By applying the framework in the Shennongjia National Park in China, we obtained three directions for adjusting strategies and eight directions for adjusting measures for the National Park Services to formulate management plans. The framework promotes the sustainable management of ESs in PAs by making up for the gap in applying ESs importance in designing feasible, specific, and systematic management plans with policies and institutions.

Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Rural Infrastructure Projects on Community Development

Public construction infrastructure projects have been recognized as one of the fundamental tools in enhancing community socio-economic conditions for community development. The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impacts of socio-economic factors on community development of rural regions. Through a questionnaire survey administrated in Pakistan, public construction practitioners’ views were sought and evaluated. Empirical support for the argument originated from the data collected from 213 respondents in Pakistan’s public construction industry. The questionnaire’s data were evaluated employing the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The study’s findings showed that economic and social factors influence the community development of rural regions. The result obtained from PLS-SEM proposed a more viable method to realize community development and objectives. The study’s results have offered precious lessons for local authorities, policymakers, and project stakeholders to strengthen the drive for achieving community development goals. Strategies supporting community development in rural regions are indispensable for local community development. This study provides empirical confirmation for the understanding and combining the community development concept; it illuminates absent knowledge about community development, especially in rural regions. This is one of the few studies investigating the influencing dimensions of community development in rural regions. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first research article providing empirical evidence of the influencing dimensions of community development in rural regions in a developing country.

Microgrants as a pathway for community development: A case study exploring impacts, implementation and context

ABSTRACT Microgrant schemes are used in many contexts relevant to community development, but there are few detailed accounts of their operation and effects. This study explored a four-year microgrant scheme in Bristol, UK. The research analyzed 141 awards and collected qualitative and quantitative data on 233 individuals. The research found that the diversity of activities, local embeddedness, skills and capacity development, social connection and volunteering features of the scheme offered routes to community development goals. Microgrant schemes are likely to benefit from designated staff to conduct outreach work, facilitate stakeholder engagement, and provide ongoing support. Coordination with other community development activities enhanced the scheme’s impact while weaknesses in local infrastructure, caused by funding cuts, impeded delivery. Microgrant schemes should be understood as an intervention that complements and works alongside other community development activities. To enhance their role in community development, attention needs to be paid to scheme design, implementation and integration.

An Investigation in to the Effectiveness of Participatory Budgeting in Achieving Community Development Goals in Port Loko District Council)

The Sierra Leone local council is charged with the responsibilities to govern and look over the welfare of its citizens in its localities but has been faced with a lot of challenges ranging from limited finance, insufficient staff capacity, insufficient material resources, mobility, and little compliance from bigger MDAs in terms of control. Hence has raised effectiveness issues in council operations. With the implementation of participatory budgeting in Port, Loko District Council calls for a study with the objective to investigate the effectiveness and linearity of participatory budgeting in the achievement of community development goals in the Port Loko District Council. Purposive sampling was done and administered a survey questionnaire to 420 respondents in the Port Loko District. Simple linear regression and correlational tests were used to interpret and analyze the primary data using SPSS 16.0 software package. The data analyses found out that there was a mean agreement rate of 1.95, which indicated that the respondents agreed that participatory budgeting was effective. The hypothesis test, if the effectiveness of participatory budgeting in Port Loko District Council has an impact on the achievement of community development goals, the major finding in this research is that effectiveness of participatory budgeting significantly affects the achievement of community development goals in the council district and concludes that participatory budgeting implemented in the Port Loko District Council in relation to the achievement of community development goals is effective, has a positive relationship and a strong correlation between them.

Stakeholder relations of sustainable banks: Community benefit above the common good

AbstractThis paper explores stakeholder relations of sustainable banks as organizations that simultaneously pursue the community development and market profitability goals. The study features the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), an international group of 62 financial institutions and 16 strategic partners, which collectively hold $200 billion USD of assets under management. Using the organizational identity orientation framework (Brickson, 2005, 2007), it reveals that, contrary to widely held assumptions that community‐focused organizations serve a broad common good purpose, sustainable banks take a relational stance based on effectively prioritizing community issues aligned with their missions and establishing strong partnerships with selected counterparts. Sustainable banks approach their stakeholder relations through the relational identity orientation expressed in the practices of inclusion of affected communities, full incorporation of local needs, philanthropic inclusiveness, transparency and power balance among stakeholders, governmental commitments, and relational hiring and socializing.

Influence of Inclusive Social Services of Disabled on Community Development in Bungoma North Sub County Kenya

A robust community development involves Continuous efforts, Strategic mindset, Equality and corporation, Humorous approach, Community based ideas implementation, Community input and output, Well-guarded legal and policy frame work whereas a robust Community development activity involves a broken down to small level of community effort initiated to ensure the societies get social, cultural and economic growth this will lead to more employment, Economic stability, social amenities availability, harmonious integration, reduced marginalization however all the stated issues promote capacity development and robust human resource in a given community through shared and responsible members towards development objectives. Resonating to the concern of the study to explore deeply and understanding the contemporary treatment and disability inclusion on social services towards the realization of community development goals and the services offered by various stakeholders in community and consequently analyse the core influences and plight towards participatory development on various community developmental initiatives in Bungoma North sub county development initiatives for sustainable development more so towards an holistic quality of life (QOL) of all and measures taken to support and ensure especially the disabled. This study explored recommendations such as cohesion disability awareness and respect among citizens ensuring that they are accorded the seriousness they deserve by all stakeholders and the constituents that affect various levels in order to reserve adequate resources in ways such as time and finances to ensure optimum inclusion of disabled.This paper is determined to basically help policy makers, community and everyone on the frontline ofprovision of social services laws and policies and implementation however it could also act as a catalyst for advocacy groups and nongovernmental organizations on lobbying the government and society in general on all-inclusive community development participation benefits to realize vision 20030. The study took in descriptive survey as research design; sampling involved residents/disabled, government officials, clergy and social work staff involving a purposive sampling technique, informal interview, observation and document analysis. The research was based on structured questionnaires, which were distributed for data collection. Targeted population was 1000 people peaked from Bungoma North Sub County through stratified method of random sampling however this study drew 10% of the study population that is 100 respondents then issued with poll forms as data tools. The study conducted correlation analysis to determine whether there was relationship and strength on changes in any given population and projected frequency and later examined by a way of statistical package for social scientists Version 21.