Inspiring Communities recently released A Capability Framework to Guide Community-led Development Practice in Aotearoa. This practical resource is designed to build community-led development skills, recognize and value the different roles that individuals play in place-based community change efforts.
Community-led development is about working collaboratively to positively impact change from a place-based perspective. This includes bringing all voices to the table including business, citizens, organizations, funders and government. The principles driving a community-led development approach include:
The Capability Framework identifies three community change leader roles including: street leader; community activator; and CLD (community-led development) Enabler and provides ways of being and acting to maximize the role and relationship with community.
While the Capability Framework is written for the New Zealand context, it is a useful Framework for anyone involved in community-led development. By articulating the core capabilities and how these might be expressed across different community-change leader roles, communities can move from ideas to action to outcomes.
Through the Capability Framework to Guide Community-led Development Practice in Aotearoa, Inspiring Communities continues to add significant value to the field of place-based and community change.