development planning – why plan for development? wednesday, october 28, 2015
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Development Planning
• Why plan for Development?– The aims of this module are to introduce the
participant to the planning process and to identify different types of plan
• Following principles outlined in Context for Communities
• This section has one PowerPoint presentation:– LEAP
Section Objectives• There are 7 activities in this section:
– Planning: What? Why? How?– How Would You Plan?– Initiating a Community Technology Plan– Setting up a Steering Committee– Gathering Information– Establishing Community Interest– Identifying Local Resources
• Knowledge gained from completing the first activity will inform your decisions in the following activities
Planning: What? Why? How?
• This activity aims to give an understanding of the LEAP planning process– Define the word “plan”– List types of plan– Why must you plan?
Planning: What? Why? How?
• Compare responses with:– Planning ensures that people within an organisation have
thought through about what needs to be done to help the organisation operate and grow.
– When done well, everyone within the organisation knows where they are heading and stops things being done in a haphazard way.
– Planning does not exist in a vacuum. It is no use having plans if they are not following and are not regularly reviewed and revised to take account of new circumstances.
How Would You Plan?
• Break down the planning process into the following categories:– Inputs
• The resources used to build or complete a programme, policy or project. Includes staff, time, budgets, equipment etc
– Process• What you do to the resources
– Outputs• The specific products of the process activities
– Outcomes• The effects of the outputs
Initiating a Community Technology Plan
• Make sure that all participants are aware of the LEAP process
• Have the LEAP PowerPoint showing whilst completing this activity
• Read and discuss the two scenarios• There are no correct answers here
Other Members…
Setting up a Steering Committee
Educational Representative
Accountant, Solicitor, Marketing Professionals
Prime Mover Organizer, Community and Business Representatives
Gathering Information
• Discuss sources of information– Local authority– Housing authorities– Neighbourhood programmes
Establishing Community Interest
• Discuss sources and levels of community interest:– Community residents on the steering committee– Meetings– Participation of key community leaders– Shared interests with groups of community
residents– Surveys
Identifying Local Resources
• Local resources include:– Schools– Colleges– Libraries– Local businesses– Local government agencies– Community-based organisations
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