Tag Archives: Community capacity building

A reading list on ABCD (over 100 resources)

Posted on 11 April 2016 by Graeme Stuart

[Updated 19 October 2017 to add new resources. Click here for a list of the new ones.] The following are readings I’ve collected about asset-based community development (ABCD) and other asset-based approaches to working with communities. (If you want you … Continue reading →

Posted in Good articles/links, Strengths-based approaches & ABCD, Working with communities | Tagged ABCD, Academia, Asset based community development, Community capacity building, Community development, Community engagement, For students, Reading, Resources | 6 Comments

What is community capacity building?

Posted on 10 March 2014 by Graeme Stuart

According to the Western Australian Department for Community Development (2006) Community capacity building is about promoting the ‘capacity’ of local communities to develop, implement and sustain their own solutions to problems in a way that helps them shape and exercise … Continue reading →