Community Development Community: Social Bond, link, tie (ikatan) di dalam dan di luar batas-batas geografis Community dan Society (Proses Evolutif)

Tujuan Pengkom Pengembangan Kapasitas Masyarakat. Proses peningkatan kapasitas disebut “development” atau Empowerment Kapasitas : containing (holding, storing) and ability (of mind, of action) untuk bertindak dalam mencapai tujuan sebuah komunitas

Communty Capacity The interaction of human capital, organizational resources, and social capital existing within a given community that can be leveraged to solve collective problems and improve or maintain the well being of that community. It may operate through informal social processes and/or organized efforts by individuals, organizations, and social networks that exist among them and between them and the larger system of which the community is a part (Chaskin, R.J. etc, 2001, p. 7)

Faktor-Fakto Kapasitas Komunitas Resources (individu dan sistem kolektif) Network of relationship Leadership Support for vehicles through which community members participate in collective action and problem solving

Characteristic of Kapkom Sense of community Commitment Ability to solve problems Access to resources

Levels of Social Agency Individuals Organizations Networks

Functions Planning, decision making, governance Production of good and services Information dissemination Organizing and advocacy

Strategies Leadership Organizational Development Organizing Organizational collaboration

Conditioning Influence Safety Residential stability Density of acquaintance Structure of opportunity Patterns of migration Race and class dynamics Distribution of power and resources

Other Outcomes Better services Influence on decision-making Economic well-being

Framework of Community Capacity Conditioning Influence: Safety Residential stability Density of acquaintance Structure of opportunity Patterns of migration Race and class dynamics Distribution of power and resources Strategies: Leadership Organizational development Organizing Organizational collaboration Characteristics of Community Capacity: Sense of community Commitment Ability to solve problems Access to resources Level of Social Agency: Individual Organizations Networks Functions: Planning, decision-making, governance; Production of good & service; Information dissemination Organizing and advocacy Other Outcomes: Better Services Influence on decision-making Economic well-being

Sense of Community A degree of connectedness among members and recognition of mutuality of circumstance, including threshold level of collectively held value, norms, and vision

Commitment The responsibility that particular individuals, groups, or organizations take for what happens in the community As stakeholders and active stakeholders

The Ability to Solve Problem To translate commitment into action

Access to Resources Economic, human, physical, and political: within and beyond the neighborhood