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Training Seminar on Community Planning
 

Local authorities, developers, landowners and community groups are increasingly involving local people in planning and development issues.

But what is the best way of going about it?

How does one choose between the bewildering range of approaches?

This training seminar provides an overview of the range of methods available and equips participants with the ability to devise a community planning strategy for their own situation. It is designed for both professionals and non-professionals and can be used purely as a training exercise or 'for real'.

Seminar facilitator, Nick Wates, is an experienced trainer and the author of the first comprehensive international handbook on the subject: Community Planning; how people can shape their cities, towns and villages in any part of the world, published by Earthscan in March 2000.
 
Sample Programme
10.45   Registration and coffee
11.15   Introduction
11.30   Community Planning; an overview
Slide show by Nick Wates looking at the range of methods available and how they can be combined in a variety of ways to form a coherent community planning strategy for any development situation. Questions and general discussion.
13.00   Lunch
14.00   Design your own community planning strategy
Participants work both individually and in small groups devising the most suitable community planning strategy to suit either their own situation or an imaginary context. Presentation of strategies.
15.30   Tea and Next Steps
Informal discussion on conclusions to be drawn and on further information required by participants.
16.30   Close
   
The seminar can also be run as a morning, afternoon or evening session. Alternatively it can be incorporated as part of a larger programme, perhaps including speakers presenting local case studies or other relevant material.

 

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