Community Organization & Community Development

Community Development Community Development may be defined as “the process by which the efforts of people themselves are united with government authorities to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of communities to integrate these communities into the life of nation and to enable them to contribute fully to national progress”

Basic Elements of CD Activities must correspond to the basic needs of the community, firstly projects should be initiated in response to the expressed needs of people. Community development aims at increased and better participation of the people in community affairs. The identification, encouragement and training to the local leadership should be basic objective in any programme. Implementation of a community development programme on a national scale requires adoption of consistent policies, specific administrative arrangements, recruitment and training of personnel, mobilization of local and national resources and organization of research, experimentation and evaluation

Difference between CO & CD Community DevelopmentCommunity Organisation 1.Government sponsored programme 2.Aims to provide services to the people mainly economic improvement 3.Practised mainly underdeveloped or developing communities for the economic development. 1.government sponsorship is not necessary 2.Community services are organized and planned by the people themselves under the guidance of a community organizer 3.Is to develop cooperative and collaborative attitude among people in the community 4.CO worker is not necessarily a government functionary