CHAP 22

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CHAP 22

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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1. WHAT is community development?

• Community development can be defined as
• the efforts of local communities to solve their
  economic problems by developing entrepreneurship
  among local people

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2. How can a local community develop enterprise?

• To develop business enterprise in a community the
  following is essential.
• People
• An Organisation
• Plan
• Finance

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• People
• AN Organisation
• Plan of action

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• Finance
• Additional measures

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3. Who provides assistance to these community
initiatives?

• State agencies such as
• CEBs County Enterprise Boards
• FAS
• Leader
• APCs Area partnership companies
• Teagasc
• Udaras na Gaeltachta

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• CEBs-help local entrepreneurs start up small
  businesses and create employment in their own
  county. The board of every CEB is made up of
  various local stakeholders such as local
  businesses, voluntary groups, trade unions, state
  agencies. CEBs features
• Local Resource Audits- research local area to see
  if business opportunities exist.
• Assisting small businesses the services they
  provide new start up s is in the areas of market
  research, financial training, marketing
  initiatives etc.
• Financial Support - They also offer grant aid,
  equity capital and low cost loans

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• FAS
• This is a state run agency that helps in job
  creation and training for disadvantaged groups.
  It also helps to give advice on employment
  opportunities.
• NOTE
• FAS received poor PR in Dec 2008 due to its wreck
  less spending of its top managers- (trips away, 5
  star accommodation)
• The FAS social economy programme provides funding
  to community groups for those who may have
  disabilities etc. They provide a service that is
  required more for social inclusion rather than
  commercial profit making reasons.

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• APCs
• APCs are geared towards encouraging job creation
  and developing business initiatives in urban
  areas of high unemployment (Ballymun, Tallaght in
  Dublin). They specifically target disadvantaged
  areas. They act in a similar manner to that of
  CEBs.
• Leader Programme
• These programmes are set up by the EU to
  encourage offers assistance to rural parts of
  Ireland that needs assistance. THE Leader
  programme promotes areas such as feasibility
  studies, employment training, rural tourism,
  rural environmental conservation.

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• Teagasc
• This is a state organisations that are needed for
  development of young farmers, existing farms and
  areas of agricultural development. It is
  particularly interested in the development of
  rural enterprise as this helps local farming
  communities the decline that currently exists in
  traditional farming.
• NOTE Dec 2009 10 Local farmers from the West
  Mayo area set up LAMB DIRECT Buying lamb
  produce direct from the farmer at more
  competitive prices than from local wholesale
  retailers and local butchers.
• Udaras na Gaeltachta -
• This is also a state agency that offer grant
  availability, mentoring assistance, support
  advice to those businesses that are set up in
  gaeltacht areas.
• Example GWEEDORE, CONNEMARA, BALLYVOURNEY

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LC EXAM QUESTION

• 2007 Q2 (B) 20 marks
• Name 3 examples of community development
  organisations and describe the services provided
  by one of them?
• 2003 Q2 (B) 10 marks
• Define community development?
• Analyse how local communities and local
  businesses can benefit from each others presence
  in an area? Use an example in each case to
  illustrate the answer. 20 marks

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LC EXAM QUESTION

• 2001 (b) 20 marks
• Discuss how the services provided by one
  community development organisation in your
  locality helps business?