Course Modules:

Module 1: Principles and Frameworks of Community-Driven Development

• Defining CDD: concepts, origins, and evolution
• Key principles: participation, empowerment, transparency, and inclusion
• Institutional models of CDD: government, NGO, and hybrid systems
  Case Study: Indonesia’s Kecamatan Development Program
  Exercise: Map stakeholders and power relations in an informal settlement

Module 2: Mobilizing and Organizing Communities

• Community engagement strategies and participatory facilitation
• Setting up community development committees and representative bodies
• Managing community dynamics: gender, youth, elders, and marginalized groups
  Workshop: Facilitate a mock community visioning session
  Case Study: Brazil’s participatory budgeting model in Porto Alegre

Module 3: Participatory Planning and Project Identification

• Tools: participatory rural/urban appraisal (PRA/PUA), needs assessments
• Project cycle management in CDD
• Prioritization and co-design of local solutions
  Exercise: Conduct a participatory problem analysis and develop a priority action matrix
  Case Study: Kenya’s Mukuru Special Planning Area community co-design process

Module 4: Community Financing and Fund Management

• Financing models: community grants, matching funds, microfinance
• Accountability systems and fiduciary controls in CDD
• Community procurement and fund disbursement procedures
  Workshop: Simulate budgeting and disbursement for a small grant project
  Case Study: Uganda’s Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF)

Module 5: Monitoring, Learning, and Scaling Up Community-Led Projects

• Participatory M&E methods and tools
• Feedback loops, grievance redress, and adaptive learning
• Policy integration and mainstreaming CDD at scale
  Exercise: Develop a results framework for a CDD urban upgrading initiative
  Case Study: Scaling community-led sanitation in India through the National Urban Sanitation Policy