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Links and Resources

Capacity Building and Health Promotion
1. Australia has done some work on a Framework for Capacity Building in Health Promotion. It is the result of more than 5 years of work by three health promotion research centres, and has an excellent collection of articles, indicators and working templates to consider.

2. The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse also provides capacity building resources related to health promotion.

Click language button, then “Health Promotion Resource Centre”; “Resources”; Community Capacity” or “Organizational Capacity”.
See also: www.opc.on.ca/english/our_programs/hlth_promo/resources/capacity_building.pdf

Neighbourhood Capacity Building
“The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD), established in 1995 by the Community Development Program at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research, is built upon three decades of community development research by John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight. The ABCD Institute spreads its findings on capacity-building community development in two ways: (1) through extensive and substantial interactions with community builders, and (2) by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.”
For mapping tools see: www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd/abcdtools.html

The Kitchener Auditorium Neighbourhood has developed an excellent website that could serve as a template for other neighbourhoods.

Several members of the Waterloo Community Council have developed a website of Waterloo Region with a complete listing of all neighbourhoods plus an interactive forum where residents can host discussions and share tips.

The City of Vancouver has produced a thorough grassroots organizing guide.

“Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) plays a major role in assisting communities across Canada to build their capacity. The Community Development Handbook is but one tool to support this work. The Community Capacity Building Facilitator's Guide is another tool designed for your capacity building needs. It is available for downloading in Word 6 format”.

Community Asset Mapping
Common Ground is a community-based mapping and planning project located in Victoria, BC, that provides mapping and learning resources and opportunities for schools, neighborhoods and communities wishing to undertake sustainable community development and planning projects.”

Community Building Resources (CBR) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada uses an asset based focus for community building and community development. They provide some good examples of different projects.

Online Community Capacity Building and Communication
The Benton Foundation has put together a series of toolkits to assist with Strategic Communications and Capacity Building

Capacity Building and Community Economic Development
This website has been developed by the Maritime provinces and provides some practical resources in their training modules.

Measuring Capacity Building
The Aspen Institute/Rural Economic Program has produced a workbook entitled “Measuring Community Capacity Building” which has to be ordered. However, their website is well worth a visit because of their extensive work and research on capacity building. Go to the Home page, press search and enter “capacity building”.