Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements: Co-op housing

Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements

		Introduction
		World neighbors in action
		Human settlement managers training programme - handbook for the organization and design of courses
		Bridging the gap: A participatory approach to health and nutrition education
		Self-evaluation: Ideas for participatory evaluation of rural community development projects
		Local authority supervisor training program, Kenya
		Urban housing and community development course
		Teaching rural community development
		Organization and management of field education
		Project management program Harare, Zimbabwe
		Primer taller de capacitacion para mujeres dirigentes de organizaciones femininas en el districto de San Martin de porres
		Getting the community into the act: 72 participatory activities for field workers and trainers
		Board of director's course: Instructor's manual and handouts
		Tecnicas educativas
		Women and graphics: A beginner's kit
		The tribune: A women and development quarterly
		How to perform in front of an audience
		Audiovisual communication handbook
		Dialogar para construir, diseno participativo en barrios populares de Bogota
		Women and technology: If it's not appropriate for women, it's not appropriate.
		1. Como leer un plano - 2. Mejoramiento poblacional
		1. Sistema constructivo 'bend' - 2. Prefabricacion, sistema 'bend'
		1. El replanted - 2. Como construir una vivienda con calicanto - 3. Como construir una vivienda con bloques de concreto - 4. Como construir una vivienda con cinva-ram - 5. Como construir una vivienda con horcones y concreto
		Small-scale production of lime for buildings
		Making building blocks with the cinva-ram block press.
		Building with stabilised soil blocks
		Small-scale production of local building materials
		Manual para la construccion de vivienda con adobe
		Casas de tierra, Minka no. 9, october 1982
		Construction reference manual, a sourcebook for the use of local materials in construction.
		Sistematizacion de una practica tecnica en vivienda social
		Manual de autoconstruccion
		Manual de construcao moradias nas aldeias comunais.
		When you build a house: a manual of construction details for Caribbean houses with emphasis on protection from strong winds
		Cooler in summer/warmer in winter: How to improve your shha house
		Techniques for low-cost/self-help housing
		Affordable sanitation
		Making your house safe against strong winds
		A campaign plan for tinsa valley
		Cooperative housingaffordability and related technical solutions
		Co-operatives: the affordable housing alternative
		Managing housing co-ops' money
		Estructura interna de una cooperativa de vivienda: Pobladores y educacion no. 1
		Co-operative housing, a handbook for effective operations
		Co-op housing - The best move we ever made
		Ideas on proposal writing and financial/technical assistance
		Information and training materials for low-cost water supply and sanitation
		Self-help housing improvements for lowest-income communities: Motivators' and trainers' guide
		Manual para proyectos de ayuda mutua

Co-op housing - The best move we ever made

FILM 1: CO-OP HOUSING - THE BEST MOVE WE EVER MADE

FILM 2: CO-OP HOUSING - GETTING IT TOGETHER

ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET: CO-OP HOUSING,

WRITTEN BY: ANDY TAYLOR AND CATHERINE MACLEOD, CANADA, 1975

PRODUCED BY: THE CANADIAN NATIONAL FILM BOARD

AVAILABLE FROM: NATIONAL BOARD LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OFFICES OR THE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING FOUNDATION OF CANADA, SUITE 401, 56 SPARKS STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, K1P 5A9.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

COST: FILM NO. 1, 16MM, COLOUR, 22 MINUTES, $US 395

FILM NO. 2, 16 MM, COLOUR, 23 MINUTES, $US 455

HIRE TERMS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM CANADIAN FILM BOARD AND SOME CANADIAN EMBASSIES.

CO-OP HOUSING - THE BEST MOVE WE EVER MADE explores housing co- operatives as an alternative form of housing. The film is presented by some people who are living in such dwellings where the housing is owned and operated by people as users, not as investors. GETTING IT TOGETHER deals with the planning and procedures involved in setting up a co-operative, whether it means building housing or buying and rehabilitating existing housing. People living in different kinds of co-operatives talk about them and how they function. Both films contain interesting graphics to introduce the stages of co-operative development, and co-operative members speak at length of the advantages as well as some of the obstacles of co-operative housing.

The accompanying booklet gives in-depth detail about the development process of co-operatives. It addresses some of the questions which are commonly raised, suggests how to go about setting up a co-operative and outlines the process of buying and rehabilitating existing housing or acquiring land, managing the construction process. It is not intended to be a step-by-step guide; rather, it provides an overview of the entire process for groups in the formative stages and is aimed at familiarizing them with some of the mechanics of starting a housing co-operative.

The films and the booklet are specific to the Canadian context and, therefore, contain terms which would not apply in other countries. Nonetheless, since the films deal with broad issues, such as organization, management and participation, they could be useful to stimulate discussion among groups who are considering co-operative self-help housing as an option.