Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements: Project management program Harare, Zimbabwe

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

Project management program Harare, Zimbabwe

FEB.21 ST-MARCH,1983

PRODUCED BY: THE OFFICE OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID), HARARE CITY COUNCIL AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING, ZIMBABWE.

AVAILABLE FROM; USAID, OFFICE OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., 20523, USA.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

COST:

NUMBER OF PAGES: 217, INCLUDING HANDOUTS

This manual was developed as a four-week training programme carried out for the Harare City Council, Zimbabwe, in preparation for the implementation and supervision of the Parkridge Fontainbleau project, a large sites-and-services scheme. The construction of the units was by aided self-help, building brigades and co-operatives. The City Council had little or no experience with the latter two approaches; the objective of the training programme, therefore, was to train a core management team which would have an understanding of the total project and could train other personnel.

The group of 35 trainees was made up of administration officers, estate officers, building liaison officers and community service officers who had some practical experience in similiar housing projects. The training approach was based on the philosophy that training is a shared responsibility between the trainers and the trainees and that people learn best by doing.

Weeks one and two covered: Trainer skills - how to design a training event, training techniques and use of training materials; Group decision-making exercises - guided discussions, brainstorming, problem-solving techniques, the action training and research model and case histories of self-help shelter projects in other African countries.

Weeks three and four covered: Communication skills - what makes an effective group, field analysis, looking at building brigades and co-operatives, report-writing, managing time; Community development skills - leadership styles, how to deal with conflict, project management skills and project planning.

The manual is made up of a set of packages covering specific subject areas, such as leadership, community development skills, conflict resolution and conducting meetings. Within each training package, there are two subsections which broadly cover theory and practice. The theory part of the training module is broken down into the following subsections - training objectives, key concepts, training options and an overview of additional readings. The 'practice' part of the training module consists of a set of handouts.

This manual is developed within the framework of action research and training. Many of the exercises and the activities might not be appropriate for every training group; therefore, the trainer would need to use discretion and judge the applicability of the exercises in each training context.

The manual, however, is a useful tool for any trainer who is involved in the preparation of training for governmental officials who will be supervising sites-sand-services, self-help and co-operative programmes.

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