In the 2014-2020 programming period “community-led local development” (CLLD) has become embedded in the terminology all those working on local development. But while we are already starting debating the future of CLLD beyond 2020, there are still uncertainties about the basics of this approach, including what we mean with “community led”. This question was raised at the last general assembly of LDnet by a newly appointed manager of a French Local Action Group.
Katalin Kolosy offers below a comprehensive explanation and Jean-Pierre Pellegrin has added a comment.
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Different people define ‘community’ in different ways. There are communities of place and
communities of interest. This Theory of Change is primarily designed around communities of
place but can also be applied to communities of interest. The National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence (NICE) define ‘community’ as follows:
“A community is a group of people who have common characteristics
or interests. Communities can be defined by: geographical location,
race, ethnicity, age, occupation, a shared interest or affinity (such as
religion and faith) or other common bonds, such as health need or
disadvantage.”
Source: http://neweconomics.org/2018/01/how-do-you-measure-wellbeing/?header=Latest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nefoundation&utm_content=6+-+Read+more&utm_campaign=this-week-26-jan-18&source=this-week-26-jan-18
Jean-Pierre Pellegrin