Development As Renewal
Sometimes organisations struggle with fundamental questions or problems that go at the very heart of their original vision, of what they stand for or believe in. Real development comes from the heart, from our values and our deepest held beliefs and it is not driven by formal policies or logical frameworks, no matter how true, wise or well formulated. DevAct can help with exploring answers to the following:
- What are these most fundamental values of our target group and how do we ensure that those are reflected at all levels of our organisation?
- How do we cultivate respect for the values of Developing Countries on the side of our support staff and donors, and ensure respect and dialogue between the communities, organizations and the resource base from the North?
- How can we assure that the community values are alive and integrated in all our work and inspire us daily in our field operations and staff relations, as well as in our leadership and our governance structures?
- Sometimes fundamental dynamics or dilemmas in community development organizations keep leading to conflicts and crisis. DevAct can provide process analysis and tools to bring these out in the open and work through them in non-threatening ways.
