Related Links
CANADA
Calmeadow
http://www.calmeadow.com
Calmeadow's mission
is to provide self-employed people in Canada and the developing world
with access to credit and savings services.
Canadian Community
Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC)
http://www.cancrc.org
The CCRC is a coalition
of over 110 anti-poverty, consumer, community economic development, labour
and small business groups from across Canada.
Canadian Co-operative
Association (CCA)
http://www.coopcca.com
The Canadian Co-operative
Association (CCA) is the national umbrella organization of anglophone
co-operatives. The CCA supports and promotes co-operative enterprise in
Canada and around the world. Included on this site is an excellent introduction
to co-operatives and how they operate.
CED Centre -
Simon Fraser University
www.sfu.ca/cedc
The CED Centre engages
in collaboration with communities in BC and with individuals, institutions
and organizations working in CED. This site also houses an excellent "gateway"
to CED resources.
Centre for Community
Enterprise
www.cedworks.com
This British Columbia-based
centre keeps their eye on community economic development know-how. This
site is a compilation of their resources, and includes the CED journal
"Making Waves."
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
http://www.ceed.info/
Center for The
Study of Cooperatives, University of Saskatchewan
http://www.coop_studies.usask.ca/Tour.html
As its name states,
the Centre is devoted to the study of cooperatives, often an essential
tool in community economic development. The advantage of this web site
is its menu which includes a publications list, a number of which are
inexpensive, and World Links.
Community Economic
Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP)
www.carleton.ca/cedtap-patdec
CEDTAP is a four-year
national effort to promote job creation, entrepreneurship, and local self-reliance
in communities across Canada.
Community Futures
Development Corporations
www.communityfutures.ca
A network of 90 Community
Futures Development Corporations (CFDC's) across Western Canada working
together to foster entrepreneurship and community economic development
in rural areas.
Geode
http://w3.tyenet.com/geode/index.htm
GEODE is a community
based non-profit organization which seeks to organize sustainable economic
opportunities for persons in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. As
well as discussing the various programs it promotes, the web site provides
practical suggestions as to how all citizens can contribute to community
economic development.
Nova Scotia Business Idea Explorer
http://www.nsx.ednet.ns.ca/
With start-up basics, market information, and helpful advice on fifty
different kinds of businesses, the Nova Scotia Business Idea Explorer is a valuable resource for entrepreneurs.
New Brunswick
- Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Culture
http://www.gov.nb.ca/edt/index.htm
New Brunswick
- Regional Economic Development Commissions
http://www.cbsc.org/nb/bis5870.html
Newfoundland and
Labrador - Department of Development and Rural Renewal
http://www.gov.nf.ca/drr/ddrr.htm
Also: http://www.gov.nf.ca/drr/ (go
to Economic Zones and Contacts)
Newfoundland and
Labrador - Regional Development Boards
http://www.capitalcoast.nf.ca/aboutrdb.htm
Newfoundland
and Labrador - Economic Development
http://www.entnet.nf.ca/link/econdev.html
Links to selected
sites in support of community economic development.
Open for Business Network
http://www.ofbnetwork.com/
Planet Entrepreneur Awards
http://www.planetentrepreneur.com
These awards celebrate the excellence of Atlantic Canada's young entrepreneurs, and the encouragement of those who help guide them up the ladder to success.
Prince Edward
Island - Department of Development - Community Development
http://www.gov.ca/development/commdev/index.asp
Rural and Small
Town Programme - Mount Allison University
www.mta.ca/rstp/rstpmain.html
The Rural and Small
Town Programme (RSTP) is an independent university based research centre
dedicated to exploring and resolving social, environmental, and economic
issues facing small communities in Canada.
Women's CED Network
http://www.womenscednet.ns.ca
The Women's CED Network is
for women who are interested in working together to develop exciting opportunities in
their home communities, for themselves and for their families.
INTERNATIONAL
ABCD (Asset-Based
Community Development) Institute, Northwestern University
http://www.nwu.edu/IPR/abcd.html
A major focus of
the ABCD Institute has been the production of resources and tools for
community builders involved in the process of capacity-based initiatives,
helping them identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.
Australian Development
Studies Network
http://devnet.anu.edu.au/
The Network is an
independent organisation which encourages discussion and widespread exchange
of knowledge of global social and economic development issues, development-related
research, and international development assistance policy and practice.
The Center for
Community Economic Development, University of Wisconsin Extension
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/
This site houses
case studies, resources, and publications pertaining to CED.
Centre for Rural
Social Research - Charles Sturt University Australia
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/centre.htm
Resources on rural
social issues, rural change, rural community development and related topics.
Change Communications
http://www.change.org/links.htm
An American site
with a host of additional links on community development including best
practices, conference/training and data on-line.
City Limits: CED
Workbook
http://www.citylimits.org/archives/ced.htm
A resource guide
on CED published by City Limits magazine of New York.
Comm-Org
http://comm-org.utoledo.edu
An online conference
on community organizing and development.
Community Development
Foundation
http://www.cdf.org.uk/
A British based organization
that works in partnership with local people and groups such as local authorities,
LECs,TECs, and others to promote community development. It disseminates
examples of good practice and contributes its experience to new projects
and research proposals. The site includes summaries of CDF News, CDF Contacts,
publications, and a link to the Department of the Environment, Transport
and the Regions' working paper on Community-Based Regeneration Initiatives.
Community Development
Journal
http://www3.oup.co.uk/cdj/
Published four times
a year by Oxford University Press, and circulated in over 80 countries,
the Community Development Journal provides an international forum for
political, economic and social programmes which link the activities of
people with institutions and government. Enterprise
Development Website
- Community Economic Development
http://www.enterweb.org/communty.htm
An excellent resource,
this page lists, describes and rates electronic resources related to community
economic development. Several Canadian sites are among those featured.
GEO Newsletter
http://www.geonewsletter.org
GEO (Grassroots Economic
Organizing) Newsletter is a bimonthly publication that reports on worker
cooperatives and community-based economies in the U.S. and World wide,
and their development through local cooperative action. GEO also provides
a global forum for the cooperative movement.
Habitat for Humanity
International
http://www.habitat.org/
Habitat for Humanity
International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI
seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and
to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites
people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together
in partnership with families in need. Information is available in 11 languages.
InfoRurale
http://www.nrec.org.uk/inforurale/index.htm
British-based , InfoRurale
houses information on rural development from around the world.
International
Institute for Sustainable Development
http://iisd1.iisd.ca
The International
Institute for Sustainable Development advances policy recommendations
on international trade, economic instruments, climate change and natural
resource management to make development sustainable. Using Internet communications,
they cover and report on international negotiations and broker knowledge
gained through collaborative projects with global partners.
International
Community Development Society
http://comm-dev.org
A professional association
for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the
world.
Mondragón Co-operative,
Spain
http://mondragon.mcc.es/ingles/mcc.html
Mondragón is a business
cooperative of 120 companies organized into three groups: financial, industrial
and distribution, together with the research and training areas.
NRM_changelinks
http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/
Based at Massey University
in New Zealand, this site aims to provide a practical resource for those
who work with communities to help them identify and adopt more sustainable
natural resource management practices.
Nebraska Department
Of Economic Development
http://crd.ded.state.ne.us
Community and Rural
Development (CRD) helps communities in Nebraska build development capacity,
strengthen local potential, improve leadership and decision making skills
and work with other communities in new ways.
Pratt Institute
Center for Community and Environment Development (PICCED)
http://www.picced.org
As the oldest university-based
advocacy planning organization in theUnited States, PICCED's mission is
to enhance the capacity of low- and moderate-income communities to develop
innovative solutions to the physical, social, and economic challenges
facing them.
Rural Europe
http://www.rural-europe.aeidl.be/rural-en/index.html
This is the web site
of the European LEADER initiative, a project dedicated to the development
of disadvantaged rural areas in the European Union. US National Association
for County Community and Economic Development www.nacced.org NACCED is
a nonprofit national organization composed of county government agencies
that administer community development, economic development and affordable
housing programs.
Smart Communities Network
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov
A project of the
United States Department of Energy that focuses on the sustainable development
of communities.
University of
California, Berkeley Community Economic Development on the Internet
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/commdev.html
A list of approximately
40 Internet sites pertaining to community and economic development, as
well as rural development. This list has a U.S. and California emphasis,
and reflects the research interests of the UCB College of Environmental
Design..
World Wide Web Virtual
Library - Sustainable Development
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
Hosted by the Universite
Libre de Bruxelles, this is an excellent gateway to online resources on
Sustainable Development.