Sustainability in Community Organisations

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Foreword

The Research and Evaluation Services Team of the Department of Internal Affairs conducted this literature review to inform and support its work with communities. The project looked at how we can better understand the dimensions of sustainability and how sustainability can be cultivated and supported within community organisations by public sector agencies.

Although the literature spanning the topic of sustainability is very large, this review focused on sustainability in the context of community development. The key purpose has been to inform the Department in its stated intention of building strong sustainable communities, hapū and iwi. This review has not been peer reviewed and it is not an exhaustive traverse of the literature. The Department believes it is a fair, but modest, coverage of the literature representing approximately forty articles.

Within its modest intentions and constraints, this review is published with the intent of contributing to a wider understanding of how to progress sustainable community development.

The views within this document belong to the cited authors and are not necessarily the policies or views of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Contents

Foreword 2

Contents 3

Introduction 5

Part One: Sustainability 7

1. The dimensions of sustainability 7 2. The meaning of sustainability in the New Zealand context 10 3. Definitions of resilience 13 4. Defining sustainability in the context of the community and voluntary sector 14

Part Two: Interventions that support sustainability 15

5. Effective

References: 1. Auckland Sustainable City Programme (2006) Success in sustainability: Auckland Sustainable Cities Programme, a regional partnership with the NZ Sustainable Development Programme of Action, Manukau City Council. 2. Asset Transfer Unit (2008-09) Advancing Assets for Communities Year Two Peoples, Places and Partnerships. Development Trusts Association, UK 3 4. Ayres, R, van den Bergh, J & Gowdy, J (1999) Viewpoint: Weak versus strong sustainability. www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/98103.pdf 5 6. Bhattacharyya, J (2004) Theorizing Community Development, Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp.5-35 7 8. Bradlow, K (2007) The Role of Government in Community Development in Aotearoa New Zealand, Masters Thesis, Development Studies Degree, Victoria University of Wellington 9 13. Chile, L, (2004) Good Community Development Practice: An instrument for Building Community and Developing Society , NZCSS Conference Hamilton paper 14 15. Coney S. (2004) Effective Consumer Voice and Participation for New Zealand, A Systematic Review of the Evidence Discussion Document, Auckland: New Zealand Guidelines Group. 18. Dale, A and Newman L. (2008) Social Capital: a necessary and sufficient condition for sustainable community development? Community Development Journal, Vol. 45, no 1, pp. 2-21 19 20. Department of Internal Affairs (2004) A New Zealand Guidebook for Asset Based Community Development, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington. 21. Department of Internal Affairs (2003) Community Development Group’s Strategy to assist Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū, (Internal DMS document 671968DA – 26-06 11-26-38 28486DB – Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū final 26-06-2003) 22 23. Department of Internal Affairs, (2006) Profiles of Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū Relationships in the Regions, A Case Study Approach, Research and Evaluation Services, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington 24 25. Department of Internal Affairs (2003b) Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū and Sustainable Community-Driven Development, Presentation to CDG, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington. 26. Department of Internal Affairs (2010) Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū, working beside whānau, hapū and iwi Māori 2010-2013, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington 27 28. Durie, M (2006) Measuring Māori Wellbeing, New Zealand Treasury Guest Lecture Series, 1 August 2006, Wellington 29