Community development, often linked with Community Work or Community Planning, is often formally conducted by non-government organisations ( NGOs ), universities or government agencies to progress the social well-being of local, regional and, sometimes, national communities.

* Councilor — Steven J. Thomas ( Chair of Community Planning / Housing Committees )

Those responsibilities include dam safety under the National Dam Safety Program Act ; disaster assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ; earthquake hazards reduction under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and further expanded by Executive Order 12699, regarding safety requirements for federal buildings and Executive Order 12941, concerning the need for cost estimates to seismically retrofit federal buildings ; emergency food and shelter under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 ; hazardous materials, under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 ;

The Town Council has three committees: Finance and General Purposes ; Planning ; and Community Services as well as a Personnel Sub-Committee, a Grievance Panel and numerous Working Groups.

They are Administration & Finance ; Health, Education and Community Affairs ; Public Works and Buildings & Grounds ; Law & Public Safety ; Human Services and Planning and Economic Development.

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* The Center for Community Preservation and Planning

Community Planning, 1988 ).

* Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning

* Kotlik Community Planning

* Fair Oaks Community Planning Advisory Council

The Fallbrook Community Planning Area is approximately.

The Ramona Community Planning Area had a population of 33, 404 at the 2000 census.

The 1 January 2006 population of the Ramona Community Planning Area is estimated to be 36, 405 by the San Diego Association of Governments ( SANDAG ).

The boundaries of the Ramona Community Planning Area.

The Ramona Community Planning Area encompasses more than ( over ) in central San Diego County.

Map of the Ramona Community Planning Area.

The San Diego Association of Governments ( SANDAG ), San Diego County's regional planning agency, has compiled census data for all census tracts in the Ramona Community Planning Area ( RCPA ).

The departments are Administration, Human Resources, Information Services, Public Works, Parks & Recreation, Fire, Library, Community Services, Economical Development, Planning / Development and Finance.

Small Business Administration, What It Is, What It Does, SBA Services For Community Economic Development, and various other useful publications on currently important management, technical production, and marketing topics are available, on request, from Small Business Administration, Washington 25, D.C..

Efforts such as the Community Development Program in the Philippines have demonstrated that transitional societies can work toward balanced national development.

It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south.

Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, Euro-Atlantic Partnership ; World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies ; the International Monetary Fund ; and the World Bank.

* Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. ( ABCD ), a Boston, Massachsuetts based non-profit social services agency

* Baver, Sherrie L. " Development of New York's Puerto Rican Community ", Bronx County Historical Society Journal 1988 25 ( 1 ): 1 – 9

In The United Kingdom, Oxford University has led in providing extensive research in the field through its Community Development Journal, used worldwide by sociologists and community development practitioners.

One example of this is the program of the Asset Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University.

The Community Development Support Fund, sponsored by the International Development Association ( IDA, a World Bank affiliate ) and the Comorian government, is working to improve water supply on the islands as well.

* Community Development Council, Singapore government-led community programs

* Community Development Corporation, any non-profit organization that promotes and supports a community

Geneva offers a Degree Completion Program ( DCP ) for degrees in Human Resource Management, Community Ministry or Organizational Development for adult students mainly at off-campus locations.

On 15 September 2008, the leaders of the 14-member Southern African Development Community witnessed the signing of the power-sharing agreement, brokered by South African leader Thabo Mbeki.

* Southern African Development Community Tribunal

* anon., Food Irradiation: Available Research Indicates That Benefits Outweigh Risks, RCED-00-217, August 24, 2000, Government Accountability Office, United States General Accounting Office, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, Washington, D. C. 20548 " Food Irradiation "

The conclusion of the Langa Commission, a commission appointed by Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) to investigate the electoral process, however, was consistent with the view of international observers and local courts that the outcome of the elections was not affected by these incidents.

It is a member of many regional economic organizations including the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) and the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ).

Liberia is a founding member of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and is a member of the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ), African Development Bank ( ADB ), Mano River Union ( MRU ) and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Madagascar was admitted to the Southern African Development Community in 2004.

In the year 2000 only 10 million visitors came to countries in the region of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ).

Malawi assumed the chair of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) in 2001.

Malawi is a member of the following international organizations: UN and some of its specialized and related agencies ( i. e. UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO ), IMF, World Bank, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), Lome Convention, African Development Bank ( AFDB ), Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa ( COMESA ), Non-Aligned Movement, G-77, and the World Health Organization ( WHO ).

It also belongs to the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ); an associate member of the European Community ( EC ); and African Development Bank ( ADB ).