Facilitative Roles in Community Development (8 Weeks) (NGO401)

This course looks at ways to make community development participatory and sustainable, by viewing the community as a form of social network. In the first segment of the course, we discuss key factors of sustainable community development and how we can fulfill our roles as facilitators. We then explore various facilitation methods in use in community development. Classes use a workshop approach and rely on participant involvement.

Instructor: Ferdinand Maquito
Dr. Ferdinand Maquito is an Adjunct Professor of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus, where he has also taught economics in the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a Philippine national, and is currently involved in joint research and consulting work about special economic zones, the automotive and shipbuilding/ship repair industries, and urban poor communities in the Philippines.

The common research theme is shared growth (efficiency and equity). Dr Maquito took his PhD in Economics from the University of Tokyo for his research on Japanese Official Development Assistance. He also has a Master in Science Degree in Industrial Economics from the Center for Research and Communication (now the University of Asia and the Pacific, Metro Manila, Philippines). He obtained his BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, and has worked a couple of years in the shipbuilding and repair industry.

He does his research within the Sekiguchi Global Research Association (NGO/NPO) which is under the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation that was originally set up on the bequest of Mr. Takeo Atsumi (former President of Kajima Construction, Inc).