CED Strategies

The CED Principles serve as a list of criteria for assessing the activities of businesses, government departments, schools, hospitals, private and public social agencies, labor unions, charitable organizations, churches, other institutions, households, and individuals. “Are we helping to make things better or worse?” “How can our routine activities create a long term community development in the inner city?”

The criteria are designed to help all of us address root causes of economic and social underdevelopment. They apply to everyday shopping or purchase decisions, investment decisions, banking decisions, production decisions, training plans, and policies and transactions in general.

You are invited to discuss the development principles and to apply them to your normal activities.

CED Principles (Criteria)

1. Use of locally produced goods and services.
   • Purchases of goods and services produced locally.
   • Circulation of income within the local community; less income drain.
   • Stronger economic linkages within the local community.
   • Less dependency on outside markets.
   • Greater community self-reliance.
2. Production of goods and services for local use.
   Creation of goods and services for use in the local community.
   Circulation of income within the local community, less income drain.
   Stronger economic linkages within the local community.
   Greater community self-reliance.
   Restoration of balance in the local economy.
3. Local re-investment of profits.
   Use of profits to expand local economic activity.
   Stop profit drainage.
   Investment that increases community self-reliance and cooperation.
4. Long-term employment of local residents.
   Long-term jobs in areas which have experienced chronic unemployment or under-employment.
   Reduction of dependency on welfare and food banks.
   Opportunities to live more socially productive lives.
   Personal and community self-esteem.
   More wages and salaries spent in the local community.
5. Local skill development.
   Training of local residents.
   Training geared to community development needs.
   Higher labour productivity.
   Greater employability in communities which have historically experienced high unemployment.
   Greater productive capability of economically depressed areas.
6. Local decision-making.
   Local ownership and control.
   Cooperative forms of ownership and control.
   Grassroots involvement.
   Community self-determination.
   People working together to meet community needs.
7. Public health.
   Physical and mental health of community residents.
   Healthier families.
   More effective schooling.
   More productive workforce.
8. Physical environment.
   Healthy neighbourhoods.
   Safe neighbourhoods.
   Attractive neighbourhoods.
   Ecological sensitivity.
9. Neighhbourhood stability.
   Dependable housing.
   Long-term residency.
   Base for long-term community development.
10. Human dignity.
    Self-respect
    Community spirit.
    Gender equality.
    Respect for seniors.
    Respect for children.
    Social dignity regardless of physical, intellectual, or psychological differences.
    Social dignity regardless of national or ethnic background, colour or creed.
    Aboriginal pride.
11. Mutually supportive trade among organizations with similar community development goals in Winnipeg and elsewhere.
12. Support for other CED initiatives.