The aim of this strategic framework is to support further education providers to identify and implement community development strategies that are sustainable, appropriate and effective. Its objectives are: to support further education providers to identify, plan and take the steps needed to position them as key drivers of and partners in community development;to support providers to identify and develop key partnerships in order to drive community development; to support providers to define and manage the relationships between short, medium and long term community development objectives; to support providers to manage the relationship between neighbourhood, local and regional community development objectives; and to support providers to identify and use appropriate methods of measuring the effectiveness and impact of their community development activities.