The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
Non-profit management and philanthropy
Running a community association
A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. in preparation.
- Levels
- Practitioner
- Study time
- To be set
- Wave
- 2
- Status
- Planned
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.
In context
- Law Law differs by country and changes. This is general information, not legal advice.
- Money This is general information, not financial, investment or tax advice.
How this course handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Francis Patrick O’Connor (2024). Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey. Kurdish Studies Archive. DOI 10.1163/9789004706590_004
- Sabah Mofidi (2024). The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. DOI 10.1111/sena.12435
- Francesco Ventura (2023). Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland. Global Networks. DOI 10.1111/glob.12460
- Joanna Bocheńska (2025). Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment. Enacting Citizenship. DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-83537-7_6
- Orhan Kaya (2025). The intergenerational transmission of collective action within the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland: An analysis of socio-political dynamics. Current Psychology. DOI 10.1007/s12144-025-07724-z
01About this course
Part of Non-profit management and philanthropy. Running associations and charities, raising funds and organising volunteers, as Kurdish community groups do.
- Levels
- Practitioner
- Wave
- Wave 2
- Discipline
- Non-profit management and philanthropy
02What happens next
Its outline is written first, then reviewed by the responsible A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area.. Teaching starts only after review.
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
- It shows
- You finished the course and its assessment.
- Scope
- This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
- Validity
- A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
- Not an endorsement
- Completion does not mean KCO endorses you, your work or your views.
- Charter roles
- Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.
03Your progress
Lessons, completion and your course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role., kept for you.
Your progress
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- Lessons completed
- Published when the course opens
- Course achievement
- Not yet
Your progress shows here once this course opens for registration. Shown to you only.
04Who teaches it
Teachers are named here when the course opens.
Course lead
Forming
A teacher of the subject, named here when the course opens.
- Outline review
- A community of practice in the Academy reviews the outline before teaching starts.
- Capstone review
- A screened reviewer accepts each A sequence of courses for a purpose, ending in a capstone; it leads to a completion record, not a qualification. capstone.
- Teach with us
- Offer to teach or review this course
05Pathways that include it
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Community Organiser
A charter unit for a region or a diaspora country: a Regional Chapter or a Diaspora Chapter, adapting the shared method to local law and local risk. and association volunteers
06More from Non-profit management and philanthropy
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Non-profit management and grant writing
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
07Further reading
Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.
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Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey
Francis Patrick O’Connor · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive
ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Sabah Mofidi · 2024 · Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Francesco Ventura · 2023 · Global Networks
ArticleCrossref
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Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment
Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship
ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Orhan Kaya · 2025 · Current Psychology
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23.
08Record
Every course is a public good. Its record follows the charter’s publication rules.
- Version
- Not yet drafted
- Review
- Not started
- Handling
- Public
- Provenance
- Listed in the curriculum plan
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Corrections
- Report an error
- Use
- Do not use this course or its completion to imply endorsement or political standing.
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- Chicago
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- BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_running_a_community_association, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Running a community association}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/running-a-community-association/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/running-a-community-association/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_catalo N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Running a community association UR - https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/running-a-community-association/ ER -

