Content

Key Concepts

Definition

History

Degree

Scope of Action

Project Cycle
Management

Methods

Approaches to
Participation

Rapid Rural
Appraisal

Participatory Rural
Appraisal

Participatory Action Research

Principles, Attitudes

Participatory
Project Cycle
Management

Type of Participatory
Projects

Application of participatory tools in the different project stages

Sector Specific Use
of Participatory Tools

List of Documents

Exercises

Strong or weak
participation

Stakeholder analysis

Exercise

a. Classification of the methods according to their degree of participation and the the phase of the project cycle they are most often used

Read the information provided in the sections methods, degree and project cycle and fill in the matrix below.

b. Compare the pro and contra arguing for or against weak or strong participation

Use the information of the methods section and the results of exercise a. in order to determine the arguments for and against weak or strong participation and list them in the matrix below.