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

About this Course:

This course is a supplement to the website of the Informal Working Group on participatory methods and approaches "participation, sharing our resources".

It is connected to this website by the upper frame which provides the following links:

		about @	participation
	resources  > library - field tools - lessons learned interact  > news - contact us - mailing list - discussion about > participation: our vision - who we are - faq - credits links  > websites - organisations - sustainable livelihoods home

The course explains the key concepts to enable the user to make better use of the website: These concepts are:

Additionally the course sets out to explain a number of participatory methods , like:

• Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA)
• Participatory Rural Apraisal (PRA)
• Participatory Action Research (PAR)

and explains the underlying approaches.

Objectives of the Course

The participants learn how to apply the different approaches and methods for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects.

At the end of the course the participants should be able to:

• explain the history and foundations of participatory approaches
• Identify and implement the different phases of participatory methods in during the elaboration of a participatory project or programme
• Distinguish the different degrees of participation and choose whihc degree fits best for which purpose
• To apply the principles and attitudes necessary for participatory approaches