Community Engagement enhances participation in assessing results and impact
Following a highly participatory and interactive format, conversation focused on power dynamics and their impact on projects, project evaluation and community engagement.
On Tuesday, 18 May 2021, the fourth of five webinars in the “Community Engagement Days” series was held via zoom. Organized by the Dimitra Clubs Team of FAO with the support of Resource Partners for the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), the objective of the series is to review the achievements, potential and challenges of community engagement for empowerment approaches. The fourth webinar aimed at exploring the use of community engagement in mixed research methods when assessing the results and impact of development interventions.
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The event was moderated by Mr Carlos Barahona, Managing Director of Stats4SD, who has over 25 years of experience in research design, analysis and communication. In his opening remarks, Mr Barahona illustrated the importance of enabling the participation of individuals and communities affected by development interventions so that their views and priorities are taken into account.
Dr Jeremy Holland, Partner at Collaborative Impact, opened the event by delivering a presentation entitled “Who Counts? The Power of Participatory Statistics.” In his presentation, Dr Holland shared his experience and interest in participatory, qualitative and combined methods for applied research in a variety of international development contexts.