Training of trainers tot materials for facilitators and trainers, suitable for improving training and facilitation skills. The rapid rural appraisal rra approach is the largest contributor, for both principle and techniques developed by the participatory rural appraisal pra. Each module provides an introduction to the approach, its. Participatory planning using the appreciative planning and action apa approach. Participatory rural appraisal pra methods, now known as participatory learning and action pla, have been extensively used in development research, action. It is widely used in work involving local communities. This a training manual based on the training notes which were compiled for a pra workshop arranged by noragric and redd barna in asmat, eritrea. This manual gives a comparison of participatory rural appraisal pra to rapid rural appraisal rra. Section 3 discusses participatory approaches relevant to environmental sustainability. Participatory means that people are involved in the process a bottomup approach that requires good communication skills and attitude of project staff.
A training manual for midlevel technicians and group motivators manual 5 of a. What do people think is the best way to learn new things. While the social map focuses on habitation, community facilities, roads, temples, etc. Choose the most appropriate set of tools for your information needs. Participatory rural appraisal principles methods benefits from they learn from us to we learn from them. Public disclosure authorized the african network on. Pra is one of the models of rra that is more participative.
Pra participatory rural appraisal pucd interregional project for participatory upland. Participatory rapid appraisal for community development. The manual comprises two sets of training materials. The individuals, groups and institutions who are likely to have some level of interest in or influence over a project. Stakeholder analysis is more applicable at the project design stage because there is. Rapid rural appraisal and participatory rural appraisal manual. Become familiar with the full range of participatory research assessment pra and rapid rural appraisal rra tools that can be used for participatory assessments. Empowering the poor and weak to assert their priorities, make demands and act.
Experienced and trained facilitators should use the participatory tools in the community. Tools and techniques used in participatory rural appraisal. Reflections on rra led to the development of participatory rural appraisal pra, which had a stronger focus on facilitation, empowerment, behaviour change, local knowledge and sustainable action. Training manual on participatory rural appraisal food security. Regardless of whether it is carried out as part of project identification or appraisal or as part of country economic and sector work, the learning by doing and teamwork spirit of pra requires transparent procedures.
Iied selener 1999 participatory rural appraisal and planning workbook international institute for rural reconstruction. Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management. Participatory rural appraisal pra is a specific form of rapid rural appraisal rra, a research techniques developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by the researchers in the international development as an alternative and compliment to conventional sample survey. Participatory methods toolkit a practitioners manual this manual is a jointpublication of the king baudouin foundation and the flemish institute for science and technology assessmentviwta in collaboration with the united nations university comparative regional integration studies unucris. Sellers, t 1998 a participatory appraisal of domestic. Participatory rural appraisal appraisal the finding out of information about problems, needs, and potential in a village. Participatory learning and action pla is an approach for learning about and engaging with. A training manual based on the experiences from middle east and north africa. Participatory rural appraisal an overview sciencedirect. As noted in the sections that follow, these methods are participatory and qualitative and are especially valuable in gathering information that will provide insights about people and the communities in which they live. Have participatory approaches increased capabilities. It also reflects the early forms of participatory research employing participatory rural appraisal pra pretty et al.
While pra has yielded some results in some communities such as chilingoma 1, many are increasingly skeptical of the deficitbased focus of the approach. From we let them participate to they take command of their own process. Guidance on participatory assessments page 5 tools and resources. Some of the sources were modified to be utilized in a participatory mode, and the others were taken up as they were used for investigation and planning. Participatory rural appraisal, the origin of pra as coined by robert chambers as an approach to development planning and as a method of investigation evolved from many different sources. Appraisal module, lyra srinivasan, jacob pfohl sarar module, lawrence salmen beneficiary assessment module, and francoise coupal participatory monitoring and evaluation module. Role of participatory rural appraisal in community. However, for an implementer with sound knowledge on use and application of participatory rural appraisal pra tools and techniques, this task becomes quite easy. The second section is a synthesis of the lessons learned, organized along two broad themes. This has been described as a growing family of approaches and methods to enable local rural or urban people to express, enhance, share and analyze their knowledge of life and conditions, to plan and to act. Flow chart of key stages in the participatory agroenterprise development approach 6. The selection and use of training tools must match the training needs and type of training.
Participatory program evaluation manual is produced by the child survival technical support project. Plla is based on tools, strategies and experiences of participatory rural appraisal, rapid rural appraisal rra and farming systems researches for visualizing and detecting where changes in a. Participatory learning and action pla is a type of qualitative research, which can be used to gain an indepth understanding of a community or situation. Rapid rural appraisal and participatory rural appraisal. A practical guide for rural electrification trainers and. In rra and initially in pra, training stressed the correct performance of the methods. Participatory methods toolkit a practitioners manual. International institute for environment and development, save the children federation. The purpose of this manual is to familiarize users with rra and pra methods, to demonstrate the applicability of these methods to catholic relief services crs funded projects, and to encourage the rigorous application of the methods in order to obtain the best results. Participatory rural appraisal approaches for public. The purpose of this manual is to familiarize users with rural rapid appraisal rra and participatory rural appraisal pra methods, demonstrate the applicability of these methods, and encourage the rigorous application of the methods to obtain the best results. Rra rapid rural appraisal and pra participatory rural appraisal.
Freudenberger, rrapra manual volume 1, 7071 selecting participants. Training manual on participatory learning approach in a narrow sense, pla is about a process and methodology of learning from people, applied only during the first phase of situational analysis of a project. The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes. An important characteristic of modern cbpr is that it balances. Pra tools and techniques participatory rural appraisal pra is an exercise for communication and transfer of knowledge.
Shall also update reports through management information system mis regularly. Participatory rural appraisal and participatory learning methods. Training manual on participatory rural appraisal food. Analysis of experiences robert chamberst institute of development studies, brighton summary. Aug 07, 2014 participatory rural appraisal appraisal the finding out of information about problems, needs, and potential in a village. Shall furnish reports as per existing proformas prescribed by director of panchayats and as may be prescribed from time to time.
Pdf manual for participatory rural appraisal pra in. But pla, for its true value and worth needs to be understood in its broader sense. The manual is formatted for the experienced as well as beginners in pra. A market facilitators guide to participatory agroenterprise. Pra is an assessment and learning process that empowers. Rapid rural appraisal rra and participatory rural appraisal. Itp pretty, j et al 1995 participatory learning and action. Participatory rural appraisal pra is an approach used by nongovernmental organizations ngos and other agencies involved in international development. Pra, now used interchangeably with participatory learning and action pla, embraces reflection, learning and an understanding of power and. Vmt trainingmaterials to be used by facilitators and trainers for providing essential knowledge and tools tovmt members. Participatory rural appraisal training course as a continuation of the process of capacity building at the local level, the microenterprise development program medep, organized training course on participatory social mobilization and gender sensitization to its partner organizations, district programme staff. Participatory planning using the appreciative planning. The case studies also draw on the work and writing of people both inside and outside the.
Cbpr has roots in the action research proposed by kurt lewin in the 1940s adelman, 1993, and more recently in the participatory rural appraisal of development programmes of the 1960s wallerstein and duran, 2003. Rapid rural appraisal rra and participatory research for action pra both from the field of rural development, and by rapid. The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal. It is recommended by the author to be used as a cook book, where readers dip into pages and get a quick introduction to various aspects of the pra approach. Participatory rural appraisal pra manual participatory programming provides scope for the unlocking of potential competence and optimizing available resource use in order to improve plant nutrition and plant health.
Pras were too dominated by welleducated, mostly urban ngo staff and local authorities, while the voices of rural disabled people were not sufficiently heard. Pla is a participatory methodology, and should always be conducted with the full and active participation of community members. The acronym, pra participatory rural appraisalassessment, may look misleading at first because it includes rural although it can be applied to urban neighbourhoods as well as rural villages, and because it implies appraisal or assessment even though it can be carried past the assessment stage on to action planning and project design. Participatory analysis for community action paca training. Participatory rural appraisal pra is a methodology to enhance. These materials, for the most part, are gendersensitive adaptations of tools which have been used in pra and rapid rural appraisal for many years. Pdf manual for participatory rural appraisal pra in villages of. Participatory rural appraisal pra recently renamed participatory learning for action pla, is a methodological approach that is used to enable farmers to analyse their own situation and to develop a common perspective on natural resource management and agriculture at village level. Participatory rural appraisal pra as a method falls under the qualitative and participatory group of research methods. Using the ansoff matrix for risk assessment 21 4a and 4b. Table of contents volume i university of washington.
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