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Participatory Rural Appraisal

Participatory Rural Appraisal. Suchint Simaraks 15-20 February 2010 Khon Kaen. If you want to successfully implement a project “ eco -village” why should you apply “participatory approach”?. Failure to take poor into account Failure to get long term adoption

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Participatory Rural Appraisal

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  1. Participatory Rural Appraisal Suchint Simaraks 15-20 February 2010 Khon Kaen

  2. If you want to successfully implement a project “ eco -village” why should you apply “participatory approach”?

  3. Failure to take poor into account Failure to get long term adoption Creating conflict Widening rich-poor gap, individual Failure to create ownership Dependency Outsider domination Ignore local wisdom Mono-policy Etc.

  4. Methods and tools development history 80-90 90-present Before70 70-80 Researcher centered Learning from people Participatory learning People centered + Competition/sufficienc Global warming Ecology and harmony Ethic Diversity Food security Community planning Knowledge and learning Facilitation Microcredit, accounting Modeling and DSS + Productivity Sustainability RRA AA FSR + Environment Pollution Globalization New diseases Information Participation F to F Empowerment PAR and others Famine Productivity Green revolution Socio-economic survey

  5. Concepts Related to PRA • Bottle up – to down • People center/ownership/management/participation • Civil society • Leaning/interactive • Sustainability (society, ecology, economic) • Local-global (identity and cultural systems) • Vertical-Horizontal Relationship

  6. Concepts Related to PRA (Con.,) - Empowerment/self reliance - Facilitation/Process tools - Behavioral change (Insider - outsider) - Information gathering-knowledge reaction - Action/planning (PAR)

  7. What is RRA or PRA? Why it is important in terms of development ? How it is carried out?

  8. PRA Information Communication tool Site/size Function Event Decision making Observation Measurement Homestay Structure Process Organization Talking Tool (Conceptual) Assessment Individual Group Time Map Table Diagram Picture Eclectic Conceptual frame work (What, Where, When, Who) (How, How much) System thinking (Why, How, If) (Main helpers) S. Simaraks, FSR-KKU,1998

  9. Emergence • From RRA with more emphasis on participatory approach by rural people

  10. Methodology for learning together with • local people their environment potentialand • limitations • PRA emphasizes on working with local, rural people Principles Triangulation , flexibility and facilitation

  11. Employing secondarydata, semi-structured interview, direct observation, tools, system concept No fixed questionnairefor the interview Interactive, iterative Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK)

  12. Giving more roles torural people, peoplecenter, for developmen Rural people also learn Facilitation , awareness,self-critical andresponsibility Empowerment of the local people for sustainable development

  13. Behavioral changes of the users and localpeople Increase capability ofthe rural people such as, organization, management, decision making Sustainable organization and management of the rural community

  14. Topic of Interest System Thinking Participation Brain storming Conceptual Framework Eight Helpers Subtopic or interview guide SSI

  15. Skill to be developed for facilitation • Listening and questioning power • Knowing background of members • Objective clarification • Respect everybody’s opinion • Clarification of agreements • Setting the processes • Awareness of opportunities to development • Stimulating discussion • Building creative and positive attitude

  16. Try to get everybody involved • Ability to create commitment and responsibility • Ability to differentiate processes and outputs • Holistic and hierarchical perception • Teamwork ability • Monitoring and learning

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