Project Implementation Workshops on Participatory Village Planning (PVP)

Publication year: 
1992

This report discusses a workshop held in Sri Lanka to introduce PRA methods and to determine how and if these methods can be applied to the community mobilisation programmes of integrated rural development projects. It was agreed that PRA would be valuable in combination with existing approaches to community mobilisation, planning and implementation. The reasons for this conclusion are discussed, with reference to the nature of the existing programme and the implications of the new approach for current planning, budgeting and implementation practices. An introductory phase is recommended. Training needs are outlined, and the distribution of institutional responsibilities suggested. Monitoring and evaluation needs are discussed, as is the implications for incorporation in existing top-down planning systems. Further consultancy needs are outlined.

Interest groups: 
This report will interest those involved in the institutionalisation of PRA and participatory planning in large scale programmes.
Source publication information
Source: 
mimeo
Pages: 
8p.
Publisher
Available at IDS for reference

How to find this resource

Shelfmark in IDS Resource Centre
A : Institutional change 1384