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This manual was prepared to facilitate access to participatory planning tools in Tanzania, to make them more accessible to planners and other development workers in order to facilitate sustainable development in the country. Its main purpose is to provide a source of reference for the Tanzania government and other staff whilst engaging in development activities with communities. The manual is structured to explain the background to the underlying planning and local government reforms, and the monitoring and evaluation of development interventions at community and other levels. The background describes how the current local government reforms are designed, how they are implemented, and the measures to be put in place. It also provides an overview on why the new planning approach necessitates a shift in emphasis on participation of communities in creation of their own development interventions, and how other actors are to be involved in supporting and facilitating the successful implementation of development interventions. The manual is structured into four parts which hare based on a build up of knowledge and skills development: preliminaries, concepts, participatory methodology, and opportunities and obstacles to development.

This tool kit from the African network on Participatory Approaches provides a training manual and tool box for participatory village planning based on experiences with Village Level Participatory Approaches (VLPA) in five West-African countries (Mali, Guinea, C¶te d'Ivoire, Benin, and Burkina Faso) and Madagascar. The process of participatory village planning is explained step by step and illustrated by examples from several case studies in these countries. A set of cards (tools) spells out the successive steps in the planning process. Constraints and enabling conditions for a country-wide implementation of the approach in the new political and social setting of African countries are also dealt with. The manual is directed towards field practitioners, but also to policy makers who are responsible for formulating strategies of rural development and agricultural extension services. It comprises three parts. Part one presents the objectives and general principles of the participatory approach. It also discusses participatory methods and provides details on the steps and tools appropriate to each stage of the process. To facilitate their use, the tools are also presented in individual worksheets, which form part of this manual (the tool box). Part two describes the underlying conditions necessary for successful implementation of the participatory approach. It also discusses the roles of the various actors involved. Part three describes the conditions necessary for successful implementation of the participatory approach. It also describes what adoption of the approach means for organization of service delivery at the local, regional and national levels.

This handbook provides an overview of new methods of community planning within the context of the built environment. It is based on the recognition that local involvement in the planning and management of the environment is the best way to ensure safe, strong and sustainable communities and that this is applicable throughout the world. It is laid out in a straightforward, jargon-free format that reflects its aim of being of use to individuals and residents as well as policy makers and practitioners. After a general introduction there is an A-Z of general principles, followed by the biggest section, an A-Z of 53 Community Planning Methods that runs from Action Planning Event to Video Soapbox. A selection of scenarios follows, covering some common development situations and illustrating ways in which the different methods can be combined in an overall strategy. It ends with lists of useful formats and checklists, publications and contacts.

Cette trousse à outils de la organisation Réseau Africain sur les Approches Participatives fournit une guide du formateur, un manuel du praticien et un boîte d'outils pour la formation de planification participative de villages, basée sur des expériences des approches participatives en niveau de village dans cinq pays de l’ Africains Ouest (Mali, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire, au Bénin, et Burkina Faso) et au Madagascar. Le processus de la planification participative de village est expliqué point par point et illustré par des exemples de plusieurs études dans ces pays. Un ensemble de cartes (outils) définit les étapes successives dans le procédé de planification. Les contraintes et les conditions pour permettre une exécution nationale de l'approche dans le nouvel arrangement politique et social des pays africains, sont également traitées. Le manuel est orienté sur des praticiens, mais également vers les décisionnaires qui sont responsables de formuler des stratégies des services de développement rural et l’extension agricole. Il comporte trois parties. La première partie présente les objectifs et principes généraux de l’approche participative et traite de la démarche, y compris des outils à utiliser à chaque étape. Pour faciliter leur utilisation, les outils sont présentés de manière détaillée dans les fiches techniques qui accompagnent le manuel.
La deuxième partie traite des appuis nécessaires à la mise en oeuvre de cette approche ainsi que du rôle des différents participants dans ce processus. La troisième partie aborde la question des conditions d’application et les implications de l’approche participative, tant au niveau national que décentralisé et local.