Do you need an introduction to participatory approaches?
Beyond Fences: Seeking Social Sustainability in Conservation
Edited by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, 1997, World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Beyond Fences is designed to help professionals involved in conservation initiatives to identify the social concerns that are relevant for their work, assess options for action and implement them. Volume 1 is a companion to a process of planning, evaluating or re-designing a conservation initiative; an experience of 'learning by doing' expected to involve a series of meetings and field-based activities. Volume 2 is a reference book to be consulted, as needed, at various stages in the same process.
English (2 volumes, ISBN 2-8317-0340-9, available online at: http://www.iucn.org/themes/spg/Files/beyond_fences/beyond_fences.html)
The World Bank Participation Sourcebook
By The World Bank, 1996
The Sourcebook presents contributions from more than 200 World Bank staff members and consultants on their experiences with participatory approaches to development activities. It serves as a reference guide to participatory development, featuring country case studies, pointers for participatory planning and decision-making, and ways of enabling the poor to participate.
English (276 pages, ISBN 0-8213-3558-8, available online at: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/sourcebook/sbhome.htm)
Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development.
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded By Michael M. Cernea , 1991, The World Bank
This edition highlights the issues related to natural resources management (particularly water, forests, and fisheries), the environmental implications of development programs and the development of human capital through investments in forming grassroots organizations and promoting participation.
English (602 pages, PDF, 32.51MB, ISBN 0-19-520827-7)
Seeing for Yourself: Research Handbook for Girls' Education in Africa
By Eileen Kane, 1996, World Bank
This handbook is designed for people with little or no training in social research who are concerned about important issues related to girls' education in Africa. The reader will learn how to gather data for identifying problems and possible interventions, assess resources for action, plan projects, and understand and evaluate the work of other researchers. Chapter 5 is especially useful for practitioners interested in rapid assessment and participatory learning approaches.
English (344 pages, PDF, 3.59 MB)
Do you need tools for conducting stakeholder analyses and involving them in projects?
Stakeholder Collaboration: Building Bridges for Conservation
By Ecoregional Conservation Strategies Unit, 2000, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
By explaining the principles of collaboration, introducing a range of tools, and reporting on a number of case studies from around the world, this resource book aims to help practitioners and stakeholders develop new and innovative relationships with those individuals and institutions who can help make collabor` ation a reality. This resource has been designed as an introduction to the stakeholder themes and issues that you are likely to face when implementing ecoregional conservation.
English (74 pages, PDF, 427 KB)
A Guide to Socioeconomic Assessments for Ecoregion Conservation
By Ecoregional Conservation Strategies Unit, 2000, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
This document provides a flexible guide to socioeconomic assessments for ecoregion conservation. Four essential tasks are introduced: stakeholder analysis; analysis of threats and opportunities; defining possible interventions; and monitoring and evaluation. Each of these tasks contributes to the ultimate goal of designing, implementing, and constantly improving conservation actions at an ecoregion scale.
English (19 pages, PDF, 59 KB)
The Four Rs Power Tools: Tools for Working on Policies and Institutions, Series 3
By International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2001
The Four Rs is a tool which can be used to clarify the roles played by different stakeholders and the nature of relationships between them. Assessment and negotiation amongst stakeholders of these roles and relationships is necessary before developing the capacities needed for improving policies and institutions. The Four Rs tool aims to operationalize the concept of "roles" by unpacking these into rights, responsibilities, revenues (benefits) of stakeholders, and the relationships between stakeholder groups. This is particularly useful in contexts where roles need re-thinking, negotiating and developing.
English (11 pages, PDF, 102 KB)
Stakeholder Power Analysis Power Tools: Tools for Working on Policies and Institutions, Series 2
By International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2001
Stakeholders are the people who matter to a system. Stakeholder power analysis is a tool which helps understanding of how people affect policies and institutions, and how policies and institutions affect people. It is particularly useful in identifying the winners and losers and in highlighting the challenges that need to be faced to change behavior, develop capabilities and tack inequalities. A six-step process is presented for stakeholder power analysis.
English (24 pages, PDF, 764 KB)
Are you interesting in seeing case studies of participatory approaches?
Community-based Conservation: Participatory Conservation in Buffer Zone Communities in the Natural Protected Areas of Chiapas, Mexico
By J.C. Castro Hernandez, R. Hernandez Janapa, S. Nañez Jimenez, S.R. Rodriquez Alcazar, C. Tejeda Cruz, A. Vazquez Vazquez, K. Batchelder, A.Z. Maldonado Fonseca, (c) 2003 The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
This document presents the community experiences with participatory conservation in the buffer zones of natural protected areas of Chiapas, Mexico. It includes four case studies with lessons learned about community participation, community work strategies, training, inter-institutional coordination and financing.
English (65 pages, PDF, 239 KB)
Español (62, PDF, 230 KB)
Where the Power Lies: Multiple Stakeholder Politics Over Natural Resources A Participatory Methods Guide
By Bevlyne Sithole, 2002, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
This manual is a participatory methods guide (1) to assist those involved with multiple stakeholder situations or groups to appreciate and acknowledge the relevance and impact of micro-politics on stakeholder relations and resultant cooperative behavior in these groups; (2) to provide a simple and systematic approach or framework to gather and analyze data on micro-politics among multiple stakeholders; (3) to highlight and offer practical suggestions for dealing with some of the methodological issues that influence gathering data on politics and relations among stakeholders; (4) to suggest some methods drawn from participatory methodologies like Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) that can be used in data gathering. Data from two sites in Zimbabwe are presented at various stages and in the annexes to illustrate how this framework can be applied and show the type of data that can be gathered.
English (87 pages, PDF, 2.05 MB)
Participatory Ecotourism Planning
By Juan Carlos Bonilla, 1997 revised 2003, Conservation International (CI)
This document presents a model of participatory ecotourism planning based on field experiences of Conservation International (CI). It presents case studies from Guatemala and Peru and a simple step-by-step methodology to approach ecotourism planning using a participatory approach. The case in Guatemala is a particularly good example of the resilience of a participatory planning process.
English (46 pages, PDF)
Participation and Social Assessment: Tools and Techniques
Compiled by Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken and Deepa Narayan, 1998, World Bank
The resource kit aims to share information and experiences on participatory methods in order to support the adoption of participatory approaches in development projects and studies. The materials included in the kit have been selected to provide the core essential information about the different methods and applications, with the primary focus on providing practical guidance and case examples.
English (358 pages, PDF, 812 KB, ISBN 0-8213-4186-3)
Are you interested in monitoring and evaluating participatory research?
Action and Reflection: A Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating Participatory Research
By Karen McAllister and Ronnie Vernooy, 1999, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This guide outlines an approach for monitoring and evaluating participatory research. The guide is organized around six basic, interrelated questions that need to be answered when doing monitoring and evaluation and tools for answering these questions.
English (193 pages, PDF, 377 KB)
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