PMERL Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection and Learning PLA Participatory Learning and Action PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal RIMS Risk Management Society SLD Shared Learning Dialogue UN United Nations VDC Village Development Committee WFP World Food Programme WRI World Resources Institute Participatory Rural Appraisal Poverty Reduction Strategy Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper This handbook was commissioned to fill a gap in the current literature on Section 3 comprises the 'how to' section of the manual and will go into more detail on 20 20. 1 Technical Manual on Participatory Approach 1 Introduction This manual describes how participatory approaches, with special reference to Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), is used to enhance and facilitate the effective design and implementation of development projects, and how it is practically being applied into surveys and researches. Handbook "Steps and methods to mobilize the community" 3 CHAPTER 1 DESCRIPTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT METHODS The Community Development Methods mentioned in this handbook are tools, which are coming from the Technology of Participation (ToP) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. Rural Appraisal: Rapid, Relaxed and Participatory 3 G jvernment wer interceptee bdy th locae elitel I.n th Unitee Statesd th,e Highlande r Centre in rura Appalachil haa workes tdo enable underprivilege communitied to gais n confidence in thei owr n knowledg ane d abilities an,d to tak politicae actiol (Gaventn a and Lewi 1991)s . This handbook is designed to support you whilst you are the 'Introduction to Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)' training course. It includes information about what PLA is; a summary of commonly used 'tools', and further reading. The course will be delivered by Roger Newton. You can Read Online Participatory Creativity here in PDF, EPUB, Mobi or Docx formats. and evaluated in radically new ways. The Participatory Cultures Handbook is an indispensable, in