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Participatory methods and processes workshop “NRSP’s strategic experience of participatory methods and processes for the improvement of natural resources management” : 7-8 September 2002, Reading University, Reading, UK |
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PD117 |
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 Margaret Quin
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Lead organisation |
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Natural Resources Systems Programme
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01/09/2002 to 30/09/2002 |
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20,000
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| NRSP
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communication, livelihood strategies, methodology, participatory research, research strategies, scaling-up, uptake promotion |
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Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Saint Lucia, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda |
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Topic clusters 09: Research methods and planning |
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Cross cutting |
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| Project
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The aim of this workshop was to enable participants to share their experiences of participatory methods and processes, extract new/special learning for mutual interest and benefit to on-going projects and to explore possible areas worthy of more extended interaction.
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| Background |
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A number of completed and on-going NRSP projects have developed and used participatory methods and processes to identify and test new strategies for natural resources management (NRM) to enable the poor to improve their livelihoods. There are interesting contrasts between these projects, in terms of what the participatory mode of conducting research seeks to achieve for NRM, and in the main features of the methods and processes used. Each project’sparticipatory method forms part of what the project promotes as a research product, which could be applied by development practitioners (rather than NR researchers). Therefore, the structured inclusion of participation in each research project is an important factor in the development of new strategies for NR management, which, when scaled-up, could result in wider, sustainable (and pro-poor) improvement of NRM.
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| Purpose |
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To share project-based experiences on participatory methods and processes; to discuss findings on the main features of participation that can enable the poor to discuss and have a voice in the design and implementation of NRM strategies that are useful to their livelihoods; to assess requirements for scaling-up and relative to the considerable published literature; to assess what distinctive contribution NRSP’s research is making – for whom, and how?
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| Outputs |
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Current research findings and evidence reviewed, gaps identified and actions proposed for scaling-up.
NRSP’s area of comparative advantage in research on participation was identified and the bearing of this on future studies and publication plans was proposed.
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| Achievements |
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The exchange of knowledge and ideas at the project workshop (7-8 September 2002, Reading University) led to the identification of some future priorities in regard of NRSP’s work on pro-poor participatory methods.
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