1. Participatory Rural Appraisal Suchint Simaraks 15-20 February 2010 Khon Kaen

2. If you want to successfully implement a project “ eco -village” why should you apply “participatory approach”?

3. Failure to take poor into account Failure to get long term adoption Creating conflict Widening rich-poor gap, individual Failure to create ownership Dependency Outsider domination Ignore local wisdom Mono-policy Etc.

4. Methods and tools development history Researche r centered Learning from people Participatory learning People centered 70-80 Before 70 80-90 90-present + Productivi ty Sustainab ility RRA AA FSR Famine Productivity Green revolution Socio-economic survey + Environm ent Pollution Globaliza tion New diseases Informat ion Participa tion F to F Empower ment PAR and others + Competition/sufficienc Global warming Ecology and harmony Ethic Diversity Food security Community planning Knowledge and learning Facilitation Microcredit, accounting Modeling and DSS

5. Concepts Related to PRA Bottle up – to down People center/ownership/management /participation Civil society Leaning/interactive Sustainability (society, ecology, economic) Local-global (identity and cultural systems) Vertical-Horizontal Relationship

6. - Empowerment/self reliance - Facilitation/Process tools - Behavioral change (Insider - outsider) - Information gathering-knowledge reaction - Action/planning (PAR) Concepts Related to PRA (Con.,)

7. What is RRA or PRA? Why it is important in terms of development ? How it is carried out?

8. Information PRA Communication tool Site/size Structure Function Process Event Organization Decision making Talking Tool (Conceptual) Assessment Homestay Individual Group Time Diagram Picture Conceptual frame work Eclectic (What, Where, When, Who) (How, How much) System thinking (Why, How, If) (Main helpers) S. Simaraks, FSR-KKU,1998 Observation Measurement Map Table

9. Emergence J From RRA with more emphasis on participatory approach by rural people

10. O Methodology for learning together with local people their environment potentialand limitations Principles Triangulation, flexibility and facilitation d PRA emphasizes on working with local, rural people

11. Employing secondarydata, semi-structured interview, direct observation, tools, system concept No fixed questionnairefor the interview Interactive, iterative Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK)

12. Giving more roles torural people, peoplecenter, for developmen Rural people also learn Facilitation, awareness, self-critical and responsibility Empowerment of the local people for sustainable development

13. Behavioral changes of the users and localpeople Increase capability ofthe rural people such as, organization, management, decision making Sustainable organization and management of the rural community

14. Topic of Interest System ThinkingBrain storming Participation Conceptual FrameworkEight Helpers Subtopic or interview guide SSI

15. J Listening and questioning power J Knowing background of members J Objective clarification J Respect everybody’s opinion J Clarification of agreements J Setting the processes J Awareness of opportunities to development J Stimulating discussion J Building creative and positive attitude Skill to be developed for facilitation

16. J Try to get everybody involved J Ability to create commitment and responsibility J Ability to differentiate processes and outputs J Holistic and hierarchical perception J Teamwork ability J Monitoring and learning