Participation manuals
- How older people’s association can participate in disaster preparedness and mitigation in Asia and the Pacific
- Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. This resource book aims to strengthen the capacity of organisations working with older people in planning and implementing age-sensitive responses to disasters.
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- How to use interactive drama to address young people’s sexual and reproductive health
- ( G. Gordon;R. Kidd;T. Mukiwa / International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2008)
- Drama and creative interaction can be a good way to draw out discussion and reflection on areas that are taboo, personal or difficult to share. This toolkit looks at how readers can use interacti...
- How to address school development issues through activities and training
- ( Educational Quality Improvement Program, USAID , 2008)
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This toolkit outlines activities and training methods to address problems that affect school attendance and development in Cambodia. The toolkit is organised into a website developed to engage scho...
- How older people’s association can participate in disaster preparedness and mitigation in Asia and the Pacific
- ( HelpAge International , 2007)
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Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in wh...
- Project cycle management for community-based organisations responding to HIV/AIDS
- ( Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic , 2006)
- This training toolkit aims to build the confidence and skills required by community-based organisations (CBOs) to develop and manage their HIV/AIDS projects more systematically through project cycle m...
- Engaging in Participatory Forest Management in Ethiopia
- ( Farm Africa , 2007)
- Participatory Forest Management (PFM) describes systems in which communities (forest users and managers) and government services (forest departments) work together to define rights of forest resource ...
- Using human Rights instruments in Euro-Mediterranean relations
- ( M. Pace;M. Poulsen;S. Grenier / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2007)
- Part of a wider project aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the Euromed region, this guide aims to facilitate civil society’s contribution to human rights promotion and protectio...
- A review of participatory tools for natural resource management
- ( T. Lyman;W. de Jong;D Sheil / Ecology and Society , 2007)
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A number of tools are available to elicit the knowledge, values, and preferences of communities. This paper provides a review of a selection of participatory tools in the analysis, synthesis, and d...
- Conducting participatory assessments with refugees
- ( United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees , 2006)
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Refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees must be at the centre of decision-making concerning their protection and well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the protection p...
Taking children into account - how to undertake participatory risk assessments
- ( M.D. Luneta / ProVention Consortium , 2007)
- In most disaster events, children’s perspective, needs and capacities are most often neglected or taken for granted. Even though children are generally the most vulnerable population in most dis...
Community-based climate adaptation: a guide to selecting appropriate technologies for communities in need
- ( S. Thorne;B. Kantor;I. Hossain / SouthSouthNorth , 2007)
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Adaptation to the impacts of climate change will require considerable innovation and cooperation, and technology could hold the key to this process. However, in much of the developing world, techno...
