- Participatory urban planning: case studies from Rajnandgaon and Janjgir, Chhattisgarh, India
- 2012
- This resource describes a project by PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia) to undertake a model building initiatibe on community based urban planning in two towns of Chhattisgarh, a state in central India. PRIA's attempt w...
- Participatory city development plan
- 2013
- The following paper is a step-by-step manual illustrating the procedures and the environment building measures required for makling a City Development Plan (CDP). CDPs are becoming increasingly important, since in order to make a city...
- Teaching participatory research: making higher education participatory and relevant
- 2013
- This paper argues that inclusion of Participatory Research (PR) in the curricula of institutions of higher education will facilitate its actual practice, thereby contributing to new forms of knowledge production and social change. It ...
- Participatory Solid Waste Management (SWM) planning: experiences from Indian cities
- 2013
- This learning paper is based on PRIAs work under its Urban Governance initiative over the years. It looks into the issues, processes and methods involved while working with government agencies and communities on strengthening local go...
- Community participation for safe motherhood
- 2013
- How does community respond to increasing risk to mother and child? Do traditional methods of life-saving, when combined with contemporary practices in maternal health, lead to new safe practices? The intervention discussed in this stu...
- The intended and unintended impact of conflict on the lives of citizens
- 2012
- This document presents preliminary findings from a participatory field research undertaken in late 2011 to understand the current governance programmes and actors to address conflicts and analyse the discourses around governance initi...
- Issues and challenges in integrated district planning
- 2013
- This is based on PRIA's experience on Integrated District Planning (IDP) as a Technical Support Institution (TSI) in 14 districts across 5 states of India. Later, PRIA's engagement with District Planning Committee in Madhubani distric...
- Tsunami relief and rehabilitation: a participatory approach
- 2013
- This case study is based on the experiences of SAHAI's field support and intervention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. The study highlights the linkages between self-governance and participatory approach, and how it...
- Participatory micro-planning experiment in Kerala
- 2013
- This assessment document encapsulates methods, procedures and obstacles faced while operationalising a micro-plan initiative. SAHAYI conducted an experiment in looking at successful collaborations between institutions of governance an...
- Triggers of citizen eruptions
- 2013
- The year 2011 witnessed a boom in eruptions by the citizens in India against issues such as corruption and nuclear power. So why have these age-old issues suddenly attracted citizens' attention? Do they represent the enduring angst/di...
- Participatory urban planning: case studies from Rajnandgaon and Janjgir, Chhattisgarh, India
- 2012
- This resource describes a project by PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia) to undertake a model building initiatibe on community based urban planning in two towns of Chhattisgarh, a state in central India. PRIA's attempt w...
- Participatory city development plan
- 2013
- The following paper is a step-by-step manual illustrating the procedures and the environment building measures required for makling a City Development Plan (CDP). CDPs are becoming increasingly important, since in order to make a city...
- Teaching participatory research: making higher education participatory and relevant
- 2013
- This paper argues that inclusion of Participatory Research (PR) in the curricula of institutions of higher education will facilitate its actual practice, thereby contributing to new forms of knowledge production and social change. It ...
- Participatory Solid Waste Management (SWM) planning: experiences from Indian cities
- 2013
- This learning paper is based on PRIAs work under its Urban Governance initiative over the years. It looks into the issues, processes and methods involved while working with government agencies and communities on strengthening local go...
- Community participation for safe motherhood
- 2013
- How does community respond to increasing risk to mother and child? Do traditional methods of life-saving, when combined with contemporary practices in maternal health, lead to new safe practices? The intervention discussed in this stu...
- The intended and unintended impact of conflict on the lives of citizens
- 2012
- This document presents preliminary findings from a participatory field research undertaken in late 2011 to understand the current governance programmes and actors to address conflicts and analyse the discourses around governance initi...
- Issues and challenges in integrated district planning
- 2013
- This is based on PRIA's experience on Integrated District Planning (IDP) as a Technical Support Institution (TSI) in 14 districts across 5 states of India. Later, PRIA's engagement with District Planning Committee in Madhubani distric...
- Tsunami relief and rehabilitation: a participatory approach
- 2013
- This case study is based on the experiences of SAHAI's field support and intervention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. The study highlights the linkages between self-governance and participatory approach, and how it...
- Participatory micro-planning experiment in Kerala
- 2013
- This assessment document encapsulates methods, procedures and obstacles faced while operationalising a micro-plan initiative. SAHAYI conducted an experiment in looking at successful collaborations between institutions of governance an...
- Triggers of citizen eruptions
- 2013
- The year 2011 witnessed a boom in eruptions by the citizens in India against issues such as corruption and nuclear power. So why have these age-old issues suddenly attracted citizens' attention? Do they represent the enduring angst/di...
- Strategic Foresight Group
- Strategic Foresight Group seeks to undertake forward-looking research in geopolitical, economic, technological and societal changes. Their research examines future trends and discontinuities in spaces where geopolitics intersects with business, economy, society, religion and technology.
- Tiri
- Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society in an attempt to find practical solutions to making integrity work. They assert that improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable and equitable development worldwide.
- Caritas Europa
- Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries. It is one of the seven regions of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas Europa focuses its activities on issues related to poverty and social inequality, migration and asylum within all countries of Europe, humanitari...
- African Monitor
- As a Pan-African body established in 2006, African Monitor aims to assess the link between: The adequacy and appropriateness of the development processes and commitments The extent to which specific development pledges by African governments and their international partners are being kept The extent to which the implementation of development commitmen...
- GuideStar International (GSI)
- GuideStar International (GSI), a UK-registered charity, is aiming to build a global network of websites with detailed reports on countries’ civil society organisations (CSOs) to make them more visible to those who wish to support their work. Through GuideStar, CSOs can report on their aims, activities, accomplishments, structure and finances. By making the work of CSOs transpa...
- Community Based Adaptation Exchange (CBA-X)
- Facilitating Community Based Adaptation exchange
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. They are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference. Their mission is to transform progressive...
- Eldis Community
- The Eldis Community is a free on-line community where people can meet others involved in international development, discuss important issues and share useful resources. Membership and group creation is free: the service is financially supported by the Eldis donor group. On joining the Eldis Community, you can create your own profile, and thereby get yo...
- Stanhope Centre
- The Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research is a London-based forum for open dialogue and scholarship related to media law and policy around the world. A significant emphasis is on engaging graduate students on these issues. The Stanhope Centre seeks to bring together scholars, experts, lawyers and graduate students in a variety of academic disciplines in London and internationally, in...
- Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Activists advocating policy dialogue and change in attitudes in Bangladesh
