Guidelines for Planning a Project Design and Management Workshop

Guidelines for Planning

a Project Design and

Management Workshop

' Goals for

the PDM Workshop

The PDM Workshop builds on the philosophy and methodologies of

community participation that most Volunteers begin to learn in pre 

service training (PST) and continue to expand through in service

training (IST). Prior to the PDM workshop, most Volunteers will have

been introduced to the importance of the men's and women's and

girls' and boys' involvement in defining their own community's

realities. Some Volunteers and their Counterparts will already have

experience in using participatory analysis tools, such as asset mapping

and seasonal calendars, to assist their communities in identifying

resources and setting priorities for future development and change.

In the PDM workshop, Volunteers and their Counterparts learn how

to involve the community members in moving from their analysis to

planning and implementing projects that meet their desires and needs.

Some general goals of the PDM workshop for the  include:

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To reinforce the philosophy of community participation, and

provide additional methodologies for involving community

members in designing and implementing their own projects.

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