Introduction
This guide sets out an approach to community planning that intends to build
local consensus to help people manage and improve their livelihood options.
The approach is Participatory Action Plan Development (PAPD) – a structured
and repeatable set of activities that helps local people identify key problems
and constraints together with realistic opportunities to address them. The
guide provides a basic explanation of six key stages required to reach
consensus on simple livelihoods related initiatives at local level. The purpose,
approach and process of each stage is described with reference to specific
examples.
It is expected that facilitators will follow the sequence outlined in the guide
and will understand the purpose of each stage. This structure is useful to
maintain consistency between locations and will aid reporting and
documentation by the facilitating agency. However, it is understood that
facilitators and communities may have the confidence to modify activities
and the direction of planning where appropriate. The guide concludes with
some general observations and recommendations for expanding the planning
process to a wider geographic which might include and benefit additional
project stakeholders.
Contents
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3. What is Participatory Action Plan Development?
4. How might PAPD be relevant in the project context?
4. What is required to attempt PAPD with communities at village level?
6. The six stages to PAPD
13. Adapting the PAPD approach
15. Working with existing and supportive institutions
16. Documenting PAPD
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