Asia Workshop on Next Generation Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

Abstract

Asia Workshop on Next Generation Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation was co-hosted by PRIA, India and INTRAC, United Kingdom during 9-11 November 2005 at PRIA, New Delhi, India. The broad objective of the workshop was to promote debates and discussion on the key principles of participatory monitoring and evaluation, its application to different purposes and contexts, methodologies, key issues and challenges emerging from practice and potential areas for future knowledge generation in the Asian context. A total of 48 participants from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Netherlands, New Zealand and United Kingdom participated in the workshop. The Opening Session, focused on the next generation issues and challenges of participatory monitoring and evaluation. The other sessions focused on five thematic areas viz. civil society building, policy dialogue and advocacy, citizen monitoring, participatory impact assessment and disaster and rehabilitation. Each session started with presentations followed by open discussion and smaller group discussion. The last session was dedicated to consolidate the discussion of various thematic sessions. and to highlight salient lessons and recommendations from the workshop. The workshop was co-facilitated by Rajesh Tandon and Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay from PRIA, India and Oliver Bakewell and Jerry Adams from INTRAC, United Kingdom.