Community-Based Participatory Research

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    Analytical note on data collected from North Bengal university
    (2015) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Revitalizing the teaching of participatory research in social sciences
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2005-03) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    The report is based on several years of PRIA's experiences of working together with academic institutions. It began in 1994 with PRIA's collaboration with Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI). A series of inter- professional dialogues at national and regional level were organized to provide opportunities for social work educators, renowned academicians and experienced practitioners of participatory development (PD) and participatory research (PR) to come on a common platform and assess implications of the concepts in social work education and practice. Building on the lessons of the five-year collaboration (1994-1999), PRIA and ASSWI initiated a new phase of joint collaborative intervention in the year 2000 for strengthening the ideas of participation, democratic governance and citizenship. The need for the same was felt as the issues of democratic governance and citizenship gained significance in development debates and interventions. To effectively plan and implement this intervention, a strategy to strengthen five social work education institutions as Regional Nodal Centres (RNCs) was mutually agreed by PRIA and ASSWI. Institutions Identified to Work as RNCS were: Stella Maris Collage of social Work, Chenai; College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai; Department of Social Work, Andhra University, Visakhapatnem; School of Social work, Lucknow University, Lucknow; Department of Social Work, Viswa-Bharati, Santiniketan. Besides working with ASSWI, PRIA also carried out a collaborative project with Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi to help the faculties and students get conceptual orientation and field exposure in PR. An outcome of this intervention was introduction of the course on Participatory Sociology at postgraduate level. With PRIA's new strategic plan Governance Where People Matter "coming into operation in 2003, the academic Linkage porgrame has made concerted effort to reach out to social science faculties in Indian universities. During this period we hosted seminars in universities (Mysore University, Mysore; Osmania University, Hyderabad; Punjab University, Chandigarh) on participatory research and conducted an exhaustive mapping exercise of the teaching of PR in academic institutions. This synthesis report draws from 1) Earlier experiences and lessons gathered from working with ASSWI and Jamia Milia; 2) Discussions during seminars and lectures; 3) Independent discussion with social science faculty members in various universities; 4) Results of mapping of PR teaching; 5) Key note address given by Dr. RajeshTandon on "Should Participatory Research be Taught in a University?" (23 September 2003, Mysore University, Mysore) and key note address given by Dr. Ranjita Mohanty on "Participatory Research and the Agenda of Social Transformation" (29 August 2003, Punjab University, Chandigarh)
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    Citizen report card: Citizen feedback for effective service delivery: An operational manual
    (Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2013) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    Asia is urbanising at a pace faster than ever. The ever increasing population in the Asian cities and the consequent increase in demands for supply of basic services like housing, water, sanitation, health, education etc. pose enormous challenges to the urban local governance institutions. The existing capacities and resources of most urban local governance institutions are over stretched. The situation is exacerbated due to lack of governance reforms leading to enormous deficits in the transparency, accountability and citizen participation – the hallmarks of any democratic governance institutions. The engagement of civil society organisations (CSOs) is pivotal in making the urban local governance institutions transparent, accountable, responsive and participatory. However, the capacities of CSOs to engage and hold the urban local governance institutions are also limited. The project “Deepening Local Democratic Governance through Social Accountability in Asia” aimed to improve democratic practices in urban local governance institutions through social accountability for improving the provision of basic services to the most marginalised families in two Asian cities – Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Takhmao in Cambodia. The project was supported by the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and was implemented by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) in partnership with PRIP Trust, Bangladesh and SILAKA, Cambodia. It addressed the deficits of democratic practices, particularly the lack of citizen participation, transparency and accountability mechanisms in municipalities, due to which these institutions often fail to deliver services effectively and equitably and lack responsiveness towards the most marginalised. It made efforts to enhance organised citizen action and participation through mobilisation, capacity building, campaigns and participatory monitoring (using citizen report card and citizen monitoring methods) to ensure accountability. Its endeavours included enhancing citizens’ access to information and basic services by developing partnership with the elected municipalities to establish ‘models’ of social accountability mechanisms, particularly using citizen charters, pro-active information disclosures and public grievance redressal mechanisms. Having harvested the lessons from these interventions at the municipality level coupled with specific policy analysis at the sub-national and national levels, policy dialogues and policy oriented capacity building learning events were organised towards policy changes. It contributed to enhance capacities of local intermediary CSOs through training, exposure visits, on-site coaching and mentoring for implementing various social accountability approaches and tools and also influencing national and sub-national policies on urban governance issues. One of the critical outcomes of the intervention was to systematise the experience of implementing specific social accountability approaches, tools and methods so that the practitioners from CSOs as well as municipal officials could scale up, mainstream and institutionalise these practices elsewhere. Three operational manuals produced through this initiative are significant step towards these purposes. We sincerely hope that the practitioners from CSOs and officials from the municipalities will find these manuals handy and useful.
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    Citizen's report on water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in selected small and medium towns in India
    (Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2008-12) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    Strengthening citizen participation in urban governance has been one of the main objectives of PRIA. A variety of interventions towards the formation and strengthening of citizen collectives for effective participatory governance have been carried out in multiple locations of various small and medium towns. Study on ‘Citizen Report on Water Supply and Sanitation Services’ is one of the important initiatives undertaken by PRIA. The objectives of the intervention were two fold: (i) enhancing civic engagement and citizen participation and (ii) improving service delivery by the municipalities through enhanced accountability and participation. The specific objective was to assess the status of water supply and sanitation in terms of availability, accessibility, quantity, quality and affordability by involving citizen leaders/volunteers and local civil society actors so as to initiate a citizen monitoring system. The study is confined to eight cities namely, Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), Narnaul and Mahendergarh (Haryana), Rajnandgaon and Janjgir (Chhattisgarh), Jhunjhunu and Karauli (Rajasthan) and Sehore (Madhya Pradesh). Information on water supply and sanitation had been collected through a series of primary household surveys using a structured questionnaire. The approach was to involve active citizen volunteers/leaders in collecting data wherever they were present. Youth from local colleges and senior secondary schools were especially encouraged to participate in carrying out the interview surveys.
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    PRIA's engagements with higher educational institutions (HEIs): Initiatives in community based research (CBR)
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2014) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    PRIA has engaged with academia in a multitude of interventions, bringing community and practitioner knowledge into the portals of traditional research institutions and processes. By doing this, PRIA has helped Higher Educational Institutions (HEls) realize their social responsibility towards a community's needs and aspirations. This document traces PRIA's work in promoting community engagement within HEls in India and beyond. The experience, garnered over three decades, have been classified into six categories to highlight the different forms PRIA's interventions as a facilitator have taken to build bridges between the world of formal research, the practitioner knowledge of civil society actors and the experiential knowledge of local communities. The experiences discussed in this paper are not intended to be comprehensive; a few specific interventions are described under each category to illustrate the nature of the engagements fostered and the practices promoted.
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    Citizen engagement in urban governance: Lessons from small and medium towns in India
    (Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2009) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    With the rapid expansion of Indian cities came new pressures on governance, raising difficult questions about how urban institutions could remain accountable and responsive to citizens. This report focuses on the role of citizen engagement in strengthening urban governance in India. This study, drawing on case studies and field experiences, examines how rapid urban growth has reshaped city management and points to the possibilities opened up when citizens are given space to engage with governance. The analysis shows that while policies and structures for participation exist on paper, many citizens, especially those from marginalized groups, remain excluded from these processes due to a lack of awareness, resources, or institutional support. The paper points to the need for deeper trust and stronger channels of dialogue between citizens and city governments to make engagement meaningful. By placing citizens at the heart of governance, the study underlines how democratic processes in cities can become more inclusive, responsive, and effective in addressing the needs of diverse urban populations, positioning participation as the foundation of just and sustainable urban futures.