Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Participatory Rural Appraisal — Breaking the ICE

PRA stands for Participatory Rural Appraisal and it means to participatively understanding a village. According to the terms the PRA represent group of approaches and methods that will encourage the community in actively participate in raising and analysing their knowledge of their life conditions in order to create the correct action plan. Here the external agencies acts as a facilitator and their primary function is to encourage, assist the community to carry out their own analysis, come to their own conclusion and design their own developmental programmes. In the present context PRA is being done to facilitate community participation in Tourism in and around the remains of ancient Nalanda University.

There are three types of PRA
1- Exploratory—Tools and Technique used to diagnose the current situation
2- Topical—application of PRA to some specific area of concern
3- Problem solving--- Diagnosis of problems and suggestions of solutions with participation of the community

Scope & objectives

The study and exercise shall be done in the villages around the remains of ancient Nalanda University. PRA tools shall be used to assess the community tourism needs so that specific interventions could be sought. Its purpose is to enable community to acquire sufficient creative and transforming leverage.
The exercise will create a platform for learning, the process is expected to enhance,
1- Identification of felt needs of the community
2- Bringing forth consensus
3- Integration of local knowledge into the project design
4- Community institutions who shall manage sustainable enterprise

Secondary sources
1. Census report for demographic details
2. Cadastral maps, aerial photographs and satellite images
3. Land records from district land record department

Target groups
1- Youth
2- Women
3- Elderly men
Composition of team

Professional experts in PRA and students from NavaNalanda Mahavihar, who are willing to work with the community, shall form the team that will conduct the exercise.

Composition of team

Professional experts in PRA and students from NavaNalanda Mahavihar, who are willing to work with the community, shall form the team that will conduct the exercise.

Baseline Database

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