GroundWork invites you to our upcoming workshops in October: "Integrated Knowledge for Development" in Kinvara, Ireland, and "Participatory Research & Action for Environmental Sustainability" in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Please write to each specified email address for further details (including the cost) and an application form. ************************************************ Two New GroundWork Workshops: Practical Research and Action For Development 1. Integrated Knowledge for Development: Kinvara, Ireland October 6-13, 2001 Many people are wary of the current rhetoric about participation, the time it takes, the 'emphasis on process over content', the 'theological & righteousness,' etc. This workshop is aimed at overworked people who believe in consultation but who need valid usable information that 1) makes sense within the context of their organizational operations; and 2) can be obtained before the end of the millennium. This is a workshop for managers, sector specialists and researchers working in international development or donor organizations who want to learn more about how to do, and how to commission research that integrates *participatory research and conventional research *qualitative and quantitative approaches *local needs and national policy and planning Sectors: education, health and HIV/AIDS, gender, microfinance and agriculture We take you from the 'basics' of participatory, qualitative and quantitative research to advanced applications, processes, issues and theory as they apply to real development issues. No previous experience is necessary. What you learn will be useful for project design, appraisal, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. We also show you how to apply what you have learned to address issues that arise internally in your own organization. Participants work from manuals and workbooks specially tailored to their own interests, and participate in fieldwork with enthusiastic local communities. One of the most popular aspects of this workshop is that each participant is helped to design his or her own future project, beginning to end. This seven-day course is held in a rural seaside village in Ireland. Senior experts in participatory research from GroundWork will facilitate it: Eileen Kane and Mary O'Reilly de Br佖, both anthropologists, and authors of an innovative new book, Doing Your Own Research (Boyars, London, 2001) Guest experts will lead the sectoral field events. For an application form and further details on this course, please write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Participatory Research and Action for Environmental Sustainability: Cape Cod, Massachusetts: October 21-26, 2001 This course offers a cross-sectoral approach to policy and planning for environmental sustainability through community participation, education, health, microfinance and gender integration. Senior experts in social ecology and participatory research from GroundWork will facilitate the course: Christina Rawley, Eileen Kane, and Mary O'Reilly de Brun, with guest faculty and facilitators from around the world. This intensive residential workshop will offer practical experience in program design from beginning to end, including fieldwork in local communities. Drawing on internationally known institutions and environmental groups in the community, evening sessions will provide opportunities for stimulating exchange of ideas with interesting guests from the local environment community and international visitors. For an application form and further details on this course, please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
