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Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation in Romania & Moldova

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Village Earth has just recently completed a successful Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation two-day training event in Bucharest, Romania with IREX-Washington DC, IREX-Moldova, and Romani CRISS, a Romanian human rights NGO.  During the training, participants learned the theory and methods of participatory monitoring & evaluation with a specific focus on the Most Significant Change technique.  Together with these local NGOs, Village Earth traveled to communities in the Romanian countryside to do a mid-term evaluation of the Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue program on which the local NGOs have been working the past year.  The project has brought to together Roma and non-Roma youth to work on school and community service projects in an effort to reduce tension between ethnic groups within these two countries.  The Most Significant Change technique was used along with participatory video where students in the youth groups filmed each others’ significant change stories.  We were able to elicit very rich data using these methods and analysis was done in the field with local staff.  Village Earth has now traveled onto Moldova to continue the technique with rural Moldovan schools that are engaged in the same project as well.  It has been a great combination to do a training followed by directly using what was learned in the field.  A great learning experience has been had by all. If you are interested in a similar training / consultation for your organization, please contact Training Director Kristina Pearson [email protected] for more information on Village Earth’s training and consultation services.  https://sandbox.villageearth.org/wordpress/training-and-consulting

Upcoming Courses in the Village Earth/CSU Online Certificate Program in Community-Based Development

Winter II Session

GSLL 1501 – Approaches to Community Development

This course provides a framework for community development based on a participatory, bottom-up, multi-sector model. Various approaches have been used in community development with varying degrees of success. One approach that has consistently demonstrated effectiveness is the Village Earth model based on participatory practices.

Through personal and structural empowerment, the objectives of economic well-being, environmental sustainability, and socio-cultural vitalization can be met. By looking at an overview of the entire development process and using case studies, this course will prepare participants to work in the field of community development and illuminate how all of the development efforts fit together to support the overall goal of sustainability.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

Compare different development approaches and evaluate their effectiveness.
Understand the basic principles that underlie sustainable development.
Incorporate participatory practices into community development activities
Design a development project based on the Village Earth model
Who should take this course? This course is suited for people who are interested in community development and work or plan to work in this field. This includes people working or volunteering at NGOs, NPOs, governmental organizations, without border organizations, or missionary organizations. In addition, people involved in funding community development projects benefit from this course.

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