Training on

Participatory Livelihood Assessment Techniques (PLAT)

(13th, 14th & 15th September 2007)

 

Introduction

 

Participatory Livelihood Assessment Technique (PLAT) is an effective method for ensuring participation of different levels of stakeholders in any project related to livelihood promotion. It has been evolved by Development Alternatives over time and yields positive results if implemented in a methodical and strategic manner with the underlying element of flexibility. It aims at fathoming the critical gaps in livelihood promotion and weighs them against feasibilities to reach a logical conclusion whereby after analysis, a sound action plan or strategy for development can be drawn.

 

Course Objective:

 

• To orient one with an effective techniques and tools of livelihood assessment entailing participation of a variety of stakeholders

 

Course Contents

 

• Concept of PLAT
• Differentiating PLAT from other Techniques
• What information to collect?
• What tools to use for information collection?
• How to use of Tools for information collection
• Protocol of Information Collection
• Do’s and Dont’s
• How to collate information?
• How to analyse information?
• How to formulate action/strategic planning with PLAT?

 

Course Duration: Three Days

 

The training will be for a period of 3 days which will be essentially consisting of :

1. class room sessions
2. a guided tour to the Livelihood models within TARAgram campus
3. an evening out to visit the Orchha temples and fort.

 

Course Eligibility:

Development Professionals engaged in livelihood promotion who would like to have a better analytical and systematic approach for conducting livelihood needs assessment in a development programme.

 

Course Fee

 

INR 8000 per participant for Indian Participants

INR 12000 for Non-Indian Participants

 

To be sure of participation, we request you to send the nominations form (enclosed below) and the registration fee (non-refundable) by 27^th Aug, 2007 as the confirmation is made after the payment is made and the seats are reserved on First Come First Serve basis.

 

Payment to be made in Demand Draft in favour of Development Alternatives, Jhansi

 

Venue

 

The training will be held in TARAgram, Appropriate Technology Centre, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. TARAgram is a campus set in the rural environment of Orchha. It is a centre which showcases the Livelihood models developed by DA in the field of appropriate technology, and environment.

 

Participants to the training will be provided a guided tour of the campus which will enrich the learnings from the class room sessions.

 

Tips of getting to TARAgram

 

Participants coming by train should take a ticket till Jhansi (UP) Railway station. From there, TARAgram is 9 kms away. There will be a pick up facility based on the information provided on the arrival time.

 

 

Other Useful Tips

 

1. The Training fee covers the following:

• Accommodation
• Food
• Reading material
• Leisure trip to the famous Orchha Temples and Fort

 

2. The participants can arrive one day before the training date and leave on the last day of the training by a train which leaves after 7 pm.

 

3. The participants will be expected to book and reserve their tickets. The training fee does not include the travel expenses.

 

Enclosed

 

1.       Route map - how to get to TARAgram from Jhansi Railway Station

      http://devalt.org/da/field/map.htm

 

2.       TARAgram Campus - an overview

http://devalt.org/da/field/tarapic.htm

 

3.       Orchha Temples and fort - a glimpse

       www.shunya.net/Pictures/NorthIndia/Orchha/Orchha.htm

 

Resource Persons

 

Kim Maria Misao – Kim has done her Post Graduate Management studies in NGO Management from Entrepreneurship Institute of India, Ahmedabad. She has an experience of working for 7 years in the development sector. She brings to this course, an experience of managing national level projects which focussed on Building Livelihood Options for Trafficking Prone Communities in 3 states of India. What Kim would be sharing through this course is the status of Trafficking and Migration in several parts of India and how this needs to be tackled at the source point through several tools and methods that were used by the project team.

 

Sudeshna Chatterjee- Sudeshna has done her Masters in Economics from Jawaharlal University Delhi and has been working in the development sector for the past 10 years. She brings with her an experience of working on the issue of Livelihood and Trafficking in the state of Madhya Pradesh where she has accumulated direct grass root experience of working with the community and NGO partners. She has been instrumental in setting up livelihood models in the state of MP which has been now marked for multiplication and replication.

 

Santosh Pathak

Santosh has completed his post graduate studies in Political Science. He has 10 years of experience ranging from hard core field level implementation to management of projects - project Planning, implementation monitoring and evaluation with different organizations. He has conducted trainings for CBOs on Livelihood related themes which range from Micro enterprise development to Community Fund mobilisation to Rural Livelihood Enhancement Programme.

 

Enquiries and Suggestions

If you have any questions or suggestions for the training or nominations, please contact Juhi, Prabal and Gobind at:  

Telephone:

Office: +91 510 2911 368, +91 7680 252 869 (ext – 323)

 

Gobind - +91 989 39 55700

Prabal - +91 923 569 2808

Juhi - +91 983 9820 689

 

E-mail: trainings@devalt.org

 

Development Alternatives

111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi -1100 70, India

 

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