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different contexts? How do they articulate this process of building strong
constituencies for wildlife conservation in the field? Casting for Conservation Actors
attempts to provide the basis for the design of analytical tools and even suggest
guidelines for partner engagement and promotion. It is not intended as a strict
methodology, so much as a conceptual framework for describing the logical
connections and relationships between management needs, the actors who may meet
those needs, and the factors and conditions that influence them.
• Institute of Development Studies (IDS)/Participation Group. Pathways to Participation:
Critical Reflections on PRA. IDS, University of Sussex. Brighton, UK (http://
portals.wi.wur.nl/files/docs/msp/path2part.pdf accessed 10 September 2008).
The label PRA originally meant “Participatory Rural Appraisal”, but has come to refer
to a range of different practices and interpretations of what participation is about or
for. This magazine focuses its analysis on the use of participatory rural appraisal
techniques, drawing on experiences of development professionals from across the
world.
• The World Bank. Participation Website (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/
EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/
EXTPCENG/0,,menuPK:410312~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:410306,0
0.html accessed 10 September 2008).
The Participation and Civic Engagement Group of the Social Development
Department promotes the participation of people and their organizations to influence
institutions, policies and processes for equitable and sustainable development. The
Group supports World Bank units, client governments, and civil society organizations
to incorporate participatory approaches in the design, the implementation, the
monitoring, and the evaluation of (World Bank-sponsored) operations.
Some further useful references on techniques for developing,
managing, and sustaining collaborations and participatory
processes
• Doyle, M. and Straus, D. 1982. How to Make Meetings Work. Jove Books, New York,
USA.
How do you know if a meeting works? What is an effective meeting, anyway?
Questions such as these are explored by the authors as they reveal a new method of
conducting meetings, called the Interaction Method. If your meetings are more than
window dressing or hot air, they are critical to the health of your group or organization.
Learn how to be a facilitator, a recorder and "group memory."
• Straus, D. and Layton, T.C. 2002. How to Make Collaboration Work: Powerful Ways to
Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions. 2nd Ed. Berrett-Koehler
Publishers Inc., San Francisco, USA.
The co-author of "How to Make Meetings Work" offers five principles for making