PDA SUPPORT SERVICES UNIT
PDA SUPPORT SERVICES (PSS) UNIT OVERVIEW OF PDA SUPPORT SERVICES UNIT The PDA Support Services (PSS) Unit handles a host of business support services for PDA as well as for Individuals, Small Commercial or Homebased Businesses and Large Corporations. In support of and in line with the vision and mission of PDA, PSS is committed…
Project Management
Our Project Management Work PDA has considerable project management capacity having managed several large scale projects over several years on behalf of organisations outside Ghana. It has done this both alone and as part of consortia. Some of these have included fund management, where funds are given to partners to implement projects and PDA provides…
Facilitation and Moderation of Workshops
About our Facilitation and Moderation Work Using an external facilitator can both free programme organisers to concentrate on the content or participate in the process themselves, and provide a neutral outsider to guide a process to a conclusion or navigate contentious issues. Sometimes sector experts do not have the facilitation skills to facilitate a programme…
Process Facilitation and Consultation
About our Process Facilitation & Consultation Work As well as one-off events like meetings and workshops, PDA also facilitates longer term processes, supporting our clients to conceive, design, strategise, implement and evaluate, all using participatory methods. These enable a range of different voices to make a contribution to and feel a sense of ownership of…
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Areas of Work We work in a wide range of areas including: Processes for community empowerment Issues of governance – in education, health and forestry Organisation development with civil society organisations Working with communities Decentralisation Policy analysis and advocacy Poverty and social assessments Child labour Reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS Gender and development Monitoring and evaluation…
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Our Vision A world where states, communities and organisations provide an enabling environment in which all people, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, creed, age or disability, can realise their full potential and contribute their best to the common good. Our Mission To work with government, communities, and organisations to facilitate the participation of all people…
Community-Driven Development
OVERVIEW The Community-Driven Development (CDD) Unit handles the design, implementation and management of community-led projects and programmes within PDA. The CDD Unit views communities as subjects of change and development partners in their own right, rather than as mere receivers of public and private goods and services or objects of charity. For this reason the…