What We Do Our approach is to work with people, in groups and as individuals, to help them build their awareness of their situation, see it in a wider context, explore options, make decisions and then move towards a chosen future. We believe that change is a key feature of everyone’s reality and that each…
Areas of work We have worked in a wide range of areas in development including: Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL) Longitudinal Learning & Impact Partnerships Local economic development – education, healthcare, agriculture and decentralization Financial Inclusion (VSLAs and Cooperatives) Women, Youth and Economic Opportunities Policy analysis and advocacy Poverty and social assessments Child and Social…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
