Strategic Direction and Themes
WHAT WE DO
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…
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…
PDA Agri-Industry and Social Enterprise (PASE) Ltd
About PASE Ltd PDA Agri-Industry and Social Enterprise (PASE) Ltd, a company owned solely by Participatory Development Associates (PDA), has been established as a limited liability company and a social enterprise platform to provide services to rural communities, especially women and young people. From 2012, PDA had been looking for an opportunity to venture into…
PDA Research, Evaluation & Learning
As a development organisation that is committed to and interested in working on processes that seek to strengthen and secure the rights of citizens, research is a key component of our work. The REL Unit is a knowledge production hub in PDA and plays a critical role in knowledge development and capacity building by conducting…
Institute for Development Practice and Management (IDPM)
PDA runs open courses periocally. Click on the IDPM menu to see forthcoming courses. The IDPM Skills for Life Series The IDPM Productive Meeting Series