Corporate Policy Papers

Taking Risks:   Background Papers

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Background Papers Index

Participatory Eco-Development

Susanne Frueh and Barbara Pesce

 

Background: historical context and status report

Table 1 UNCDF Eco-development programmes

Main features of the original eco-development approach

Box 1 - Eco-development in Guinea

 

Early lessons learned

 

Refining the approach through learning events

Glen Cove findings

Saly workshop findings

Box 2 - Early impacts of eco-development projects

The eco-swap

Ownership

Project formulation

Planning and design

Box 3 Local elected governments (CRDs)

Institutional anchoring

The level of intervention

 

Knowledge creation: methodologies and tools

Table 3 The tools of eco-development

Implementation

Local development financing mechanisms

Participation

Box 4 Community participation in Mayahi

 

Capacity building

 

Conflict resolution

 

Monitoring and evaluation

Table 4 - Improving monitoring and evaluation techniques

 

Summary of key lessons

 

Annex A - New directions for participatory eco-development

 

Annex B - Glen Cove Regional Meeting, March 1997, Main Findings and Recommendations