From elthomas@smtp.aed.org Thu Jul 30 12:14:57 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id MAA60682 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:14:57 -0700 Received: from smtp.aed.org ([198.69.134.5]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id MAA19849 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:14:55 -0700 Received: from 1875-Message_Server by smtp.aed.org with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:04:02 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:03:24 -0400 From: "Elizabeth Thomas" To: indknow@u.washington.edu Cc: ekane@knight-hub.com Subject: Participatory Research Course Announcement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Training Workshop in Participatory Research and Action Planning=20 Kinvara, Ireland=20 October 19-24, 1998 GroundWork is offering a new one-week course in Participatory Research and = Action Planning, with a special focus on GENDER, ENVIRONMENT and EDUCATION.= =20 The course teaches participants how to conduct and/or commission participat= ory research through a combination of participatory learning activities = and field trips. Participants concentrate on one of the three modules = (gender, environment or education), but work together during plenary = sessions and learn about applications of participatory research in the = other two sectors. The course will be facilitated by a combination of senior experts and = trainers in participatory research, as well as experts in each of the = three sectors. GroundWork, an international consortium of women = consultants who specialize in bridging national and local perspectives to = create meaningful policy and more effective local development, will serve = as the primary workshop facilitator. =20 Additional facilitators for the environmental module include Professor = Emer Colleran, Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Studies at = University College Galway; a specialist in sustainable water resource = management, pollution control, bioremediation and freshwater management; = Christina Rawley , a social ecologist; Anne Sweetser a social/medical = anthropologist; and Lelia Doolan, an anthropologist/filmmaker. =20 The venue for the workshop is a modern hotel in a small scenic village on = Galway Bay, adjacent to the Burren, a one-hundred square mile, world-renown= ed limestone plain containing both Mediterranean and Arctic flora, where a = decade-long dispute over environmental policy has attracted some of the = world's leading environmentalists. The environmental module's field trips = will be held in this locale. The approximate cost for the one-week course is US $1400 including = tuition, accommodation, partial board and a medieval banquet. Due to the = participatory, hands-on nature of the learning activities, the course is = limited to thirty participants. For further information and an application= , please contact:=20 Eileen Kane GroundWork=20 Bethesda, Maryland, USA Tel. (1)301-365-5987 Fax (1)301-365-8269 e-mail: ekane@knight-hub.com .