| Session Title: How to Do Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis |
| Skill-Building Workshop 321 to be held in Wekiwa 5 on Thursday, Nov 12, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM |
| Sponsored by the Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Boru Douthwaite, Challenge Program on Water and Food, bdouthwaite@gmail.com |
| Sophie Alvarez, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, b.sophie.alvarez@gmail.com |
| Abstract: In this workshop, participants will be introduced to Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) and develop impact pathways for their own program. PIPA is a practical planning and evaluation approach fast being adopted for use with complex programs in the water and food sectors (see http://impactpathways.pbwiki.com). PIPA begins with a participatory workshop where stakeholders make explicit their assumptions about how their program will achieve impact. Participants construct problem trees, carry out a visioning exercise and draw network maps to help them clarify their program theory in the form of 'impact pathways'. Impact pathways describe which actors need to change to achieve the program vision, what are those changes and which strategies are needed to make them happen. PIPA goes beyond the traditional use of logic models and logframes by engaging stakeholders in a structured participatory process, promoting learning and providing a framework for 'action research' on processes of change. |