Four challenges in selecting and implementing methods to monitor and evaluate participatory processes: Example from the Rwenzori region, Uganda

Hassenforder Emeline, Ducrot Raphaèle, Ferrand Nils, Barreteau Olivier, Daniell Katherine Anne, Pittock Jamie. 2016. Four challenges in selecting and implementing methods to monitor and evaluate participatory processes: Example from the Rwenzori region, Uganda. Journal of Environmental Management, 180 : 504-516.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.05.019

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Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Résumé : Participatory approaches are now increasingly recognized and used as an essential element of policies and programs, especially in regards to natural resource management (NRM). Most practitioners, decision-makers and researchers having adopted participatory approaches also acknowledge the need to monitor and evaluate such approaches in order to audit their effectiveness, support decision-making or improve learning. Many manuals and frameworks exist on how to carry out monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for participatory processes. However, few provide guidelines on the selection and implementation of M&E methods, an aspect which is also often obscure in published studies, at the expense of the transparency, reliability and validity of the study. In this paper, we argue that the selection and implementation of M&E methods are particularly strategic when monitoring and evaluating a participatory process. We demonstrate that evaluators of participatory processes have to tackle a quadruple challenge when selecting and implementing methods: using mixed-methods, both qualitative and quantitative; assessing the participatory process, its outcomes, and its context; taking into account both the theory and participants' views; and being both rigorous and adaptive. The M&E of a participatory planning process in the Rwenzori Region, Uganda, is used as an example to show how these challenges unfold on the ground and how they can be tackled. Based on this example, we conclude by providing tools and strategies that can be used by evaluators to ensure that they make utile, feasible, coherent, transparent and adaptive methodological choices when monitoring and evaluating participatory processes for NRM.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : approche participative, gestion des ressources naturelles, méthodologie, politique de l'environnement, politique de développement, programme d'action, population rurale, communauté rurale, gouvernance

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Ouganda

Classification Agris : P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
E50 - Sociologie rurale
E51 - Population rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

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