Work from Christine Sijbesma and co-authors on pocket voting for participation from a 2002 publication Methodology for Participatory Assessments with communities, institutions and policy makers (WSP) has been used by two new resource guides in 2011.
Published on: 05/10/2011
Work from Christine Sijbesma and co-authors on pocket voting for participation from a 2002 publication Methodology for Participatory Assessments with communities, institutions and policy makers (WSP) has been used by two new resource guides in 2011.
One is a new WASH toolkit for practitioners published by International Women Development Agency Inc, Feb 2011 http://www.iwda.org.au/au/2011/02/02/new-tool-kit-for-wash-practitioners/.
The other one is Working effectively with women and men in water, sanitation and hygiene programs, Resource Guide, published by Gender in Pacific WASH http://genderinpacificwash.info/guidance-material
Both use the following text:
“Pocket voting for participation: information, voice and choice
Pocket charts can be used as a tool to record and monitor participation within projects. Pocket charts can be made from cloth with pockets to hold people’s ‘votes’ (pieces of paper, seeds, shells, small stones, so it is possible to count the number of individuals who voted for a particular idea, choice or option). Pocket charts can also be drawn on the ground and incorporate locally available materials such as bowls or jars to hold people’s ‘votes’. Pocket charts can also be used to identify community priorities among different WASH options.
This activity is adapted from Dayal, R, Van Wijk C & Mukherjee N (2002), MetGuide – Methodology for Participatory Assessments with communities, institutions and policy makers, Water and Sanitation Program and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Delft, the Netherlands.”
MetGuide – Methodology for Participatory Assessments with communities, institutions and policy makers is one of six references.
The MetGuide is a comprehensive and practical tool that details a method for participatory assessments of gender and poverty using participatory learning activities at each stage of larger-scale water and sanitation programmes. The methods detailed were used with partners in 88 communities in 15 countries in 5 regions in the 1990s. It is relevant for development institutions, governments and NGOs as well as researchers and policy makers in integrating gender and development analysis into sustainability assessments of community water and sanitation services.
It is available online at www.wsp.org/UserFiles/file/global_metguideall.pdf
