PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 19 Rapid Rural Appraisal training for baseline data collection and target group identification

Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 19 Rapid Rural Appraisal training for baseline data collection and target group identification Bill Duggan goal of preparing trainers for future RRA Introduction activities in the province. Training in the use of rapid rural appraisal for · To conduct RRAs, and collect basic socio- baseline data collection and target group economic data in three target villages in identification was recently conducted in order to identify the poorest members of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The training was the population. undertaken as part of the Sulawesi Regional · To establish better criteria for identifying Development Project (SRDP), a joint venture relative poverty in the various socio- between the Government of Indonesia and the environmental zones found in the target Government of Canada, for which the villages. University of Guelph acts as the Canadian executing agency. SRDP efforts focus on two · To provide recommendations for major areas: refocusing programmes to better meet the needs of the rural poor in the target region. 1. Strengthening and increasing the capabilities of planning agencies Context throughout Sulawesi. 2. Field projects addressing poverty Training activities focused on Tinombo- alleviation in strategic areas of Tomini-Moutong (TTM), an isolated cluster of development to ...