PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 8 Participatory self-evaluation of World Neighbors, Burkina Faso

Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 8 Participatory self-evaluation of World Neighbors, Burkina Faso Paul Bandre Introduction This article discusses the participatory self- evaluation process in Liptougou, which is part World Neighbors (WN) is an international of one of the most remote and deprived grassroots development organisation working districts where WN has been working for the in Asia, Africa and Latin America to help last 10 years. The evaluation process was undertaken with an association `TORIM- marginalised communities address their needs. MANI', which encompasses 14 villages in the World Neighbours (WN) in West Africa works Liptougou Department. It shows how in Mali, Togo, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Key areas of work are in accordance with monitoring, evaluation and participatory community expressed needs, however program programming can be integrated into the overall priorities include: sustainable agriculture, intervention strategy of the Liptougou WN environmental regeneration, and community Programme. The self-evaluation coincided with the end of the 1994 - 1997 three year health. WN aims to strengthen the capacities programme. This article describes briefly our of marginalised communities so that they can annual evaluation process and the more recent pursue more autonomous sustainable tri-annual evaluation process which coincides development. To achieve this, key ...