Mapping of Participatory Planning Practices in East Asia

The Affiliated Networks for Social Accountability – East Asia and the Pacific (ANSA-EAP) approached PRIA to undertake this study to develop a reasonably comprehensive mapping of participatory planning experiences in East Asian countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. The study also identified a range of stakeholders involved in the participatory planning process with special emphasis on engagement between governments and citizens groups. The study focused on the current gaps and challenges in relation to policy environment, institutional capacity, and practice in reality.

Objectives

To establish the importance of integrating participatory planning in the public finance management cycle and making it an important tool for a social accountability approach through systematising lessons of participatory planning practices

Geographical spread

South East Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Mongolia, Vietnam and Lao PDR)

Key areas/components

• Mapping the methodologies of participatory planning in South East Asian countries
• Documenting short and detailed case studies on participatory planning
• Convening and facilitating a workshop for validation and dissemination of the study report

Key outputs

• Analytical synthesis report of the mapping study
• Four detailed case studies on participatory planning from Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Mongolia
• Seven short case studies on participatory planning from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Mongolia
• Report of the validation workshop

Year/period

2009-2010

Client

Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific (ANSA-EAP), the Philippines