An introduction to participatory action development (PAD)

An approach to community water management requires a methodology that is sufficiently flexible and compatible to enable rural communities and support organisations to share, analyse and enhance their understanding, and to allow them to plan and implement problem-solving activities. Participatory Action Development (PAD) is an approach to development work in which all those involved contribute both to the creative thinking that goes into the problem-solving and planning, as well as to the action that is the subject of the development work.