participatory Definition
par·tici·pa·tory (--pə tôr′ē)
adjective
- of or having to do with participation
- allowing or providing for the participation of all members of a group participatory democracy
participatory Usage Examples
Converse of object
- develop: Random Dance is committed to developing extensive participatory and outreach opportunities and generating new work for and by young people.
- use: New irrigation schemes are also in place and new varieties of crops, successfully bred using participatory breeding techniques, are being grown.
- include: Participants need to be clear about what they are ' signing up ' to, including the participatory processes involved.
- make: The necessary changes needed at client, staff and organizational levels if Impact Assessment is made more participatory are also explored.
- promote: The first day focused on globalization and decentralization, and explored the challenges of promoting participatory local governance in the context of globalization.
- create: Stanza creates participatory digital artworks that invite viewers to guide data flows or to simply observe self-generating compositions.
Preposition: in
nature: They need tools that are suitable for non-literate people, that are easy to understand and that are highly participatory in nature.
Adjective modifier
- inclusive: It has the potential to be exclusive, directive and controlling, or the means to be inclusive, participatory and liberating.
- active: Online learning material should not be a substitute for active participatory learning experiences.
- more: Monbiot gave his talk quite brief, maybe 20 minutes at the most, in order to make the meeting more participatory.
- open: Subsidiarity means more that developing national action plans to implement international targets: it is potentially more open, participatory, subversive and deviant.
- innovative: The farmer field school approach Farmer field schools ( FFSs ) are based on an innovative, participatory and interactive learning approach.
Modifies a noun
- democracy: Building participatory democracy is not only a question of method.
- budgeting: Such initiatives include: participatory planning, participatory budgeting, gender budgets.
- appraisal: Outcomes: In Summer 2001 we co-ordinated a peer led participatory appraisal consultation looking at health needs of young people.
- methodology: Social changes are most effectively assessed using participatory methodologies.
- approach: Would they benefit from a more participatory approach to learning?
- policy-making: In Rwanda, by contrast, the government has little direct experience with participatory policy-making.
Noun used with modifier
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