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participatory Definition

par·tici·pa·tory (--pə tôr′ē)

adjective

  1. of or having to do with participation
  2. 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

  • quality: Poor information flows, lack of time, language barriers impeded quality participatory processes.
  • group: This has included running leadership and management development programs, large group participatory action planning and culture change projects.