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Emma Walters Senior Social Development Specialist (Civil Society & Participation), Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Emma Walters is a civil society and participatory engagement specialist with 23 years’ experience working with Australian and international organizations. In her role within ADB’s NGO and Civil Society Center, Emma supports the institution in strengthening its engagement with civil society by enhancing ADB’s capacity to share knowledge, collaborate effectively, and build meaningful partnerships with civil society.
Appreciative Inquiry, Most Significant Change, Social Audit are activities that can be used to engage stakeholders in project evaluation.
Problem Tree, Beneficiary Assessment, and Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis are useful tools when preparing the design and monitoring framework for CSO engagement.
Community Radio, Participatory Action Research, and Television Drama are some of the implementation tools for communications and behaviour change.
Baselining, Ten Seed Technique, Seasonal Calendar, Community Mapping, Transect Walk, and Visioning are all participatory tools used for assessment.
Visual Associations Mapping, Stakeholder Mapping Matrices, and Venn Diagrams can be used as stakeholder analysis tools for CSO engagement in the Pacific.
This piece offers practical advice as to why working with civil society is important in the Pacific and how greater engagement between CSOs, government, and the Asian Development Bank can be achieved.