Practitioner of the Month

Manoj Rai - Director, PRIA

Mr. Rai did his masters in Statistics from prestigious Banaras Hindu University, India in 1984. He has about 25 years of working experiences in statistical research and participatory research. Currently Mr. Rai works as Director in PRIA, an international center for learning and promotion of participation and democratic governance. He is an internationally well-known expert on decentralization and community development. Mr. Rai has co-authored 3 books and has authored more than 35 papers on different dimensions of local governance. He has been part of various governmental and non-governmental expert committees on governance. His areas of recognized expertise include:

¨Participatory Research and Statistical Methods: Use of Participatory tools and techniques to engage with citizens and capture social realities and also using Statistical Methods to generate and analyze large scale data

¨Networking, Coalition Building and Policy Advocacy: Liaison and networking with CSOs, Media, Academia, Governments. Working Partnership with different organizations/actors, Multi Stakeholders Dialogues and Campaigns for citizen led and evidence based advocacy

¨Democratic Decentralization and Participatory Governance: Public Education for Citizens Engagements, Democratic Election, Training and Capacity Building, Devolution of Functions, Finance and Functionaries to Local Governments, Building Political and managerial Leadership of Elected Representatives and Social Accountability

¨Decentralized Development Planning and Community Development: Collective Envisioning and setting of Goals, Perspective Planning, Resource Mapping, Need Generation, Prioritization of demands, Annual Plan preparation at village and municipal level, integration and consolidation of plans at district level. Implementation of approved plan.

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