INSTITUTION BUILDING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE METHODOLOGY

THE MUCIA EFFORT, KNOWN AS THE PROG OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN INSTITUTION-BLDG & TECH ASSIST METHODOLOGIES (PASITAM), IS HEADQUARTERED AT THE UNIV OF INDIANA.THIS GRANT EXTENSION WILL PERMIT THE COMPLETION OF ON-GOING STUDIES & PUBLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL & RURAL DEVLPMNT,THE EVALUATION PROCESS,EDUC FOR DEVLPMNT,DESIGN TOOLS FOR DEVLPMNT PLNNG AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS TRNG. PASITAM WILL COMPLETE A SET OF TRNG MATERIALS & COMPLEMENTARY TEXTUAL MATERIALS ON THE DESIGN,ORGANIZATION AND MGMT OF AGRI & RURAL DEVLPMNT PROJS. A MANUAL WILL BE PRODUCED ON MANAGING PEASANT AGRI DEVLPMNT. TEXTS WILL ALSO BE PREPARED ON THE DESIGN,ORGANIZATION & MGMT OF DEVLPMNT PROJS IN GENERAL. A STRATEGY STATEMENT WILL BE PREPARED ON THE PLNNG & DESIGN OF RURAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS. OTHER STUDIES OF LDC INSTITUTION-BUILDING WILL FOCUS ON ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING & EVALUATION. IN ADDITION,PASITAM WILL SEEK FUNDING FOR WORKSHOPS WITH LDC REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR UTILIZATION OF PASITAM MATERIALS AND TO ENABLE PASITAM TO BETTER RELATE THEIR WORK WITH LDC CONDITIONS. NEW MARKETS FOR PASITAM TRNG MATERIALS & OTHER MATERIALS WILL BE SOUGHT AMONG OTHER DONORS AND LDC INSTITUTIONS. PASITAM "NETWORKING" ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONTINUED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF DESIGN NOTES ON LDC DEVLPMNT EFFORTS AS WELL AS THE PASITAM NEWSLETTER. PASITAM WILL ALSO DEVELOP A PILOT TRNG COURSE ON ANALYTIC SKILLS FOR THE AID MANPOWER DEVLPMNT DIVISION (CONTRACT). MANY OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND INFORMATION RESULTING FROM THE PROJ"S GRANT-FUNDED ACTIVITIES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COURSE. TENTATIVE PLANS CALL FOR A JOINT-FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE MANPOWER DIVISION DIRECTED TOWARD STRENGTHENING OF AID IN-HOUSE ORIENTATION TRAINING.