Participatory Project Management
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Enclosed in this blog are a number of useful resources for the development or humanitarian practitioner. Many of these are covered in the Module 5 of the online DRM program, these including project management tools such as the Project Management Cycle (PMC) and Project Design Document (PDD), as well as participatory tools such as the Ten Seed Technique (TST) and Seasonal Calendar. Many of these resources are included in the TorqAid Toolkit –
Online PDRM program
Our 2026 online Semester 2 Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program is running from the 27 July through to the 16 November 2026. The intended outcome of this program is to provide the knowledge & skills to enable the participant to better understand, plan for and implement humanitarian initiatives across the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC). Ten topics overall are taught on a weekly basis. When accompanied by three assessment tasks, the PDRM is given Advanced Standing towards a number of Master level courses (eg Sustainable Development, Development Studies) offered by Murdoch University, Perth.
Train Like a Champion
TorqAid produces a short one page ‘Train like a Champion’ (TLC) article, which includes five teaching principles, and twelve teaching tips. This material is covered as part of the PDRM training program Topic TC 03 (Humanitarian Attributes & Competencies).
Twelve Teaching Tips
TorqAid has developed a ‘one pager’ of Twelve Teaching Tips for development or humanitarian practitioners who do not have any formal background in teaching, training or facilitation.
Project Management Cycle
The Project Management Cycle (PMC) clearly illustrates the three key stages of Project Planning, Implementation & Post Implementation. The PMC is also a key component of the TorqAid Participatory Project Management (PPM) workshop, as well as the development of the Project Design Document (PDD). The PMC lay at the heart of a customised inter-state PPM workshop which was facilitated by TorqAid in early April 2019, mainly for practitioners involved in Aboriginal community development projects in Outback and remote Australia.
TorqAid Toolkit
The TorqAid Toolkit covering the period October – December 2024, has now been updated. This includes details of the 2025 online PDRM training program, as well as key useful resources including a Global Humanitarian & Development Agency Directory and a Global Humanitarian and Development Bibliography.
Teach like a Champion
Enclosed are twelve ‘Teach like a Champion’ (TLAC) teaching tips. One of the challenges facing development and humanitarian practitioners in the field is that they are invariably and regularly faced with teaching and capacity building situations. These tips are designed for those people who have not necessarily received any formal training in the art and […]
Ten Seed Technique
The Ten Seed Technique (TST) is a brilliant participatory tool, which can be used in a number of development and humanitarian settings. It is also covered in Topic TC06 of the PDRM training program, where examples are drawn from a Darwin-based remote Australia health setting; a community development program in West Bengal, India; and analysis of the social, environmental, political & economic landscape in Bhutan. Hazards (identified through the TST) are then tackled in Topic TC07, where a risk management approach is used in Vanuatu, the Rohingya community in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, and for Bhutan as a whole.
So what is Participatory Project Management (PPM)
One of the key TorqAid diagrams mentioned in the TorqAid Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Diagrammatic Framework article is the Project Management Cycle (PMC). This article relates to Participatory Project Management (PPM) across the three stages of the PMC, namely Preparation, Implementation, and Post-implementation. Click here to download a comprehensive outline of PPM competencies. PPM is […]