Participatory Attitudes and Gestures of the Officials and Professionals in Larger Programmes often a more fluid state of affair (draft)

This brief paper shares the author's experiences of running PRA training and other related activities and their impact on inducing attitudinal change in the participants (trainees). The paper asserts that on the one hand changes in attitudes and behaviour are hard to come by due to structural and cultural barriers in many large organisations, and on the other hand such changes even when visible remain to be in a fluid state of affairs unless supported continuously by follow-up activities.