The SMAP Development Process is a series of community learning opportunities based on micro-projects undertaken in a participative, community-based manner which facilitates improvement of community skills in harnessing, managing and sustaining development resources. SMAP focuses on small scale, quick acting projects at the community level. By assisting communities to identify, plan, implement and evaluate these "micro-projects", SMAP aims to increase the communities' capability to direct and undertake their own future development.
A report from a workshop on issues in participatory developent in Sri Lanka, which compares different participatory approaches prevalent in Sri Lanka at time. Key issues include power relations, institutions, sustainability, technology and attitudes. The different approaches studied include Change Agents Programme, Social Mobilization Approach, Participatory Interaction in Development, and Participatory Rural Appraisal.