Participative Method

in Local Finance
Training (KKD 48)
Subject: Expenditure Case Study
LPEM July 14, 2008
Introduction
 One of the trainers gives a
brief explanation on the
new learning method.
 The case study takes
Public Expenditure in Kota
Makassar as a subject.
 Participants come from
various kabupaten and
kota of the Provinces:
West Java, Jakarta,
Lampung, NTT, Banten,
and Bangka-Belitung.
Cheering Up the Participants
 Energizing part.
 The participants have
been attending the class
for about 6 weeks. They
do enjoy the energizer in
this session.
 One of the trainers, asks
the participants to make
the lines on gender-basis,
and to massage each
other.
Review
 In the later part of
energizer, the participants
are asked to answer the
questions on reviewing the
related materials delivered
in the previous classes.
 The trainer uses a small
ball to assign the
participants.
Explanation in Power point
 The training also uses
power point as a tool
to give explanations
and instructions.
 The sessions of
explanation are limited
to 20’ at most, to
prevent the
participants from
getting bored.
Explanation in Power Point
 During the sessions of
explanation, the
trainers demand the
participants to get
involved in questions
and answers.
Group Discussions
 The class is divided
into 5 groups, each
gets assignment of
specified topic.
 The participants are
eager in discussing
the problems.
Group Discussions
 Some problems identified
in the group discussions
are:
 Participants are not
familiar with the method of
discussing and concluding
the ideas during relatively
short time.
 Participants are not used
to write down the ideas
presentation-wise.
 Participants have
difficulties to work within
given time frame.
Posting the ideas
 One of the method is
asking the participants
to rank the sectoral
priorities of
development plan in
their own regions…
 … and to write down
the factors influencing
expenditure patterns.
Some Results
 Some results from
posting the ideas..
 .. and one of the flip
charts written down by
the participants as a
result of group
discussions.
Presentation
 One of the participants
represented his group
is presenting the result
of his group
discussion.
Feed Back
 In the end of the training,
the participants write down
their impressions and
suggestions on the
method, trainers, and
content.
 The summary of the
feedback is depicted in the
table.
A clip from the class