correction of wrong practices or thoughts by the producer or the adoption of a new production technique shows the success of rural development studies. this study was conducted to assess the effect of integrated dairy farming project on the çakmak and ekinciler villages before and after implementing the european funded “integrated dairy cattle project” carried out by the diyarbakır commercial e...

This article presents playful activities undertaken with children during the three years of BRIDGING project. The authors try to show pupils’ participation expressed through play in its different types. During implementation project activities, it was important have attentive presence adults who showed direction and tried always remind as well other partners (from partner institutions) about pu...

an alternative for decreasing risk for knowledge workers is effective & optimized work break.major performance criteria in r&d; based organization is successful projects. selection of opproporiate members can be a most effect on the projects achievement. but as the selection of r&d; special members lead to decrease of risk, repeatative participation of this people in the same project lead to kn...

Studies on experts' understanding of the public have mainly focused on the views of scientists. We add to the literature on constructions of the public by analyzing the views of decision-makers, professional science communicators and scientists involved in 'space' communication on the public and public participation in policy. Findings show that contextual situations and roles determine the way...

While it is widely agreed that obtaining top management support is critical for the success of IT projects, little research has provided prescriptive implications for how such support can be obtained. Much of the prescriptive literature has argued for cognition-based approaches, where managers are persuaded to participate in an IT project using logical arguments and factual evidence. We apply a...

Community mobilisation among sex workers is recognised as an important HIV/STI prevention strategy. However, factors such as poverty and stigma often negatively influence participation in activities that attempt to mobilise around a common identity of 'sex workers'. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the relationship between social identity and participation among 24 sex workers enrol...

This paper considers the impact of community participation on outcomes of development projects. It Ž rst offers a theoretical framework for participation by using the property rights literature to model how participation in an activity, in addition to involving information exchange, also results in greater in uence in the activity. The model predicts that community participationmay not always ...