Experience
TheWorkshop
This year, the workshop is offered in two formats!
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TheWorkshop: A 5-day option which includes all core sessions and hands-on fieldwork with a local community, focusing on participatory action research with a health lens.
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TheWorkshopLite: A 3-day, 4-night option covering all core sessions, without on-site fieldwork. Participants complete the hands-on component in their own field areas and share back with the group.
Both formats offer practical, reflective learning rooted in community-led approaches.
Module: Participatory Action Research
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​Location: Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore, India
Dates: 10-14 November & 10-12 November 2025
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Last Date of Application for International Participants: 27 September 2025
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OUR APPROACH
Over the past 25 years, TheWorkshop has evolved in response to changing times, alumni feedback, and shifts in development research - continually renewing its relevance in an era where 'participation' is often reduced to tokenism.
TheWorkshop has been known for:
Collaborative pedagogy
Practitioners as facilitators
Group Session + Field
Diverse participant pool
From lighting the Lamp!
To getting to
know each other
To learning new ways of doing old things, in the field
and having Fun along the way!
PAST PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS
ACANI
ActionAid
Aga Khan Foundation
AIDA
American Red Cross
Asian Development Bank (ADB
Amnesty International
Appropriate Technology Limited
ArcelorMittal India Ltd.
ARMMAN
Association of Evaluators
Azadi Kenya
Azim Premji Foundation
Berhampur Municipal Corporation
Breakthrough
British Red Cross
Brooke Hospital
Business and Communities Foundation
CARE
CARITAS
CASA
Centre For Legal Research and Resource Development
Change Alliance
Child Voice
Christian Medical College, Vellore
CHRIST(Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
CII
CNI-SBSS
Concern Worldwide
CRS
Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees (DACAAR)
Danish Red Cross
Dasra
DFID
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Divya Disha
EFICOR
Emmanuel Health Association
Employee - Schoolnet India Ltd.
Equal Community Foundation
EMOH-Ethiopia Health Insurance Service
Faizal and Shabana Foundation
French Red Cross
Government of Afghanistan
Government of Bangladesh
Groupe Development
Hashiya - Socio-Legal Centre for Women
Helen Keller International
Help a Child of India
Heifer International
HLFPPT
Humara Bachpan Campaign
Hummingbird Foundation
ICCSPL
Inlaks Shivdasani Fellowship for Social Engagement
Institute of Development Studies, UK
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Indo-Global Social Service Society
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Indian School of Development Management
Institute of Rural Research and Development
International Justice Mission
International Resources for Fairer Trade
Jammu and Kashmir Association
of Social Workers (JKASW)
Jan Sahyog Kendra
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Kamonohashi Project
Kathmandu University School of Arts
Keystone Foundation
KIRAN Society
Mahila Housing SEWA Trust
Media Matters
MGIMS Sewagram
Mount Valley Development Association
Mountain Children's Foundation
Ministry of Health and Population
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
Nazdeek
NIPRANET
NTPC
Oxfam
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Pardarshita
Partners in Change
Philippines Red Cross
Population Foundation of India
PREM
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
Pro Civil Society-Nepal
Railway Children India
Reliance Foundation
Sahaj Foundation
Samagra Seva
SAWFIN
Save The Children
Sehgal Foundation
Social and Resource Development
SDC
SMS Foundation
SRD Cell – Government of West Bengal
Swedish Organisation for Individual Relief (SOIR-IM)
Taabar
The Ant
The Beautiful Stone Foundation
The Himalaya Trust
The Leprosy Mission
The Syrian Trust for Development
The World Bank
Traidcraft India
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU)
Times of India
Trust for Education and Social Transformation
UNDP
UNICEF
University of Vermont, USA
UNOPS
UUSC
WaterAid Nepal
Wellcome Trust
WORD
Youth for Social Development
Zee News
365x6 Network