Inside Story: Process Documentation; Experiences from EMPOWERS

Ton Schouten, Buthaina Mizyed, Rania Al-Zoubi, May Abu-Elseoud, Firas T. Abd-Alhadi (2007)

A Guide to Process Documentation

Content:

- Acknowledgments

- Chapter 1. Introduction: Why document the EMPOWERS project?

• Process documentation in the EMPOWERS project
• Different interpretations of process documentation
• Outputs of process documentation in EMPOWERS

- Chapter 2. How development has changed its focus

• From technical solutions to water governance
• Learning from change and conflict

- Chapter 3. What is process documentation?

- Chapter 4. Why carry out process documentation?

• Internal learning and external communication

- Chapter 5. What should you document?

• How the EMPOWERS theory of change guided documentation

- Chapter 6. How do you document the process?

• Capturing the process
• Organising and analysing information
• Disseminating information

- Chapter 7. Who documents the process?

• Insiders – the project team
• Direct stakeholders
• Outsiders

- Chapter 8. What makes a good process documentation specialist?

- Chapter 9. Planning a process documentation effort

- Chapter 10. The politics of process documentation

- Chapter 11. Conclusion

- References and further reading

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NB: A related publication and one output of process documentation during EMPOWERS is 'Doing Things Differently: Stories about Local Water Governance in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine'. Doing Things Differently is also available in Arabic.

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Copyright © 2007 The EMPOWERS Partnership.
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Schouten, Ton; Mizyed, Buthaina; Al-Zoubi, Rania; Abu-Elseoud, May; Abd-Alhadi, Firas T. (2007). The Inside Story: Process Documentation Experiences from EMPOWERS.

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ISBN 978-9957-8624-4-2

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Disclaimer: EMPOWERS was co-funded by the European Union MEDA Water Programme. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and cannot be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.

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