Inter Aide, Essor and Initiative Développement (I.D.). have set up a network of exchanges named "Pratiques" in 1997. Since then, Entrepreneurs du Monde (EdM) and Pro Action Développement (PAD) have joined the network. Pratiques aims at improving the quality and impact of development programmes implemented by these 5 NGOs and their partners in developing countries.

The experiences and practices are disseminated through:

• technical notes and documents
• field visits
• thematic worshops
• a website http://www.interaide.org/pratiques allows dissemination for the benefit of larger circle of field operators (28 000 visits per month => see monthly visits in xls file)

Pratiques is a network of exchange. It aims at improving the quality and impact of development programmes implemented by the NGOs that have signed the Inter Aide Charter, by facilitating the exchange of ideas and methods between programme managers and field teams. Pratiques was created in 1995, after Essor and Initiative Développement (I.D.). and Inter Aide signed a common charter. Since then, Entrepreneurs du Monde (EdM) and Pro Action Développement (PAD) have joined the network. Pratiques really started in 1997 with the dissemination of 21 technical notes relating the experience of the credit programme in Manila. These exchanges are organized between the programmes managers and field teams working with Essor, Initiative Développement, Inter Aide, Entrepreneurs du Monde, Pro Action Développement and their partners (Concert-Action, ACDED, in Haiti, Uplift in the Philippines, GACC, GACC-Ma and APACC in Brazil... ), as systematic and external dissemination of information is not part of our mission. Yet, anyone can have access to the website and we hope the information it contains can be useful to other operators and NGOs. The three channels of exchanges technical notes (on line on Pratiques website) field visits thematic worshops (the executive summaries are online on Pratiques website) The technical notes are not prescriptive. Their purpose is not to "say what should be done" but to present experiences that have given positive results in the context in which they were carried out. "Pratiques" authors allow the reproduction of theses technical notes, provided that the information they contain is reproduced entirely. Technical notes and documents in English Thematic site map (in French) Country & NGO site map (in French) Chronological site map (in French) New documents online (page in French) PRATIQUES costs are taken in charge by I.A., ID, Essor, Edm and PAD's programmes (approx. 500 € / programme / year). The writing costs of the technical notes are taken in charge by the programme producing the notes. Fields visits are taken in charge by the programme that benefits from the visit.

Technical notes and tools in English: water & sanitation agriculture
health & aids prevention human resources
URBAN programmes: micro-credit Health & TB social programs

Water and sanitation

The first 2008 Technical Note: Security measures for had-dug well construction - Inter Aide Water Project, CHiseka, Malawi Damien Delaplace. A video illustrates these security rules. (Online 17.01.08)
3 Translations by Traducteurs sans Frontières (online December 2007): :
Technical note 1.3.4. Spring tapping by drainage, Christophe Humbert, Jan.2003 ( VF)
Technical note 1.3.1. Tapping of a spring, Damien du Portal, Feb. 1998 ( VF)
Technical note 1.4.5. Bernoulli's Theorem and the Hazen-Williams Equation: rapid determination of diameter using the Hazen-Williams Equation, Pierre Pioge 1998 ( VF)

Hygiene & sanitation Hygiene and Sanitation: a practical guide for the project facilitators - Inter Aide Ethiopia, 2008: Online 30.09.08
"Health and Hygiene - Communities Animation Guidelines, Inter Aide Ethiopia" - 11.12.07
Tuchila's adaptation of the PHAST method - Inter Aide Malawi On line Dec. 04
Evaluation of Inter Aide Water programmes in Ethiopia: Executive Summary in English March 2003 (F3E)

E&A.2.2.3. "Snakes and ladders" & "Snaps" : games created and used in Mwambo, Malawi for hygiene promotion. Myriam Porter, August 2003 (27.8.03)

Training Booklet: builder and technicians, Inter Aide Malawi March 2001 (1- Materials.
2- Resistance Theory. 3- Shallow well. 4- Borehole. 5- Civil Work). Available upon request for Pratiques members

Workshop Booklet, Inter Aide Malawi, May 2001 (A- Behaviour of a trainer. B- Hygiene & sanitation; technical meeting, VLOM training & evaluation; C- Training tools: slides; a hundred seeds; rounds; active reviewing; reviewing with pictures; mapping) Available upon request for Pratiques members

Agriculture

Agrarian diagnosis in Kambatta, Kebele Homa - Southerne Ethiopia Virginie Barthès & Nathalie Boquien - DAA Développement Agricole - Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, oct.2005 (French, pdf 4 Mo, & English, pdf 3.64 Mo).
Agrarian diagnosis in Wolayta/Damot Gale, E. Le Gal, N. Molinier – 2006 (French, pdf 1,69 Mo & English 2,83 Mo - On line 4.12.07

Seed Banks in Malawi (Pdf), Fabrice Vandeputte, 2005

Agricultural Development Support Project - Training guide. Abegaz Amare, Getamesay Demeke, Inter Aide Ethiopia, April 2005 - Sent to Malawi juillet 05 - Available for Pratiques members upon request.

Technical note.2.1.2. Soil conservation, an example: the " Arengha 89 " stoneline ridge system:
12 simple rules for the project teams Mure agricultural project, Ethiopia (Patrice Mérillet, 1998)

Health & aids prevention

Tuberculose control program : 9 panels to facilitate the animation - IA Ethiopia (English, 5 Mo) 10.10.08

Aids prevention Growing Up Info is a newsletteer on paedriatric AIDS, published by Initiative Développement & Sidaction. Onlin in French and English on Growing up info website http://www.grandir.sidaction.org

Health education in schools : Aids prevention : guidelines 2005 Inter Aide Malawi (Lilongwe Youth Health Programme) online 17.05.2005

Health education in schools : Zomba school health programme (Malawi) elaborated 3 guides for health education in school (by Catherine Combey, Agnes White, Clement Bisai et Myriam Porter). These guides were validated by the District Health and Education Authorities and were translated into Chichewa in 2002, and distributed to the teachers of Zomba District Primary schools. They are also used for teachers training in the Teachers Development Centres. (Index and illustrations).
The 3 booklets correspond to the different levels of Primary Schools and cover the following topics:

Booklet 1 (standards 1 and 2) : teeth, hygiene of the body, hygiene of the environment, accidents, water, worms and diarrhoea (Pdf file, 795 kb)
Booklet 2 (standards 3 and 4) : water, Aids and STDs, diarrhoea, hygiene of the environment, worms, malaria (pdf file 894 kb)
Booklet 3 (standards 5 to 8) : Aids and STDs, worms, malaria, growing up and changing, diarrhoea, hygiene of the environment, water and chlorination (fichier pdf 248 kb) 18.3.04

KAP questionnaire, Malawi 2000 (Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to HIV/AIDS and AIDS prevention)

Targeted emergency food assistance in Kindo Koysha, Ethiopia : Impact assesment, P. Redon, Feb.01 (mise en ligne 2.9.04)

Human Resources

Recruitement on the field : an insight (Pune, India) Marion Bourreau, April 2004 - English translation Dec. 2004 (online 31.01.05)
RECRUITMENT : A few guidelines for Project Officers (413 Ko) D. Laurant, 1997 English translation , Marion Bourreau Dec. 04 (online 31.01.05)
"Staff performance appraisal forms" Lingap (Inter Aide's former partner in Manila) 18.08.03

Microfinance: See the new Microfinance section

"Implementation of a new software for Loans and Savings management Loan Performer implementation in Haiti, India and in Ghana" Hélène Keraudren, Edm, Feb. 2008. On line 15/2/2008 at http://www.entrepreneursdumonde.org/pratiques

Partnership Inter Aide / Uplift India:
Family Budget Managment: Uplift India Trainings 2007: games used by Parvati and NSVK, Inter Aide partners in Pune, India, to promote family budget management. Online 20.12.07
Annapurna Loan Cycle (sept.07) Powerpoint presentation, online 20.12.07
Parvati: Loan cycle, sept.07
NSVK Loan cycle, oct.2007 Online 12.10.07
Social Categorization Tool implemented by CEFOR and Inter Aide in Antananarivo - Pilot experience appraisal note (pdf), Stéphane Buthaud & Guillaume Lacondemine, Inter Aide : English translation by Traducteurs sans Frontières ( French version of the Fiche d'expérience sur la création et la mise en oeuvre d'un outil de catégorisation sociale par CEFOR à Antananarivo) - on line 15.5.07
Microfinance that makes a difference for the Poor, International Workshop, 7-15th December 2006, Pune, India Executive Summary, Pune, Dec. 2006 (pdf 789 Ko) - online 20.03.07
- workshop programme.
Uplift India Health Mutual Fund zip file 794 Ko (Inter Aide, A-Claire & FX Hay) May 2005 + tool box zipped 1.05 Mo online 29.12.06
UPLift Philippines: Uplift Network Newsletter: Uplift Network News, 1st quarter 2007 (5.29 Mo) on line 27.04.2007
Network News 06.2006 (pdf) - Network News 02.2006 (PDF) online 21.8.06
Uplift Network Microfinance Days, Nov. 2005, Philippines (programme.doc, participants.xls)
Full integration of social and financial services : analysis of Parvati's experience in Pune, India (pdf 136 Ko) Anne-Claire HAY (Inter Aide), Uma PANSE (Swabhimaan FDP) and Nitin MADAN (Swabhimaan IGP) 19.01.2006
Launching Social Loans: microfinance adapted to housing improvement, Parvati's Pilot Project Report (PDF), Aurélie Espérandieu, sept. 05, Inter Aide / Uplift India Association - Annexe : Social Loan Application form
Refining loan products to match partners' needs: understanding the market of Annapurna and reached untapped segments and better serve current partners (PDF), A. Espérandieu, sept. 2005, Inter Aide / Uplift India - Online 31.01.06

Monthly Reporting Format, Inter Aide / EdM 2005 (Version française.xls / anglaise.xls) 9.03.06

Trainings for women entrepreneurs : IGA Training in Ethiopia (Inter Aide English translation and adaptation of the Cotonou Training Manual elaborated by ID-Bénin in 1999) Ethiopia_IGA_Training (PDF) 4.11.2005

IA/ID/Edm Microfinance Newsletter:
Micro Service + n°2 in English 25.08.2005
Micro Service + n°1 in English 21.06.2005

Uplift Phils Trainings:
- Poverty in the Philippines
- Introduction to microfinance
- Delinquency Management

Manila International Workshop on impact and integration of services (pdf) Feb 25th - March 8th, 2004. (online 28.5.04)

Business Description forms : (pdf IN ENGLISH): Fishing and fish selling, Sari-Sari stores (small grocery stores); Cooked food, Fruit and vegetable selling (429 Ko), Transportation "pedicab" and jeepney/cab. SIKAP Foundation, Philippines (mise en ligne 13.04.04)

other tools and documents in English can be found in the Microfinance section

urban

Social programmes and Family Development Programmes (FDP)

Analysis Report on IA / CDSE Dynamic Family Support Project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Cedriane Moreau, Inter Aide, may 2008 summary - analysis report - appendixes (on line 13.06.08)
2 training from EnFaNCE, IA's partner in Manila, Philippines: Pneumonia - "Dream your project" (prioritize your needs / Family budget) on line 16.05.08
Impact survey on Pune crèches - Inter Aide India - Julie Reversé for Inter Aide / Swabbimaan 2006 - online 13.11.07
"The Family Development Approach", Alexandra David, Inter Aide, July 2006 - On line 31.08.2006
FDP Workshops in India: on line 18.9.2006
- Mars 2006 - Short term and Long term sustainability (pdf)
- sept. 05: Social Work and FDP; Basics about Counselling; Sexuality (pdf)
- March 2005 Are there "lazy" or "careless" families? - The "switch on/ schitch off" technique
FDP workshop in the Philippines: Coordinators Workshops, Philippines, May 2005, Pdf

ARCHIVES : Family follow-up programmes : the Antananarivo experience (Madagascar, IA 97) Please see the updated version "The Family Development Approach", Alexandra David, Inter Aide, July 2006 - On line 31.08.2006
URBAN.1.1.1- A brief review of the family follow-up activitites carried out by Essor, ID and IA
URBAN.1.1.2.Impact of family follow-up programmes in urban areas, Emmanuelle Six, 1997
URBAN.1.1.3 The requirements of family follow-up programmes in urban areas, E. Six, 1997
URBAN.1.1.4. Examples of family follow-up programmes in Antananarivo, Emmnuelle Six, 1997
URBAN.1.1.5. Training session for field workers in family follow-up programmes, Urban development programme, Antanarivo, Madagascar (pdf format)

Training on Child Psychology, Alexandra David, Coopé Sud 2000 (online 24.08.04 - off line 2008)

ASMAE training for the Social Program field workers in Manila: the systemic approach & the genogram (ASMAE, Sandrine Coutancier & Gwen Dorflinger, 11.00)

Ethical standard for Family Counsellors, E.Moutin, Enfance, Philippines
Health Trainings for Family Counsellors, Enfance, Philippines (Juin 04 - mail August 30, 2004 - on line 12.10.04)

"Staff performance appraisal forms" Lingap (Inter Aide's former partner in Manila) 18.08.03

Urban Health Programmes

TB Training Manual, Inter Aide India
DOTS DOST n°1, the Newsletter of the UDP, Mumbai TB Control Programme (pdf 1.13 Mo)
DOTS DOST n° 2 & n° 3 (7.93 Mb) - 14.5.07
URBAN.1.2.1. Public Private Mix TB control Programme in Mumbai - Inter Aide, India (pdf 1.2 Mb), November 9th 2004, Anaïs Ledoré (on line 30.11.04 - mail 2.12.2004)

First online on 28.5.2004
Last update 26.09.08