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Participatory Research and Planning
| Building the capacity of community
members to shape the design of research that informs public
policy is a critical component of increasing civic engagement
in practice of democracy.
The Community Partnership Center (CPC) is a participatory research and planning center that collaborates with community stakeholders in all phases of research design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Our
recent projects include:
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Workshops and training to develop the capacity of non-profits, community advocacy groups, public agencies, and university researchers to implement participatory methods for research, evaluation, and policy and program development (Learning Initiative);
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Participatory Planning for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Communities);
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Collaborative Research with Grassroots Health and Environmental groups in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
(ORCA);
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Participatory Planning in Knoxville's Empowerment Zone
(EZ);
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Developing a framework for social and gender planning and analysis in a global international development agency
(HPI).
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