Participatory Development Centre (PDC) is a professional Community Development Training, Research and Consultancy organization.
PDC was founded by a team of development professionals with the main purpose for enabling the realization of quality and participatory development for Governmental Agencies, International & local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community Based organizations (CBOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Private Sector.
PDC has a full time team of 6 professional staff members and a pool of 20 associate members. The full time team has been trained locally and abroad in multi – disciplinary fields relevant to development work. This team has worked together for the last 15 years blending wide array of experiences gained while working across the East, Central Africa and Horn of Africa region.
Through the initiatives of PDC, an academic arm has been established to offer full time, part time and distant learning Certificate and Diploma Programs. It was registered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology on 31st August 2011 as a training Institution [Registration no. MOHEST/PC/1453/011].
Participatory Development Centre provides training; research; and mentorship in the following areas:
Participatory Development Centre is charged with the delivery of short and long term development training programmes. It seeks to deliver quality and market oriented training courses in Sub Saharan Africa. The training programmes target those working with the governmental agencies, NGOs, Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), CBOs, Civil Society among others.
OUR VISION
We aspire to be a leading training, research and consulting institution facilitating quality and participatory development in sub-Saharan Africa.
OUR MISSION
We exist to provide market and needs-driven services aimed at transforming people, communities, organizations/institutions, towards poverty alleviation and restoration of human dignity.
CORE VALUES
We exist to provide market and needs-driven services aimed at transforming people, communities, organizations/institutions, towards poverty alleviation and restoration of human dignity.
Our services are anchored by the following core values:
CORE AREAS OF FOCUS