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[[Image:participatory approaches.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Source: [httphttps://storyfulwww.comifrc.org/PageFiles/95526/algrcpublications/1000006024 305400-PASSA%20manual-EN-LR.pdf Participatory Approach to Safe Shelter Awareness (PASSA)]]]
A participatory approach is an approach in which the end users of a sanitation or water system are involved in the planning of the system from the start. This contrasts to the more traditional top-down methods of planning, in which the needs of users were often 'filled in' by officials, who might have a different perception of actual needs of the users. A good participatory approach improves motivation, increases learning and feelings of ownership and enables community empowerment. By raising awareness about the water or sanitation issues, it enables the users to make an 'informed choice' about what will become their system.
===NETSAFF===
NETSSAF<ref>[http://www.netssaf.net/ Main website NETSAFF]</ref> stands for "Network for the development of Sustainable Approaches for large scale implementation of Sanitation in Africa". NATSSAF was a project that started in June 2006 and which was sponsored by the European Commission. It's goal was to identify sustainable sanitation systems in peri-urban and rural areas.
During NETSSAF, a [http://www.sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/NETSSAF%202008%20Participatory%20Planning%20Approach%20Guideline_0.pdf participatory planning approach] was developed, focusing on seven steps for the planning and implementation of sanitiation programmes in a community, with emphasis on peri-urban and rural ares. The approach targets planners of sanitation programmes in West Africa. The approach was developed by 19 organizations from West Africa and Europe.
===Other participatory approaches===
An overview of different Participatory Approaches can be found in this [http://www.sswm.info/content/participatory-hygiene-and-sanitation-transformation-phast Review review of participatory sanitation planning tools], produced by the NETSAFF project.
Some other participatory approaches include:
*[http://www.ircwash.org/resources/somali-phast-step-step-guide Somali PHAST step-by-step guide (2007)], IRC.
*[http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1996/WHO_EOS_96.11.pdf WHO - Participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation: A new approach to working with communities (2001 reprint)]
*[httphttps://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/envsanpublications/phastep/en/index.html WHO - PHAST step-by-step guide: A participatory approach for the control of diarrhoeal diseases (1998). (French version also available)]
*[http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/envsan/EOS96-11a.pdf Simpson-Herbert, M., Sawyer, R. & Clarke, L. (1997). The PHAST initiative.]
*[http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/envsan/EOS96-11b.pdf WHO - Experiences in pilot countries (Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe)]
