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Our Services
Flexible, practice-based learning formats designed for real-world impact.
Online Self-Learning Courses
Self-paced courses designed for diverse learners in the development sector, catering to varied learning needs.
Learning Circles
A unique, informal space where learners connect with thematic specialists to explore, reflect, and co-create knowledge.
Training Workshops
A blended learning process combining online self-study with in-person workshops led by expert trainers.
HEI Learning Visits
Observe the process in action, get practical insights into the development sector- designed for students and faculty.
Featured Programs
Explore our most popular learning journeys
Beginner’s Guide to Social Accountability and Participation
An introduction to social accountability that explores how citizen participation strengthens transparency, service delivery, and democratic governance.
Beginner’s Guide to Social Accountability and Participation
An introduction to social accountability that explores how citizen participation strengthens transparency, service delivery, and democratic governance.
Facilitating Learning: An Introduction to Participatory Training Methodology
A course that helps you learn how to plan and facilitate interactive trainings using participatory and experience-based methods.
Facilitating Learning: An Introduction to Participatory Training Methodology
A course that helps you learn how to plan and facilitate interactive trainings using participatory and experience-based methods.
Training of Trainers on Facilitating Training on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013 (POSH Act)
Sexual harassment is one of the major forms of discrimination in the workplace today.
Training of Trainers on Facilitating Training on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013 (POSH Act)
Sexual harassment is one of the major forms of discrimination in the workplace today.
Participatory Research - A Journey Beyond Conventional Research
A global introduction to Participatory Research, exploring its principles, tools, and community-driven approach to knowledge and social change.
Participatory Research - A Journey Beyond Conventional Research
A global introduction to Participatory Research, exploring its principles, tools, and community-driven approach to knowledge and social change.
Understanding Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI): Decentralisation, Democracy and Local Governance
A beginner-friendly course on how Panchayati Raj empowers local governments and strengthens grassroots democracy in India.
Understanding Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI): Decentralisation, Democracy and Local Governance
A beginner-friendly course on how Panchayati Raj empowers local governments and strengthens grassroots democracy in India.
Our Services Are Designed For
Students
Build foundational knowledge in development and social sciences.
Development Professionals
Upgrade skills for field practice and program implementation.
CSR Professionals
Strengthen impact design and community engagement capabilities.
NGOs & Government Workers
Build foundational knowledge in development and social sciences.
Academics, Trainers
Advance teaching, facilitation, and research practice through participatory and field-based learning approaches.
About PRIA International Academy
Established in 2005 as the educational arm of PRIA (Participatory Research in Asia), PRIA International Academy (PIA) advances PRIA’s mission to empower citizens and institutions through knowledge and capacity building. Drawing on over four decades of PRIA’s practical experience, PIA...
Mission
To strengthen development practice through rigorous capacity building - equipping practitioners, educators, organisations, and institutions with the analytical tools, participatory methods, and sector knowledge they need to create lasting, accountable change.
Hear From Our Participants
"Faculty and staff at the PRIA International Academy have been valued collaborators for nearly 20 years. We have worked together to design various learning experiences, including graduate level curriculum and internship placements for Canadian students wanting to learn more about participatory processes. PRIA's attention to relationship and innovative approach has expanded how I see the world."
Catherine Etmanski, PhD (Professor, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada)
The PRIA World Bank Institute program on Social Accountability served my professional development immensely. The program provided highly motivated, experienced and proactive professionals and professors, guest speakers, and it offered extremely resourceful knowledge content. The reading provided was cutting edge, strategically analysed.
Sumita Ghosh, International Development Consultant
PRIA course was comprehensive, eclectic and integrative in nature thus having immense relevance for public private and civil society leadership engaged in promoting just, democratic and accountable planning and governance systems and structures in their countries.
Mohammad Ahsan Khan, Executive Director, Rural Development Project (RDP)
Participatory Approaches for Social Inclusion course was undoubtedly beneficial for my research work, providing a deep understanding of theoretical aspects and the applied side of participation.
Pallavi Mishra PhD Research Scholar, JNU
Recent Blogs
5 Participatory Learning Methods and Action Techniques You Can Apply Today
Across training and capacity-building spaces learning is still approached as a one-way process where information is delivered rather than explored...
How to Apply the Theory of Change for Greater Impact in Community Development
Across development practice programmes often begin with ambitious goals reducing poverty improving health outcomes strengthening local governance Yet in many...
Why CBPR is the Future of Ethical and Inclusive Research
PRIA has been asking one question since whose knowledge counts It sounds simple but it is not That question exposed...
Learning Together: The PRIA Approach to Participatory Training Methodology
The traditional view of training positions the trainer or expert as the sole source of knowledge and the participants as...
Decentralisation in Government: Why Working with Local Institutions Matters
India s rd and th Constitutional Amendments marked a turning point in Indian democracy granting constitutional status to rural Panchayats...
Why Is PRIA’s Participatory Approach the Need of the Hour
Whose knowledge is considered legitimate What is understood as development and who gets to shape it What strengthens democracies and...
PRIA’s Commitment to Gender Mainstreaming: Transforming Governance, Participation, and Everyday Realities
When PRIA Participatory Research in Asia was founded in it carried a bold vision to democratize knowledge and strengthen citizen...
Reflections from an Arts-Based Learning Circle at PRIA, India
Just a few days after I joined PRIA I walked into a Learning Circle on Arts-Based Research Methodology Though I...
Transformative Pedagogy in Content and Process: PRIA’s Cross-Border Work with HEIs
Ever since PRIA International Academy PIA has been facilitating regular learning visits to India for students and faculties from various...
Why Participatory Research Tools Matter for Development Sector Professionals?
Participatory approaches have become increasingly important in social work community development and development research Traditional top-down research methods often treat...
