The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd) is an African centre of expertise on community-driven development and sustainable livelihoods. It is committed to a transformation process which fundamentally addresses socio-economic inequalities and the needs of the poor. It seeks sustainable African solutions to African problems, while learning from best practice elsewhere.

Paper of the XI World Forestry Congress (Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997): An Aboriginal Perspective on Canada's Progress Toward Meeting its National Commitments to Improve Aboriginal Participation in Sustainable Forest Management

The Social Development Department (SDD) is one of DFID's advisory groups. It provides advice on the social policy and social protection dimensions of international development, including participatory approaches to development.

This is the Institute of Development Studies' research collection on economic and social change in developing countries.

La intención de esta página es la de ayudarles a seleccionar las herramientas y los métodos apropiados para planificar, implementar, monitorear y evaluar proyectos de una manera participativa.

CEESP, the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, is an inter-disciplinary network of professionals whose mission is to act as a source of advice on the environmental, economic, social and cultural factors that affect natural resources and biological diversity and to provide guidance and support towards effective policies and practices in environmental conservation and sustainable development.

This is an online resource hub which provides materials about participatory development for practitioners, trainers and researchers in the Arab region. Interesting International publications are translated and adapted into Arabic. Some can be ordered on line, others are provided in an abstract format to facilitate research. In addition, experiences about participatory development from within the Arab World are provided to transmit learning at regional and international level.

The Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS) is a semi-autonomous self-funding Centre within the University of Wales, Bangor. The Centre has 20 years' experience of rural development work in some of the world's poorest countries, where it has consistently applied, and at times pioneered, a holistic approach throughout its activities to improve rural livelihoods.

El Proyecto Comunidades y Cuencas tiene como objetivo realizar investigaciones conducentes a soluciones alternativas para problemáticas de las comunidades y sus recursos naturales mediante metodologías científicas con enfoque participativo en el manejo de cuencas en países como Bolivia, Colombia, Haití, Honduras y Nicaragua.

Web site for CIAT's Rural Agroenterprise Development Project. Project focus in on developing tools to link farmers to markets. A territiorial framework for rural agroenterprise development comprised of four interlocking participatory methods focused on: (a) interest group formation; (b) identification of market opportunities for smallholders; (c) participatory value chain analysis and improvement, and; (d) provision of rural business development services.

International research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics.

The Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development focuses on preserving and using the knowledge of farmers and rural people around the globe to facilitate participatory and sustainable approaches to development. CIKARD concentrates on four areas: indigenous innovations, knowledge systems, decision-making systems and organizations.

The Community Risk Assessment (CRA) Toolkit is part of the wider ProVention-supported 'Community Risk Assessment and Action Planning' project which aims at strengthening current community level risk assessment practice and advocates for local level risk assessment that will inform and influence disaster risk management decisions, policies and plans at sub-national and national levels.

This site describes the experiences of the Decentralised Livestock Services in Indonesia Project, which developed and tested a range of improved, more client-oriented approaches to livestock service provision and management at field, district and national levels. This site is interesting as DELIVERI is one of the projects most often cited as having made positive use of the SLA.

This web-site will have official documents on SLA published by the DfID.

Dimitra is a tool for women and their organisations to make their voices heard at the national and international level. Its main goal is to empower rural women and to improve their living conditions and status by highlighting the extent and value of their contributions

This directory is intended to provide a comprehensive source of reference for development practitioners, researchers, donor employees, and policymakers who are committed to good governance and sustainable development, including specifically community development and social protection, gender equality and participation. By promoting interaction and active partnerships among users, it aims at creating opportunities for dialogue. Users are encouraged to create their own personal directory.

The issue of governance has moved to the forefront of ACP-EU relations. It covers the following topics: observing human rights ; deepening democracy and strengthening the rule of law ; public-sector reform and the management of public finances ; decentralisation and local governance ; more effective dynamics between the state and civil society.

Resource website about development, in partnership with DFID.

This website is designed to help FAO's partners, member states and other international, national and local development actors to access knowledge, information, training tools, good practices, and services in Capacity Building in FAO's mandate areas. It provides selected learning resources, including participatory learning methodologies and tools,

FAO's Participation Website brings together a broad cross-section of stakeholders interested in participatory approaches and methods in support of sustainable rural livelihoods and food security.

This resource centre is intended to provide information about the Farmer Field Schools. It is sponsored by a number of field school facilitators so that all interested persons (with web access...) will have access to this empowering educational process.

Farming Systems and Poverty is a joint FAO and World Bank study in support of the update of the World Bank Rural Development Strategy

The GLTN is a demand driven network where many individuals and groups have come together to contribute to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure. Its goals include: development of pro-poor gendered land management and land tenure tools, which are affordable and useful at the grassroots level, and strengthening of existing land networks.

The primary objective of this Roster is serve as a useful tool for inter-institutional work and coordination among civil society organizations that are involved or interested in initiatives related to public participation in environmental management activities and decision making about sustainable development. In this roster you will find general information about these organizations and how to contact them.

ICIMOD's mission is to develop and provide integrated and innovative solutions, in cooperation with regional and international partners, which foster action and change for overcoming mountain people’s economic, social and physical vulnerability.

This website is the on-line gateway to indigenous knowledge. It provides Indigenous Knowledge resources, contacts, networks, and selected documentation presented by topic, geographical region and source of information.

This website opens a gateway to development approaches that rely on traditional knowledge systems to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The goal of the website is to (a) raise awareness among the development community of the role that community-based practices can play in enriching the development process; and (b) help development practitioners to mainstream indigenous/traditional knowledge into the activities of development partners and to optimize the benefits of development assistance, especially to the poor.

ICA is an independent, non-governmental association which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide.

The International Land Coalition is a global alliance of intergovernmental, governmental and civil-society organizations. The Coalition works together with the rural poor to increase their secure access to natural resources, especially land, and to enable them to participate directly in policy and decision-making processes that affect their livelihoods at local, national, regional and international levels.

Livelihoods Connect aims to provide researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners with up-to-date, diverse and credible information on the application of livelihoods approaches to development, research, policy and practice.

LinKS is a regional project in Southern Africa aimed at raising awareness about how rural men and women use and manage biological diversity. The project works with a diverse range of local institutions - both governmental and non-governmental - to strengthen their ability to recognize and value this knowledge and to use gender-responsive and participatory approaches in their work.

Many of the resources available on this website relate to themes of stakeholder participation and partnerships. The website provides information, frameworks and processes which can be used by those wishing to more effectively engage different groups of stakeholders in research and development initiatives. A number of on-line papers and reports are available. Topics covered include participation, organisational learning, group processes, and the inclusion of local and indigenous knowledge and values.

Mountain Forum is a global network of individuals and organisations concerned with the well being of mountain people, their environments and cultures. Its promotes equitable and ecologically sustainable mountain development and conservation through information sharing, mutual support and advocacy. The on-line library provides 133 documents on participation and many other documents on related topics.

National Strategies for Sustainable Development, supported by DFID and SIDA, provides background information and reference material to promote dialogue on national strategies for sustainable development.

Global avenue for discussing issues, sharing experiences and good practices related to community mapping, participatory mapping, counter mapping, Public Participation GIS (PPGIS), Community Integrated (CiGIS), Mobile Interactive (MiGIS), other geo-spatial information technologies and systems used to support integrated conservation and development, sustainable natural resource management and customary property rights in developing countries and First Nations.

This is one of two guidebooks developed to support Forest User Groups (FUGs) in Nepal in managing their community forests. The website provides information on Participatory Forest Management. The ODI Forest Policy and Environment Programme (FPEP) is working to demonstrate how progress in the forest sector, in areas such as public participation, accountability, the rule of law, public sector service delivery and decentralisation, can leverage far wider gains in good governance, environmental stewardship and pro-poor change.

This website provides information on ODI's work on Research on Rural Livelihoods and Growth, based on the assumption that making growth pro-poor depends on ensuring the benefits of growth are shared and on capacity to participate.

The Participation Group is a group of people based at the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, UK, working in support of participatory approaches to development.

The toolkit offers information on tools which promote citizen participation in local governance. Over hundred of cases are described and analysed. The site also presents articles and links for further reference.

Participatory Learning and Action is an informal journal on participatory learning and action approaches and methods; it draws on the expertise of guest editors to provide up-to-the minute accounts of the development and use of participatory methods in specific fields. Participatory Learning and Action is published three times a year by the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods (SARLs) Programme at IIED.

This website is developed by Wageningen International with the aim to promote Participatory Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME) and provide practical web based resource materials related to it. They include theoretical background information, methodologies and approaches, links, documents and links to other websites.

Information on the GTZ's Supra Regional Project on agricultural biodiversity, including downloadable publications, workshop reports and training material. Various participatory methods.

The PRA Network maintains an email list called PRA-Net-Notice-L, through which are circulated announcements of presentations, seminars, relevant publications, and other information on activities related to participatory approaches, particularly relevant to participants from FAO, WFP and IFAD.

A website dedicated to providing access to the best materials for capacity building in the field of rural finance.

Powered by IFAD, this portal offers information on community driven development and the CDD approach, testimonials, resources and information on many other topics such as rural finance, desertification, indigenous people, etc.

The four-year Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-M) project supports the design, implementation and evaluation of coherent policies in mountain regions.

The online module - The Search for Sustainable Livelihoods - is an attempt to present local people's perspectives on sustainable livelihoods.

Events related to the environment, energy, gender, HIV/AIDS, land tenure and other events of interest to sustainable development.

A variety of resources on participatory plant breeding (PPB), including slide presentations, short stories, case studies, research reports, books, etc. The site presents an overview of PPB, results of IDRC-supported research, and the important lessons that have been learned.

Siyanda is an on-line database of over 2000 gender and development resources from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources. It is managed by BRIDGE, the gender and development unit at the Institute of Development Studies (UK).

The Social Inclusion Directory (SID) contains information about organisations and individuals working in the areas of gender, participation and social inclusion as well as information on participatory approaches and tools.

SD-Dimensions: User Network! Members of the Network receive by e-mail each month a Web page containing hyperlinks to new information added to SD-Dimensions.

A comprehensive overview of Participatory Approaches at the Sustainable Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Participation in practice, Empowering the Rural Disabled in Asia and Pacific, different articles, database on the rural disabled, the FAO People's Participation Programme, User Network, Links,...

The FAO regional office promotes sustainability and other cross-sectoral issues – in countries as well as in FAO’s own work –in the areas of agricultural research, extension, education and communication services; human resource development and environmental management; regulatory policies and frameworks for biotechnology applications; policy advice, technical assistance and training support for mainstreaming of gender issues and population dynamics; improved rural institutions and services; and participatory approaches and methods to support rural development, livelihoods and food security.

Promotion of SFLP activities in 25 West African countries

The Sustainable Livelihoods Research Group, based at Bredford Center for International Development (BCID), has completed several research projects on Africa focusing on institutional aspects of development and community-driven approaches. Its activities and projects are described in details in this website, where outcoming working papers, research briefings and other publications are available for downloaded.

Change is the major challenge for people and institutions in rural areas across the world. We, the International Team within LBL, support their endeavours in improving their livelihood and independence by advising, training, process coaching and facilitating information.

The Global Development Network (GDN) is a worldwide network of research and policy institutes working to provide a fresh and relevant perspective to the development challenges of our time. It basically facilitates knowledge sharing among researchers and disseminates knowledge on development issues to the public and policymakers. Over than 1700 records on “participation” are available on the website and its on-line library.

IIED is an independent international research organisation, specialised in linking local to global. It works with some of the world's most vulnerable people to ensure they have a say in the policy arenas that most closely affect them, from village councils to international conventions. The library section provides approximately 400 documents on partipation.

This website specialised in training may provide you with relevant documents. You will find downloads, calendars and other information relating to participation and the UN System.

UPWARD On-line brings you news about the UPWARD Network, information resources on participatory research and development (PR&D), and recent innovations for sustainable rootcrops livelihood. UPWARD On-line aims to promote information sharing and support networking among PR&D professionals and organizations especially in Asia and the developing world.

Collaboration of existing initiatives that supports and strengthens women at various levels, with particular focus on communities, to have access to and control over land, housing and property, using both a rights and development based approach.