Project and partner sites

www.planotes.org
Participatory Learning and Action is the world's leading informal journal on participatory approaches and methods. Published twice a year, it provides a forum for all those engaged in participatory work - community workers, activists and researchers - to share their experiences, conceptual reflections and methodological innovations with others.

www.regoverningmarkets.org
This flagship project has recently concluded. Focusing on corporate concentration in the global food sector and its consequences for sustainable development, the goal was to secure more equitable producer and trade benefits in response to the dynamic changes in agrifood market restructuring.

www.agrifoodstandards.net
This joint DFID-IIED-NRI three-year programme has recently come to a close. The programme explored opportunities for small-scale producers in developing countries to participate in international horticultural supply chains - particularly those in the UK.

www.policy-powertools.org
The website presents:

* 26 power tools based on experience from around the world
* Discussion of power tools in theory and practice
* Related research on policy tools in action
* A directory of the many other websites that contain policy tool resources

www.environmental-mainstreaming.org
IIED has launched an initiative toproduce a ‘User Guide’ to approaches (tools, methods and tactics) for mainstreaming (or integrating) environment into development decision-making (environmental mainstreaming).

www.upinsmokecoalition.org

www.racetothetop.org
Tracking supermarket progress towards a greener and fairer food system, the Race to the Top project brings together farming, conservation, labour, animal welfare and sustainable development organisations, as well as the big supermarkets, to gather data on a broad range of environmental, ethical and social indicators, comparing supermarkets' performance.

www.nssd.net
Strategic Planning and Assessment (SPA) is one of the leading centres in the world working in this field and continues to investigate approaches to NSDS, working with and advising governments, agencies and organisations, and promoting good practice at national, sub-national levels (e.g. district) and local levels (eg through local Agenda 21s).