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Immersions: reflections on practice (Arabic version)
… This is Closing Editorial by the guest editors of the special issue of Participatory Learning and Action on Immersions: learning aout poverty face-to-face. … and exploring their impacts; (ii) encouraging readers to talk about immersions, share their experience, and recognise that there are … Monitoring, evaluation and learning …
Publication, 01 December 2007
The CBA9 participants gather for a group photo on the final day of the conference, shortly after the Nairobi Declaration was announced (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA9 highlights
Article, 05 May 2015
Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field
… by flooding and riverbank erosion, Kundar Para. Here, we heard about severe floods and droughts over the past 20 years that have caused … including monitoring the river, identifying vulnerable households and participatory planning. The community has grown from strength to … have been coping with floods and erosion has been a unique and great learning opportunity for me. The community-based adaptation options and …
Insight, 29 March 2011
In Kenya's Isiolo County, repeated droughts are forcing pastoralists out of herding and into farming. The county has used TAMD to assess climate risk management schemes (Photo: Martin Karimi/ECHO)
Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD): Country work
… the country – from the perspectives of climate adaptation. Read more about about this approach in our briefing paper ' Forwards and backwards evidence-based learning on climate adaptation '. IIED  also published a detailed … in December 2013. The indicators were finalised and tested through a participatory focus-group discussion with Ministry of Environment staff. …
Article, 28 October 2014
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… . What was it attracted me to IIED? To be honest, I didn't know about Barbara Ward and her legacy. This was to be a revelation over my … drylands. We wanted to show many of the positive stories around local action and land rights in these extensive dryland regions.  I had been … to Combat Desertification.   Land of opportunity We embedded participatory methods in francophone Africa, in collaboration with Bara …
Insight, 22 June 2015
In Durban, a day to focus on climate communication
News, 19 December 2011
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… Gender is still largely considered to be about women rather than about a vital dynamic in society. And often … from those in power. We are seeing exciting experiments in participatory governance. But are they working for young people? What … in governance? Contributors to this special issue of Participatory Learning and Action  ( en français) demonstrate how this is changing. …
Project, 26 April 2011
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PLA Notes 25: Special Issue on Children's Participation
Publication, 01 February 1996
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… agenda. This benefits vulnerable countries by supporting ambition and action at the UN level. Helping to organise and host the 12th … development, and feature dynamic, interactive discussion, including participatory games, speed geeking, lightning talks, role-play … and Rural Cooperation (CTA) will host a seminar to raise awareness about and discuss approaches to help address climate change challenges …
Event, 01 December 2014
Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option
… first step. Agri-businesses must significantly shift their thinking about women in the global marketplace and secure the notion of women as … Stonehouse, a consultant with IIED, and Nicole Kenton, co-editor of Participatory Learning and Action . …
Insight, 05 April 2012