217 RCPLA NETWORK In this section, we update readers on activities of the Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action Network (RCPLA) Network (www.rcpla.org) and its members. RCPLA is a diverse, international network of national-level organisations, which brings together development practitioners from around the globe. It was formally established in 1997 to promote the use of participatory approaches to development. The network is dedicated to capturing and disseminating development perspectives from the South. For more information please contact the RCPLA Network Steering Group: RCPLA Coordination and North Africa & Middle East Region: Passinte Isaak, Center for Development Services (CDS), 4 Ahmed Pasha Street, 10th Floor, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. Tel: +20 2 795 7558 Fax: +20 2 794 7278 Email: pisaak@cds-mena.org Website: www.cds-mena.org Asia Region: Tom Thomas, Director, Institute for Participatory Practices (Praxis), S-75 South Extension, Part II, New Delhi, India 110 049. Tel/Fax: +91 11 5164 2348 to 51 Email: tomt@praxisindia.org Website: www.praxisindia.org Jayatissa Samaranayake, Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development (IPID), 591 Havelock Road, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka. Tel: +94 1 555521 Tel/Fax: +94 1 587361 Email: ipidc@panlanka.net West Africa Region: Awa Faly Ba Mbow, IED-Afrique, BP 5579 Dakar Fann, Senegal. Tel: +221 33 867 10 58 Fax: +221 33 867 10 59 Email: awafba@iedafrique.org Website: www.iedafrique.org European Region: Jane Stevens, Participation, Power and Social Change, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK.

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