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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.