from the horizon

These are links which I have collected from a number of hand outs from the conference. Some of the summaries have been copied from the hand outs.

DevNet
The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network, the organisers of the conference.
www.devnet.org.nz

Dev-Zone
A New Zealand based development resource centre.
www.dev-zone.org

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA)
VSA were out in force at the conference, it seems worthwhile to give them a mention.
www.vsa.org.nz

Participation, Power and Social Change Team
The Participation, Power and Social Change Team is one of six research teams working on key development issues at the Institute of Development Studies(IDS), UK. These pages tell you more about the work of the team.
www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/

Participation Resource Centre
Over 6000 documents, books and videos are held in the Participatory Resource Centre which comprises the collections of the Participation, Power and Social Change Team at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). All of these documents can be searched on-line.
www.pnet.ids.ac.uk/prc_index.htm

Participation.net
Participation.net is a global, online space for sharing ideas about the participation of people in development, citizenship, governance and rights. We welcome researchers, practitioners, activists, educators, policy makers and others from around the world to exchange diverse views and resourses.
www.pnet.ids.ac.uk

LogoLink
LogoLink is a global network of practitioners from civil society organizations, research institutes and governments working to deepen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance.
www.ids.ac.uk/logolink

Citizenship DRC
The Development Research Center on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (Citizenship DRC) is an international research partnershiop exploring new forms of citizenship that will help make rights real. It involves a network of researchers and practioners working with research institutions and civil society organizations located in seven different countries.
www.drc-citizenship.org

Transforming Power
www.reflect-action.org

Participatory Numbers
An alternative to questionnaires
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/

Community Lead Total Sanitation
http://www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/CLTS.html

Participatory Learning and Action
A periodical on participation.
www.planotes.org

Council for International Development
CID is an organization which supports New Zealand’s international development work. They run an interest array of development related trainings.
www.cid.org.nz

ICT Update
A current awareness bulletin for ACP agriculture
http://ictupdate.cta.int

SciDevNet
Science at the heart of development
www.scidev.net

You can probably see my bias in that list! Please feel free to leave comments for other related links.