I'm awestruck by new technologies that can help communities develop and have a voice in their own development. The website http://www.iapad.org/ stands for Integrated Approaches for Participatory Development.
The focus is on using Geographic Information Technologies and Systems (GIT&S) together with Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods. The purpose is "to compose peoples’ spatial knowledge in the forms of virtual or physical, 2 or 3 dimensional maps used as interactive vehicles for discussion, information exchange, analysis and as support in advocacy, decision making and action taking. PGIS practice is usually geared towards community empowerment through measured, demand-driven, user-friendly and integrated applications of GIT&S, where maps become a major conduit in the process."
The site has a library of resources, examples, videos, and funding resources for non-profits.
There's also a companion site, www.PPgis.net, the electronic forum on participatory use of geo-spatial information systems and technologies. The forum hosts four distinct discussion lists, the global list which is Anglophone, and its Latin American (Spanish), Lusophone (Brazilian) and Francophone chapters.
The author of both sites is Giacomo Rambaldi, Natural Resource Management and Participation Specialist.
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