The Participatory Mapping for Change CD-ROM is an exciting multi-lingual project in the Participatory Learning and Action series. Co-published by IIED and CTA, the CD-ROM contains PDF versions of the theme articles from Participatory Learning and Action 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication. This multlingual CD Rom contains PDF versions in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, Hindi, Persian-Dari, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and Tamil of edited papers presented at the "Mapping for Change: International Conference of Spatial Information Management and Communication" held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 7-10 September 2005, which were published in Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) 54.
The CD also includes other key resources (mainly in English), such as DVD examples from practice, a glossary of terms, practical ethics for PGIS practitioners, the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity and related UNESCO Conventions, an overview of experiences from the International Land Coalition (ILC) network, links to other resources, video clips from the Mapping for change conference in Nairobi, the P3DM video, as well as past articles which appeared in PLA of relevance to the theme - all presented in an easy-to-use format.
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