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This article describes the very recent adoption of the REFLECT methodology by CIAZO. A certain amount of resistance to the introduction of REFLECT was experienced and some of the lessons learnt during the transition period are outlined.

Summary report of a community health needs assessment carried out in five communities in Ethiopia. Government health staff and community members were involved in identifying and prioritising maternal and child health problems and planning for actions to help solve them. A limited number of maternal and child health behaviours that are critical to the prevention and management of the most important causes of childhood morbidtiy and mortality were used as a focus to guide planning. An integrated household survey was then used to measure the indicators of those behaviours.

At the Rio Earth summit governments of the world signed up to Agenda 21, an international action plan to promote sustainable development. Local governments agreed to prepare their own local agenda 21 strategies with the involvement of all groups in society, on the basis of consensus. This document is a report of research carried out in the UK, Denmark and The Netherlands to examine the approaches and strategies that have been adopted to ensure this participation. The aim of the report is to promote good practice and innovatory approaches to participation.

The Participatory and Integrated Policy (PIP) process has been designed to reduce the conflicts over the formulation and implementation of policies formulated by development agencies in the three areas of : support for private sector development, poverty alleviation and environmental protection; all of which can impact on the fisheries sector.
This field guide consists of an annotated checklist designed for researchers and facilitators involved in the policy formulation part of the process and should be read in association with the document : 'Participatory and integrated policy: a framework for small-scale fisheries'.