ABSTRACT

to gather, disseminate, and exchange regional and international data on different environmental and developmental problems;

to co-ordinate between regional community organizations in the exchange of skills and information;

to mobilize already existing grass-roots organizations to have a share in this information and to partake in the problem-solving process;

to create new grass-roots activities to be implemented by RAED’s member organizations;

to encourage the inclusion of community participation projects in government programmes.