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CTA is an institution of the ACP Group of States (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) and the EU (European Union), in the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is financed by the EU.

Participatory video - an effective evaluation tool

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Trainees appraise the P3DM process using "PV"

SCARBOROUGH, 14 October 2012 The volume of information to be collected from informants on their natural resources, climate change impacts and the measures they use to cope or adapt to these impacts, is best dealt with using a video camera, said Kathrina Collins, President of the Union Island Environmental Attackers from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

First Participatory 3D Model built in the Caribbean

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Nationals from the region now ready and eager to introduce P3DM in their countries

SCARBOROUGH, 13 October 2012. One hundred and six Tobagonians participated in transposing their mental recollections of the impact of climate change on their natural resources and how they are adapting to climate change on the participatory 3D model of Tobago. Informant, Lyris Walker called it a piece of work “for the people, by the people and of the people”.

Tobagonians hand over the Participatory 3D model to the Tobago House of Assembly

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Participatory 3D Model referred to as “visual conversation” tool

SCARBOROUGH, 12 October 2012. Tobagonians, today, handed over the participatory 3D model of Tobago to the Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA’s) Secretary of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing and the Environment, the Honorable Gary Melville.

Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) activities in Tobago featured on National Television

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SCARBOROUGH, 12 OCTOBER 2012 - Tobago Channel 5 News - Climate change is a very serious issue in the Caribbean and we often hear about this from scientists who explain the situation in a technical sense. But what about those on the ground that want to know exactly how it can affect them.

Participatory 3D model of Tobago seen as time capsule

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SCARBOROUGH, 07 October 2012. On the morning of Sunday 7 October, the air in the room where the participatory 3D model is being built, is tense but hopeful. Trainees, facilitators and informants work at a steady pace, but there is animated discussion on the ICC Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup game between the West Indies and Sri Lanka, being played halfway across the world. Later in the day, after much anxiety, the West Indies is declared the winner of the cricket match and there is a brief pause to celebrate!