[2010] This document contains the proceedings of a technical session on Communication held at the Third International Workshop on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change (February 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh). The main purpose of the session was to assess and fully illustrate the role of ComDev in expanding the scope for stakeholders' participation, dialogue, and decision making.

CSDI specialists shared their field experiences and discussed findings on good practices in the use of ComDev for CBA. Lessons learned show that ComDev in CBA can: facilitate participatory research and horizontal knowledge sharing; improve the quality of advisory services for technology innovation; enhance adaptation processes and disaster risk management; bridge the gap between global environment information and local communities' knowledge; strengthen policy dialogue between institutions and small farmers.