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The International Association For Community Development

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About IACD

Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline concerned with the organisation, education and empowerment of people within their communities and the International Association for Community Development (IACD) is the global multi-disciplinary network for those who work in this field.

We are accredited with the U.N. and have members across the world. If you are a development agency manager, funder, fieldwork practitioner, academic, student or volunteer community activist and would like to connect with other community developers around the world, this is the network for you. Please take a look around the website. And if you are not already a member, do join us by clicking the “Join us today!” button above.  Read on to discover how you can participate in our IACD Member conversations hosted by IACD Trustees in Oceania — register by clicking the links below the calendar.

2023 World Community Development Conference

Darwin, Australia
19 – 22 June 2023

 

The WCDC was a great success! IACD would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to Michelle Dunscombe (IACD Vice Chair and Trustee for the Oceania Region), Dee Brooks (past IACD Trustee), Denise Bijoux (past IACD Trustee) and all partners and volunteers for their dedication, commitment and hard work in the months leading up to the conference and throughout the conference itself. A big thank you also to all the people who attended the conference from so many different countries, we very much appreciated your presence and participation!

We are delighted to share videos from the World Community Development Conference (WCDC). Go to our YouTube Channel now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNd1HpC3EGErLoXk_olG_4Q

Calling all IACD Members based in Oceania!

We are delighted to announce a series of Members Meetings! Save the dates, and please submit your choice of topics that you would most like to see included in upcoming sessions by clicking here: https://form.jotform.com/240145878567064

 

Join us! IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinars

Join us for upcoming IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinar on 13th March & 10th April 2024. Open to IACD members from all global regions,

Register now:

35th IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinar, 13th March 2024

36th IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinar, 10th April 2024

Upcoming Online Events organised by the IACD Oceania Team

 

More great upcoming online events organised by our IACD Oceania Region Team! Open to IACD members from all global regions. Register now:

Deliberative Democracy, 15 March 2024
Queering Community Development, 26 July 2024

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Recording now available: IACD Global Community Development Researchers’ Forum Meeting 27th November 2023

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http://www.facebook.com/groups/IACDglobal/