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An international not-for-profit, non government organisation committed to building a global network of people and organisations working toward social justice through community development.

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Call for papers

In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in Africa

Research and Training Workshops, 1-4th of July, 2008, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

See Call for papers page for full details


Latest IACD Newsletter

December 2007 Edition of the IACD newsletter now available for download:

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IACD Conference 2008

What's Working in Community Development?

Date: 23 June 2008 to 25 June 2008
Venue: Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Information now available, see events page for details.

Register online at www.horizonscda.ca/upcoming


2007 AGM Minutes available for download

PDF Document2007 AGM Minutes (PDF 115 Kb)


Keynote speeches from the IACD Conference 2007

Keynote speeches now available for download see Conference 2007 page for details.


Conference on Ecology and Community Development: People and places in a changing world

How community development engages the need for change to meet ecological sustainability
A three day conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia
26,27,28 March 2008

Hosted by the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University, together with the Borderlands Cooperative and the IACD (Victorian Branch)

see events page for details


Hong Kong Declaration

The IACD Biannual conference which was entitled "Partnership for People-Centred Development - Challenges and Responses in a Globalising World" took place in Hong Kong from 24-27th June and was attended by 300 people from all over the world. A full report with conference papers and images for the event will be published here shortly.

At the end of the conference the following statement was created through discussion and deliberation by a large international group. A period of consultation and feedback now follows.

We hope that within our own networks we can find the time to look at the messages contained within this Declaration and respond back to Professor Gary Craig and Mak Hoi-Wah.

PDF DocumentHong Kong Declaration (PDF 2.3mb)


The Budapest Declaration

See Spotlight page for background.

PDF Documentthe Budapest Declaration


The Yaoundé Declaration 2005

The role of community development in building civil society in Africa.
PDF DocumentThe Yaoundé Declaration 2005 (130Kb)

PDF DocumentLa Déclaration de Yaounde (61Kb) Traduction Française

PDF DocumentLa Declaracionde Yaounde (178kb) Traducción española


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