IACD publishes its international ‘Practice Insights’ three times a year. Each deals with specific issues or aspects of practice that are relevant to our audience: community development practitioners, activists, researchers and policymakers. The publications draw from experiences across the world and aims to include materials from all seven IACD global regions. The main form of distribution is electronic, but often produces a small print run of each for use at conferences and events.
IACD launched its first issue – on community development and anti-poverty strategies – in November 2012 (https://www.iacdglobal.org/publications-and-resources/IACD-publications). It has so far published eight issues and the ninth issue is to be published in December 2017, with focus on North and South America. The special issue on Africa will be published in May 2018
Call for contributions for the Special Issue on Africa
The special issue will be generic, hence; quality practice based papers now invited focusing on all aspects of African development with community development flavour. Articles from the different sub-regions are welcome with varying contexts and practices. The community based strategies or community development dimensions of projects and programmes across the continent will be particularly welcome
Guidelines for contributors
Articles prepared in word format should be up to 1000 or 1500 words in length. These can be case studies, research findings, polemics or commentaries upon public policy as it impacts upon community development within a country or across the continent.
You should aim to write clearly, without jargon (remembering that for many of our readers English is a second language) and to set out the experience in ways which help readers to make links with their own practice. As much as possible the Implications for community development of issues, contexts and perspectives presented must come out clearly. The editors can assist you here. Each submitted article will will go through a peer review process with comments sent to the author, and to assess its suitability for publication.
Illustrations
We request all authors to attach graphics/photographs that help illustrate the article – and ensure that these are in high-resolution format, suitable for printing.
Submission deadline
Please send your article to IACD Vice President Muhammad Bello Shitu
(shitumbshitu2@gmail.com ) no later than 1st March 2018.
