Welcome to the website of the International Association for Community Development
Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline, and the International Association for Community Development is the only global network for those who support community development.
We are accredited with the UN 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.
IACD organises conferences and smaller regional events; publishes an international community development magazine and other resources; puts you in contact with national community development associations; runs international study visits and exchange programmes; provides continuing professional training opportunities; has a bank of teaching and learning resources; seeks to influence and respond to international public policies that impact upon communities and the sector; and advocates for community development at the UN and other international arenas.
Take a look around this website to see the kind of support we provide for members.
Paul Lachapelle
IACD PRESIDENT.