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  • News from the Community Development Journal

    Monday, 30 April, 2012 - 13:31

    The April 2012 issue (vol 47, No 2) of the Community Development Journal (CDJ) is as usual a wide-ranging publication. It includes articles drawn from diverse settings: from regeneration projects in London and Coventry in the UK, to community economic life in post-Soviet Ukraine, and then across the world to analyse the actions of recycling cooperatives in São Paulo, Brazil.

  • IACD members in Victoria, Australia, discuss the role of Community Development in this New World

    Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 - 14:42

    The Victorian branch of IACD in Australia [IACD(Vic)] revitalised in 2012 and started off with a refreshing seminar on 14 March. The seminar was led by Dr. Sue Kenny on the topic of ‘In the Spirit of Mutual Learning – what is the role of Community Development in this new world?’ This was followed by discussion and suggestions by participants about the activities that the Victorian branch could undertake.  

  • Scottish Government values learning from international practice

    Monday, 23 April, 2012 - 13:31

    We are delighted to announce that Scottish Government Ministers have agreed to provide a contribution to IACD's running costs over the next three years. The support will help IACD to maintain its presence in Scotland and deliver a programme of activities, which will enable community development practitioners and policymakers in Scotland to learn from international experience, and highlight Scottish community development practice internationally.

  • Shaking our Assets Conference report now available

    Sunday, 15 April, 2012 - 10:33

    There was an enthusiastic response to the joint IACD/Community Learning and Development Standards Council for Scotland event, “Shaking our Assets”, which took place in Glasgow on 1 February 2012.

  • New blog post on Community Organising

    Thursday, 1 March, 2012 - 10:08

    IACD member Dave Beck explores the links between Community Organising and Community Development in a new blog post!

  • CDJ News from Mick Carpenter, Editor of Community Development Journal

    Sunday, 1 January, 2012 - 12:04

    First, the final issue of Volume 46 is now out and can be accessed at: http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/content/current. This is a 'bumper' issue with more articles than normal, 12 in total, plus book reviews and free access to French and Spanish abstracts for the whole of 2011, Volume 46. Of particular interest to IACD members will be the 'Reflections' piece by Ingrid Burkett on IACD's 'Appreciating Assets' Report.

  • FOOD REVOLT! Report on the International Conference on Food

    Saturday, 26 November, 2011 - 08:46

    The word “community” was heard a lot during the Food Revolt Conference organised by the Fife Diet on the 12th of November. Mike Small (founder of Fife Diet) spoke of communities organising communal gardens and allotments to grow their own fruit and vegetables all over Scotland in his opening presentation. Daniel Lopez Garcia then explained how rural communities in Spain are organising their own markets to sell local producers' food and taking part in the larger movement of Los Indignados and national Forums where farmers are finally being heard.

  • Community Leadership Programme in India a success

    Thursday, 27 October, 2011 - 11:22

    IACD completed its first Community Leadership Programme in October 2011. Nine participants from Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Sri Lanka spent ten days visiting community groups and leaders in urban and rural areas of Maharashtra state, India. We would like to say a huge thank you to all who made this possible and contributed to the learning and sharing. In particular, we are grateful to Mini Bedi, the team at DST Pune and all the host projects, to programme facilitator Ingrid Burkett, and to the Commonwealth Foundation, whose financial support made the trip possible.