From 25th – 27th September 2019, IACD and Inclusive Practices held the second annual Inclusive Practices Festival on the theme, “Pushing the Limits.” Participants of the Festival shared their successful experiences in various fields of inclusive community development: inclusive sports, art workshops, inclusive dances, inclusive theater, parent associations, educational programs, social projects, etc. The programme included workshops, seminars, screening of documentaries, a photo exhibition, a concert and excursion programs. A special session on the practical implementation of the International Standards for Community Development “Community Development & Disability” was hosted by Anna Clark, President of IACD Global. IACD was also represented by Inclusive Practices’s Anastasia Matvievskaya, IACD’s Regional Director for Europe.
In addition to the exciting programme, IACD was also proud to announce the winner of the IACD Special Prize for Best Inclusive Practices of the Future. This year’s winner is Farrukh Ahrorov, and his winning project is entitled, “Prospects for Implementing International Standards for Community Development in Tajikistan on the Example of the Project ‘We are the same as everyone’ by the public organization ‘Journalism and Democracy.’ The full text explaining his project can be downloaded below.
The prize for Farrukh’s winning entry is a ticket to the World Community Development Conference 2020 (#WCDC2020), which will be held on June 29 – July 1, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. In addition, Farrukh also received free membership with IACD.
The video of the award ceremony at the Inclusive Practices Festival can be watched here. A transcript of the English portion of the announcement has been transcribed below:
This year, Inclusive Practices introduced an award for the best idea to implement the IACD international standards. All the entries I have looked at were of a very, very high standard and the quality was exceptional. It made the decision very hard, and I could have awarded all of them. It really is heart-warming to see how people are working w the standards and looking at ways in which they can be implemented. But for me, there was one project that stood out because the ideas in it were not just about promoting inclusion, but challenging exclusion as well. Within community development, it is very important that we work to bring people in, but also recognize when people are being prevented from being included. There was one project in particular that promoted the raising of awareness of inclusion with everyone in society, working with civil society organizations to challenge stereotypes and misinformation. And so through this project, I felt that everyone would benefit – all of society, and that we would all grow in strength and understanding and connectedness. And so the winner of this award is Farrukh Ahrorov from Tajikistan.
Anna Clarke, President of IACD via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm6AT0lA_WY&feature=youtu.be
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