The 2020 Australasia Pacific International Community Development Conference
IACD is proud to partner with Aotearoa Community Development Association and Northtec to bring you the 2020 Australasia Pacific International Community Development Conference this April in Whangarei, New Zealand. We are thrilled to announce that we have already received abstract submissions from Greece, America, the Philippines, Singapore, Portugal, Australia, Tanzania and more.
The theme of this year’s conference is, “a local expression of a global movement.”
Conference Aims
The conference will consider current issues in Community development, new and applied research and innovative practice. In particular it will reflect on the CD response to the major challenges of our age, inequality and climate change as expressed in the 17 Goals for sustainable development known as the SDGs.
The conference will reflect on CD today, the perceived retreat by Government and Local Government from supporting the field. The loss of education and training programs. The apparent side-lining of Community Economic Development in favour of a colonised version of Social Enterprise.
Globally the International Association for Community Development, IACD, has been involved in an extensive consultation exercise, including a conference in Aotearoa New Zealand, to develop its guidance “Towards Shared International Standards for Community Development Practice.” This project has excited the CD community and is now translated into 14 languages and the subject of workshops and conferences around the world.
Our aim for this conference is to bring the standards to life by adding a specific chapter on practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, through a process which enables our neighbours in the region to develop their own national standards chapter, and build the relevance and resilience of our practice.
via https://www.aotearoacommunitydevelopmentassociation.com/conference2020
Registration and Abstract Submission
Registration is currently open — all interested parties must register and pay by 30th March 2020 to secure a place. We highly encourage you to register today!
We are also accepting abstract submissions that fall under the following conference sub-themes:
Please click here to submit your abstract today!
Resources
For more information about this exciting conference, please check out the conference Facebook page. You can also visit the Aotearoa Community Development Association’s website for the conference.
