The International Standards for Community Development

IACD published the International Standards for Community Development, in English, at the 2018 World Community Development Conference in Maynooth, Ireland. They have been adopted by several national professional CD associations and translated into several languages (with more translations in development). You can access the Standards, and a Summary version below.

International Standards for Community Development

International Standards for Community Development - Summary Version

We are grateful to IACD members who have volunteered their time to produce these translations. If you would like to be involved in translating the Standards into another language, please contact our administrator [email protected] and we will provide guidance and support.

Find out more about the International Standards for Community Development from this series of IACD podcasts. There is also a book dedicated entirely to the International Standards for Community Development. 

The Standards can be used by practitioners working directly with communities, community development educators and researchers, and practitioners within government agencies and NGOs. IACD members are using them to:

• Plan and evaluate work
• Promote what practitioners are doing
• Plan learning curricula 
• Support student learning and assessment of progress. 

See more about how the Standards are being used below.