Practice Exchange is the name we have adopted for small study trips which we have organised for several years to different parts of the world. These trips, normally involving between 10-20 practitioners and community development trainers from different countries, are where they together spend several days visiting community development projects in another country. Here they will meet with local community development experts and local activists. A key feature of a Practice Exchange is the time for discussion and reflection during and after each project visit. In recent years our Practice Exchanges have tended to focus upon different aspects of sustainable development.
On this drop down you will find more information about our Practice Exchange programmes and the many workshops we organise as part of our International and Regional events.
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In 2015 IACD launched the findings of an International survey that attempted to map qualifying/graduate courses around the world which ‘claimed’ to be teaching Community Development. Over 1000 programmes were identified. For the findings of the survey:
IACD in collaboration with the American Community Development Society (CDS) and the Aotearoa Community Development Association (ACDA) have successfully created an online resource for Practitioners – The Global Community Development Exchange (GDeX), an online repository of teaching and learning resources.