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About IACD

Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline concerned with the organisation, education and empowerment of people within their communities and the International Association for Community Development (IACD) is the global multi-disciplinary network for those who work in this field.

We are accredited with the U.N. and have members across the world. If you are a development agency manager, funder, fieldwork practitioner, academic, student or volunteer community activist and would like to connect with other community developers around the world, this is the network for you. Please take a look around the website. And if you are not already a member, do join us by clicking the “Join us today!” button above.  Read on to discover how you can participate in our IACD Member conversations hosted by IACD Trustees in Oceania — register by clicking the links below the calendar.

We are currently receiving a very high volume of student membership applications which is making the response time longer. Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

2023 World Community Development Conference

Darwin, Australia
19 – 22 June 2023

The WCDC was a great success! IACD would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to Michelle Dunscombe (IACD Vice Chair and Trustee for the Oceania Region), Dee Brooks (past IACD Trustee), Denise Bijoux (past IACD Trustee) and all partners and volunteers for their dedication, commitment and hard work in the months leading up to the conference and throughout the conference itself. A big thank you also to all the people who attended the conference from so many different countries, we very much appreciated your presence and participation!

We are delighted to share videos from the World Community Development Conference (WCDC). Go to our YouTube Channel now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNd1HpC3EGErLoXk_olG_4Q

Please note that IACD is NOT hosting a World Community Development Conference in 2024! Please stay tuned for announcements on the next WCDC here on our homepage.

Calling all IACD Members based in Oceania!

Join us! IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinars

Join us for the upcoming IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinars. Open to IACD members from all global regions,

Register now:

36th IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinar, 10th April 2024

37th IACD Sub-Saharan Africa Region Webinar, 8th May 2024