General Information

The International Association for Community Development (IACD) is the recognized international forum for the promotion of community development practice, research and policy analysis. The IACD has organized its biennial conferences in UK, New Zealand, US and Cameroon of Africa since its reconstitution in 1999. Its coming biennial international conference will be held in Hong Kong from 24-27 June 2007. The theme of the conference is "Partnership for People-Centred Development - Challenges and Responses in a Globalising World".
Click here to download the introduction of the IACD conference in the French version.

Conference Theme Globalization has great impact in every country affecting most of its people, especially those poor and disadvantaged. The many social and economic development strategies undertaken by governments are not often people-centred nor with active participation of the people affected. To face the challenges of globalization, economic disparity, massive unemployment and the resulting poverty of the people, we need the partnership of various stakeholders to join hands to combat poverty, inequality, social exclusion and injustice. People and communities in struggle have also developed valuable means of addressing these problems and formed network and alliance for mutual support and empowerment which should be appreciated. The Hong Kong Conference provides a venue for project presentations and for network building. Through constructive dialogue during the conference, we hope to identify the factors affecting the successful approaches to social and community development and to arrive at recommendations for their promotion and development in the Asian and wider contexts. It is a valuable opportunities for community development practitioners, researchers, policy makers, sponsors and promoters, as well as international aid organizations to come together to share the vision and value of community development and to actively promote its practices in their communities.

Conference Arrangement

There will be expert keynotes and plenary speakers from Asia and other parts of the world and a series of themed workshops running throughout the conference. The conference will be conducted in English. Chinese translation service will be provided in plenary sessions. A pre-conference workshop on "Community Development in China" is being actively pursued. To make the conference participatory, participants are invited to identify 3 major recommendations and suggestions for their workshop sessions which will be included into the declaration statement of the conference. Pre- and post-conference tours can be organized through tourist agencies and project visits will be conducted during the conference for delegates. Organizations can also use poster presentations to introduce their projects during the conference.

Conference Venue

The conference is to be held in The City University of Hong Kong. Various kinds of accommodations are available within proximity. And student hostels of the University are also available for booking through the Conference Secretariat.

From 28th June, 2007. Click here for more information

Registration & Call for Paper

You are cordially invited to participate in the conference to present your idea and action, research and practice at the coming conference. Those who wish to participate in the conference should register their interest on the application form provided or directly from the IACD web: www.iacdglobal.org. For more details, please contact the IACD Hong Kong Conference 2007 Organising Committee through email: iacd2007@cityu.edu.hk or http://ssteach1.cityu.edu.hk/~iacd.

Exhibition Panels

The organizer welcome poster display of Projects and study reports as well as distribution of information leaflets at the conference display venue (Multi-purpose Activity Rooms A, B & C). Please contact the organizer for charges and availability before arrangement.

Workshops Each workshop will be facilitated by an experienced leader/facilitator, and each meeting of the session will be introduced with brief presentations of 10-15 minutes. The full text will be placed in the conference website for downloading. Each workshop is required to make 3 policy recommendations relating to its theme which will be combined to form a declaration statement of the conference. Delegates may also suggest relevant topics for thematic discussion to the Programme Committee for its final inclusion in the programme.