WCDC2018 will feature both submitted and invited sessions that address community development and its concerns for academics, practitioners, policy makers and stakeholders at all levels of experience.

The organising group of WCDC2018 welcomes abstracts and proposals for oral presentations, practice workshops, poster presentations, film screenings, and visual arts responses which are reflective of the overall conference focus and related to one of the themes listed below.

Proposals should relate to community development practice, processes and problems. If proposals are developed from disciplines other than community development, a clear connection must be made with community development. WCDC2018 encourage submissions from a wide range of perspectives and participants, both globally and thematically.

The working language of the conference will be English. If participants require language assistance please note this in your proposal.

Conference focus:

Participation, Power and Progress: Community development towards 2030 – Our analysis, Our actions.

Conference themes: