Below you will find a list of documents produced by IDEA, available to download as PDFs (size indicated in brackets).

IDEA Organisational Documents

IDEA's Human Resources Handbook (PDF 278kb)
March 2010

IDEA's Annual Report 2010 (Click the icon below to view))

June 2010

IDEA's Annual Report 2009 (PDF 122kb)

June 2009

IDEA's Annual Report 2008 (PDF1.2mb)

2008

IDEA's Strategic Plan 2008-2011 (PDF 333kb)

2008

Submissions

Submission to the NCCA on the proposed new subject "Politics and Society" (PDF 141 kb)
Nov 2009

Thinkpieces, Position Papers

Making the Case for Development Education (PDF 52kb)

By Matthias Fiedler, Director of Irish Development Education Association (IDEA). Nov 2009

The Effects of the ODA Cuts on Development Education (PDF 123kb)

Position paper by IDEA. Oct 2009

Weathering the Perfect Storm – Development Education and the current global crisis (PDF 150kb)

By Matthias Fiedler, Director of Irish Development Education Association (IDEA). Sept 2009

Talking to Strangers. A Critical Investigation of the Notion of Global Citizenship (PDF 141kb)

By Matthias Fiedler, Director of Irish Development Education Association (IDEA). March 2009

Conference Reports and Research by IDEA

A Study of the Current Training and Professional Development Needs of Members (PDF 1.19mb)

Commissioned Research July 2009

This research, was undertaken in reponse to IDEA's first strategic objective "to support and strengthen the capacity and professional development of the sector." The researcher, Karen O'Shea, documented current training and professional development needs, examined the levels of engagement among IDEA members and asked members to feedback on communications between IDEA and its members.

Opportunities and Challenges: Minority Ethnic Communities and Development Education in Ireland (PDF 585kb)

Conference Report Oct 2008

IDEA's second Annual Conference on the 25th September 2008, focused on the development education work of minority ethnic communities in Ireland. The Regional Working Group of IDEA undertook some research in the summer of 2008 to inform the work of the conference. This research, undertaken by Son Gyoh is also presented in the report.

Linking and Immersion Schemes with the Global South: Developing Good Practice (PDF 1.5mb)

Conference Report 2007

IDEA's first annual conference aimed to critically explore linking and immersion programmes which link Ireland to communities in the global South, to identify good practice in relation to such programmes and to showcase a range of such schemes from a variety of sectors.