Code of Good Practice for Development Education

In November 2016, a workshop on ‘Strengthening Good Practice in Development Education’ was held with IDEA members. At the event a decision was made for IDEA to develop a draft Code of Good Practice for Development Education in Ireland, for trial by a number of IDEA member organisations in 2017. This development builds on all of the work already carried out in the existing Good Practice Guidelines  by IDEA working groups and partners for key areas of DE activity. 

To advance this in 2017, we have hired an independent consultant to coordinate this work and we are now assembling a cross-sectoral task group of IDEA members to input into this process. The task group will meet in three sessions over the Summer: 

  • First session​ (focus on principles for the Code) – Wednesday, 14 June 11am – 1.30pm
  • Second session (focus on indicators and evidence) Friday, 21 July 11am – 1.30pm
  • Third session (focus on support structures) Wednesday, 06 September 11am – 1.30pm

All sessions will include lunch.

If you want to get involved or have any questions about this work, please contact elaine@ideaonline.ie.

April 29, 2025
Wednesday 18 June, 10.00am - 4.00pm Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1
April 7, 2025
Last week, IDEA hosted the second webinar from our 2025 series, ‘Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through Global Citizenship Education, ' focusing on Palestine. If you missed out, you can watch the full video below!
April 4, 2025
At the end of March, IDEA staff and representatives from three IDEA members travelled to Riga, Latvia, for a two-day event marking the launch of IDEA’s Erasmus+ project with our partner LAPAS (Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation) focused on the IDEA Code of Good Practice The project’s core objective is to enhance the quality of global citizenship education (GCE) at local , national and European levels. Central to this work is the creation of a Code of Good Practice for Latvia based on learning from the IDEA Code that will support Latvian GCE practitioners, including teachers, NGOs, youth workers and others, by fostering a common understanding and approach to GCE. This represents the first piloting of the IDEA Code in an international context. The new IDEA task group for the project, made up of Code members, alongside IDEA staff, are supporting LAPAS members to adapt the Code for the Latvian national context by sharing our own experiences and learnings from the Code and GCE in Ireland. The event in Riga was the first in-person gathering of the project, bringing together LAPAS and IDEA members. This face-to-face interaction allowed us to begin the process of knowledge exchange, and mutual learning which will spread the Code’s reach and strengthen our GCE practice. IDEA was represented in Riga by Dean Oke (CDYS (Cloyne Diocesan Youth Service), Georgina Eastaugh (Concern Worldwide) and Claire Glavey (Global Village), alongside IDEA staff Elaine and Aine.