History |
| 2006 |
General Assembly approves Executive Committee recommendation to relocate ICAI Secretariat to Montreal, Canada |
| 2004 |
ICA Guatemala hosts International Conference "Weaving the Social Fabric" in Antigua, Guatemala |
| 2004 |
Lambert Okrah, former Executive Director of ICA Ghana, appointed Secretary General |
2002
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ICA Zimbabwe established
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2001
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ICA South Africa established
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2001
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Tajikistan (ICA EHIO)
established
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2000
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ICA USA
hosts the International Conference, "The Millennium Connection"
in Denver.
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1998
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ICA Ghana, ICA Nepal, ICA
Tanzania,
ICA Uganda, established
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1996
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ICA Cote d'Ivoire,
established
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1996
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ICA International
Conference on The Rise of Civil Society in the 21st Century in
Cairo, Egypt.
Publication
of ICA’s first CD-ROM version of its archival resources
and research.
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1995
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First International
ToP® Training of Trainers program for thirteen countries held
in the U.S.A.
Technology
of Participation (ToP) registered as ICA trademark.
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1994
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ICA
office in Croatia opens with focus on democracy-building programs.
ICA International
Conference in India.
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1993
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ICA
starts a National Partnership program to develop the Field of Community
Youth Development.
USA/Mexico
Border Neighborhoods Programs begin.
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1985-93
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ICA
publishes books on successful rural development, facilitation methods
and case studies of business transformation and effective local
government.
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1992
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ICA
USA launches a partnership program with the Council of Energy Resource
Tribes and the Arizona Leadership Academy.
ICA International
Conference in Czechoslovakia.
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1991
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ToP
Trainers Network formed.
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1990
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ICA
International Conference in Taiwan.
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1989
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Spanish
language and Native American programs begin in the U.S.A.
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1988
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ICA
International Conference on Our Common Future held in Mexico.
Earthwise
Learning Series begins.
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1984-88
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ICA
reorganizes globally into autonomous national operations, four international
networks and salaried staff.
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1986
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Technology
of Participation (ToP) Training Program series begins in USA.
ICA International
Conference held in Spain.
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1982-85 |
ICA
and United Nations organizations co-sponsor Fifty-five nation International
Exposition of Rural Development, with a Plenary Conference held
in India in 1984.
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1985
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Food
For All Partnership begins in the U.S.A.
Global Internet
connections and electronic conferences are initiated.
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1984
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ICA-Nigeria
(NIRADO) established
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1980
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BiH (ICA BOSPO), established
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1980
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ICA Spain, established |
1979
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ICA Peru, established
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1978
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ICA Guatemala
established
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1978
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ICA Zambia, established
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1978
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ICA Chile, established |
1976-77
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ICA
holds over 5,000 Town Meetings, 76 local community planning forums
as part of the USA Bicentennial Celebration, with at least one in
every county of the United States.
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1977
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ICA Belguim, established |
1977
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ICA Malaysia (LENS
International), established
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1977
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ICA
International formed in Belgium and Secretariat established.
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1977
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ICA Netherlands, established
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1976
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Egypt (ICA MENA),
established
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1976
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First
Village Development Replication Plan initiated in India, followed
by other nations.
Eight-week
Human Development Training Institutes begin around the world.
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1976
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ICA-UK
established
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1975
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ICA
launches 24 Human Development Projects, one in each global time
zone.
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1975
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ICA Kenya, established |
1973
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ICA USA, established
|
1973
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ICA
incorporates as separate entity from the Ecumenical Institute.
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1972
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Strategic
Planning seminars for the business community are held in the U.S.
and around the world.
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1972
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ICA Taiwan, established
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1971
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First of a series of annual Global Research Assemblies begins.
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1970
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ICA Japan, established |
1970
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ICA Canada, established
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1969
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First
International Training Institute is held in Singapore.
ICA opens
its first international and national offices outside Chicago,
IL.
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1968 |
ICA UK, established
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1968 |
ICA Australia, established
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1968
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ICA Venezuela, established
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1968
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The Institute's
intensive 13-week training program, The Academy, begins in Chicago.
First Rite
of Passage program held for children of Institute staff.
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1963
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The
first community development project, Fifth City, begins locally
in the neighborhood surrounding the Ecumenical Institute.
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1962
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The
Ecumenical Institute, the founding organization of ICA, establishes
operations in Chicago's West Side.
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