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In response to research undertaken by IDCS and the The Enabling Education Network, that showed a lack of opportunities for international agencies to share ideas and coordinate their work, a partnership between Viataal International, The Christoffel Blinden Mission eV , EENET and IDCS was formed.

The aim of this partnership was to promote greater collaboration and networking between organisations from and working in developing and transitional countries and ICED 2005, was considered a useful focal point for sharing information and experience.

For the first time in ICED's history, in 2005 there were a series of coordinated workshops (three altogether) which specifically focused on the issues and concerns of practitioners working in countries in transition and development.

In addition, a pre-congress meeting entitled Cooperation with partners in countries in transition and development was organised before the main congress, to maximise the opportunities for sharing information and to exchange and encourage critical thinking among practitioners and professionals.

A detailed account of the pre and main congres activities coordinated by CBM, EENET, IDCS and Viataal International are available in the report, prepared by IDCS consultant Susie Miles, entititled Promoting international information sharing: working together with partners from countries in transition and development.

You can download the:

• Executive summary of the report:Executive summary (41 kb)  
• The full text of the report: Promoting international information sharing at ICED 2005 (613 kb) .  

You can also download a booklet containing the four papers presented by IDCS partners Papers presented IDCS partners at ICED 2005 (1947 kb)

If you would like more information on the content of the three coordinated sessions, then download the abstracts of papers presented at each of the three sessions:

• Abstracts from the workshop on parental participation (67 kb)
• Abstracts from the workshop on models of "good" practice (73 kb)
• Abstracts from the coordinated workshop on lessons learnt from cooperation (79 kb)

You can also link through to the Resource library, where you will find papers and articles covering a range of topics, including deaf education, community based services and HIV/AIDS and young deaf people.   

To download and read the articles in this section you will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded very simply and at no charge from the Adobe website.