Institute for Global Community

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The Institute for Global Community

Global CommunityThe concept of our Global Community is collective in that its participants are a truly representative sample of the interdependent, interdisciplinary pluralistic nature of our current global demographic at the local, regional and international level. icd insists we must think both globally and locally- and act accordingly. Therefore, we have created community outreach programs allowing the local community to engage in diplomacy that has global impacts.icd’s global community provides an arena where people can become a part of the diplomatic process in their own backyard. icd hosts regular roundtable discussions where regional leaders and cultural diplomats lead groups through discussion on specific issues that influence local and international communities.The icd Global Community program assists at the local level to progressively develop and explore the need and appreciation of inter-personal and inter-cultural harmony as means towards representative governance, socio-economic progress, conflict prevention and a greater sense of inclusion, understanding and trust. The goal of the Global community is to give a powerful voice to those who are not usually heard and discuss their issues, concerns and most importantly ideas and then propagate those issues via our international platform. icd aims to foster a climate where people can not help but feel intrinsically motivated to adopt a more positive and collective outlook.icd’s monthly World cafe meetings held in local cafes and are informal, interactive and thematically open gatherings, focusing on the promotion of intercultural exchange. As a conversational process, the World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter. icd runs, in collaboration with Lexia international, a German-English tandem program, and host periodic guest lectures where an exceptional leader, writer, artist, cultural diplomat, etc., will discuss his or her work with the local community.These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community. As a process, the World Café can evoke and make visible the collective intelligence of any group, thus increasing people’s capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims.