/ About Us
The JDC-International Centre for Community Development (JDC-ICCD) is JDC-Europe’s research and evaluation unit.
Founded in 2005 by the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Buncher Leadership Programme, JDC-ICCD is devoted to providing an in-depth perspective on the phenomena of Jewish community, identity, and social welfare. Through applied research, JDC-ICCD analyses ongoing trends and changes in the Jewish world, while measuring and evaluating the impact of community initiatives in the field.
The Centre generates meaningful and scientifically constructed data that can influence decision-making processes for JDC and for Jewish communities and other stakeholders across Europe.
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/ Current Projects
This is what we are currently doing at ICCD
European Jewish Community Leaders’ Survey
Launched by JDC-ICCD in 2008 the European Jewish Community Leaders’ Survey is an ongoing research project aimed at identifying the priorities, sensibilities and concerns of Europe's top Jewish lay leaders and...
February 2024
Jewish Community Studies
Many Jewish communities in Europe are going through a period of redefinition and change. The challenge ahead is to propel communities to become more vibrant and meaningful for the local...
November 2019
Monitoring & Evaluation – Impact Measurement
Over the past five years, JDC has been developing its Impact Measurement/Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) capacity. Each region and division is implementing M&E in ways that are at once unified...
June 2017/ News
Opportunities, events and more
Expanding the JDC-ICCD Jewish Leaders’ Survey: Asia and Latin America
Drawing from the interest stimulated by the results of the European Jewish Leaders’ survey, JDC ICCD is currently working on replicating the study to expand beyond the European boundaries. The...
November 2019
Community Barometer in Germany
Thanks to a partnership with the Central Council of Jews in Germany, JDC ICCD is providing support and technical advice for the “Gemeindebarometer” research project, an unprecedented nationwide online survey...
October 2019
Debating European Jewish Community Leaders’ Survey Findings
This past November over 200 professionals, and lay leaders gathered in Prague for the 3rd Summit of European Jewish Leadership, whereupon Dr. Barry Kosmin, Research Professor from Trinity College, and...
December 2018/ Around JDC Europe
Explore other JDC programs and initiatives
Leatid Europe is one of JDC’s longest-running leadership initiatives, training over 700 lay and professional leaders from 70 communities and organizations. Most of the new generation of lay and professional leaders in Europe have benefited from its seminars, management courses, planning sessions, and in-service training.
Junction, an initiative of the JDC, the Schusterman Foundation, and YESOD, seeks to empower young Jewish adults and professionals to engage with the pan-European Jewish community by providing innovative international opportunities that connect them to each other and to meaningful, relevant, and forward-looking Jewish spaces.
YESOD aims to address the professional development needs of emerging, experienced and senior Jewish educators, and also focuses on the Jewish Education needs of para-professionals (part- timers and/or people who work in Jewish education for a number of years and move on), community development professionals and lay leaders.
The JDC Europe Community Initiative Fund encourages Jewish communities and communal organizations to pilot new initiatives or advance key programmatic expansions. In certain cases, the Fund may support existing programs in their current scope. Through this Fund, JDC also hopes to strengthen relationships with communities that have had limited connections with JDC.