Fundamentail Guidelines

To fulfil its goals, the IECD is involved at 4 different levels of project development: study phase (feasibility and conception), financial engineering (sponsors and backing), on-site operational phase associating the required skills and expertise, and strengthening the involvement of local partners who host the project.

To ensure efficiency and success, the IECD missions evolve around 4 fundamental guidelines:

Involving the local partner fully in every phase of the project and providing him with institutional-level consolidation :
The projects are initiated by local partners. Local partners hosting projects are selected via objective criteria based on good project governance, efficiency and non-discrimination. The IECD’s goal is to initiate and build a genuine long-lasting partnership with the project host, accompanying and guiding him throughout all project phases. The IECD will never substitute the host. In the long term, the IECD provides the local partner with the necessary institutional support to strengthen his capacities and autonomy, proof of the continuity of the project and guarantee of its socio-cultural viability.

Backing tried and tested expertise:
To evaluate project relevance and to accompany its development, the IECD relies on solid technical expertise whose methods and tools have been tried and tested continually over the last 20 years.

Involving local socio-economic partners:
The IECD works hand-in-hand with local businesses, offering them the opportunity to be fully involved in projects from day one and to develop skills and expertise through training adapted to their specific local market requirements. On-going interaction between potential employers and the training centre enables the IECD to adapt its methods and pedagogy more efficiently to business requirements and job openings. 

Working together in an open and responsible manner:
The IECD validates project terms and conditions with local partners via a convention and deems the respect of best practices to be essential to project implementation. Pertinent reporting is presented to the financial partners concerned.