What benefits does ICD bring?

For children	who will live and work in a global age, ICD will provide essential life skills of global learning enabling them to successfully navigate through difference and become active global citizens able to adapt and adjust to different country/cultural contexts. Case studies from Connecting Classrooms (38.5KB)
For parents	who will see the benefits of ICD directly on the life opportunities of their children, making them globally literate, more marketable to employers and better able to live and enjoy difference, leading to more cohesive communities.
For communities	who will engage in ICD in order to build confidence in tackling local tensions, such as interfaith tensions, as well as national and international issues of climate change and global poverty.
For employers	ICD will provide the skill set necessary to compete in a global economy.
For countries	who will see ICD as an important tool to create 'good neighbours' and minimise potential for cross-border tensions, hostility or war. For places and situations of conflict and post-conflict ICD is a way to mediate and facilitate reconciliation.