The Society for International Development (SID) was founded in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1957. SID has a network of individual and institutional members, local chapters and partner organisations, in more than 80 countries. It works with more than 100 associations, networks and institutions involving academia, parliamentarians, students, political leaders and development experts, both at local and international level.

Secretariat

The SID Secretariat has been based in Rome since 1979. Additionally, SID opened a Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi in 2003.

Governing Council

SID members elect the SID Governing Council via a mail ballot every four years. The current council for the 2012–2015 period is:

SID Journal Development

Development (, eISSN: ) is the quarterly journal of the Society for International Development (SID), published by the Palgrave Macmillan press. The ISO 4 abbreviation for the journal is Development (Rome), but it is also cited as Development (Washington).

Membership

Most SID members are organised into local chapters through which they have the opportunity to engage in development initiatives and events (such as conferences, seminars, lecture series, round tables, advocacy campaigns, charity events) in their locale maintaining a strong link with the territory.

Washington Chapter

The Washington Chapter is the largest and most active chapter of the Society for International Development, with 150 member organizations and over a thousand individual members. SID-Washington is committed to three principal objectives:

Notable event speakers

Buenos Aires Chapter

The Buenos Aires Chapter (SID-Baires) was created at the end of 1957, by a group of Argentinean intellectuals and scholars. The chapter – known as "Argentine Chapter" changed the name to "Buenos Aires Chapter" in 2000, following the creation of two new chapters in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The Buenos Aires Chapter is one of the oldest chapter of SID that has engaged consistently and continuously for more than 50 years in activities and programmers addressing development questions and processes from a both national and international perspective. In September 2010, the first issue of SIDbaires' new magazine, ''Qué? Hacer para el Desarrollo'', was launched.

Netherlands Chapter

The Society for International Development in the Netherlands (SID NL) was founded in 1991.

Activities

SID NL organises lectures, debates and conferences on international cooperation development. Each activity provides the audience with the opportunity to enter into a debate with influential (international) speaker(s).

SID Lectures

Series of lectures discussing a specific subject from multiple perspectives. The lectures take place at the VU University Amsterdam. Each series of lectures has a common theme:

Notable event speakers

Other activities