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The International Confederation of Principals (ICP) is a global association of school leadership organisations.

ICP was founded in 1991, and operates through a council with up to three delegates from each member organisation. The Council meets three times in a two-year period and elects an executive committee to work with and support the elected president of ICP, while an executive secretary services both executive and council. ICP has over 40 members, each member being a major independent organisation that supports the work of school leaders. The ICP represents School Leader associations across five continents; it is non-political and secular and gives a powerful international voice to School Principals. Membership is open to any organisation of School Leaders whose constitution contains nothing contrary to the constitution of the ICP.

The ICP Constitution has the following objectives:

i. Promoting and improving educational outcomes globally

ii. Promoting the undertaking of research which will be of benefit to the education community generally.

iii. Promoting the exchange of people, sharing of ideas, dissemination of research findings and broad distribution of professional publications

iv. Advocating for and encouraging the development of more significant resources for education which in turn fosters international understanding and goodwill, respect for human rights and dignity across all races and cultures

v. Promoting and encouraging equal opportunity for all young people through increasing their capacity to access and benefit from education

vi. Actively developing and promoting robust pedagogical and leadership initiatives which have a capacity to increase system, school and individual capital.

vii. Entering into partnerships with like organisations for the purposes of enhancing educational opportunities for groups and individuals which has previously been denied them

viii. Ensuring that the structures, processes and working relationships which exist within the International confederation of Principals (ICP) Council, Executive and associated legal entities reflect good governance.

The ICP holds a biennial international convention drawing together School Principals from all over the world for dialogue and professional development.

Previous conventions were held in the following locations:

" 2007 Auckland, New Zealand
" 2005 Cape Town, South Africa
" 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland
" 2001 Gyeong-ju, Korea
" 1999 Helsinki, Finland
" 1997 Boston, U.S.A.
" 1995 Sydney, Australia
" 1993 Geneva, Switzerland

The 2011 convention will be held in Toronto, Canada

The current President is Mr Andrew Blair, President of the Australian Secondary Principals Association.