Seferihisar, Turkey EDERED 6 – 20 July 2012

This announcement is to countries who are members of CEC, NEATA or CIFTA

The EDERED Encounter is taking place in Turkey this year from the 6th to the 20th of July in YİBO (Seferihisar Boarding School) in Seferihisar.  The flight is to Izmir.

The cost to participants is the airfare alone – board and accommodation is provided by the host country.

If you are aware of any responsible young person aged between 12-14 years and who loves drama please be aware that the deadline to send their details to the their country’s National Centre is 29 February 2012.

Further details can be obtained from the EDERED handbook (link) or by visiting the EDERED website where you can find a link to the organisers in Turkey Çağdaş Drama Derneği (CDD) – Association for Contemporary Drama.

EDERED was founded in 1985. The idea grew out of an initiative put forward by the Council of Europe in a seminar hosted by Sweden in Eskilstuna in 1979 under the title, “ Children and Culture in Contemporary Europe ”.

The organisation consists of an executive board and a general assembly. Membership is open to those who have been responsible for the running of an Encounter in their own countries and to those who plan to organise one in the near future.

The first Children’s Encounter took place in 1982 and the first Youth Encounter was held in 1987.

The Encounter s usually last for t wo weeks and consist of an intensive inter-cultural workshop programme and planned social activities. The Encounters culminate in a final showing/presentation. Participants do not bring prepared theatre performances to the Encounters.

Kevin Dowsett

President ADC, CEC