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European Centre of AITA/IATA
Universitätsplatz 5-6
D-49808 Lingen (Ems)
Germany
Phone-No.: ++49-591-9166 3-18
Fax-No.: ++49-591-9166 3-19
Director: Norbert Radermacher
Administrator: Anneliese Hanelt
The office is opened from Monday to Thursday from 9.00
to 12.00 a.m.
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AITA/IATA is the
world body of amateur theatre with members in 80 countries
on five continents.
AITA/IATA is a non-governmental member of
UNESCO.
The European Centre (ECE) of
AITA/IATA has been established to unite an effective,
European network of amateur theatre. It does not infringe
the autonomy or identity of regions, national amateur
theatre centres, institutions, initiatives or groups, but
serves to strengthen and support them..
The Centre is conducted in German,
English, French and Spanish.
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The European Centre is financed by the
Town of Lingen (Ems) and moreover, projects are also financed
by the region Emsland, the federal country of Lower Saxony,
ministries of the Federal Republic of Germany and the
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The most important
tasks of the European Centre are the information of all
National Amateur Theatre Centres of AITA/IATA in
Europe,
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the cooperation
between the individual amateur theatre associations and
amateur theatre groups and the organization of European
projects and events. A European network is being
established by:
- developing and improving communication and
cooperation amongst European Amateur Theatre and
supporting transnational and national European
projects
- developing increased cooperation and exchange of
information between the three European Regional
Committees of AITA/IATA, CEC, CIFTA and NEATA, as well as
other European regions and /or countries
- promoting and supporting European Youth Exchange
through theatre festivals and camps, workshops,
encounters and school theatre programmes
- assisting with the planning and organizing of
European, regional, and national projects of Amateur
Theatre, drama teaching and education
- organizing conferences to further international
development and exchange in all fields of drama and
making the results available to a broader public
- publishing regularly news/information on Festivals,
Workshops, etc.
In order to achieve
these targets, the European Centre Européen built up
in 1993 a data base and archives of the European Amateur
Theatre to disseminate information on events, training,
groups and individual artists. Moreover, AITA/IATA´s
address book 1994 was based upon this data base. A
systematology of the data base was developed which is
available at the European Centre
Européen.
In the beginning of
January 1997 the European Centre Européen was
connected to the Internet. This has facilitated and
improved the communication within AITA/IATA and contributes
essentially to the network of amateur theatre.
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