NETWORKS AND ALLIANCES
IDEA members have formed regional networks and alliances over the years. IDEA has also established alliances with many other associations and collaborators, strengthening the global community of drama/theatre educators and practitioners, and supporting the exchange of knowledge, research and practice. Some of the networks formed by members are Drama Boreale, APDEA (Asia-Pacific Drama Education Alliance) and others. One of the most significant networks, closely connected to IDEA, and working as IDEA’s regional network is IDEA Europe.
IDEA EUROPE
IDEA Europe (IE) is an informal network consisting of IDEA members in Europe. Main aims are project-cooperations with EU-funding, political interventions in EU, exchange of experiences/new steps/ideas for progress in drama-education (formal and non-formal).
The annual meetings last 3 to 4 days in different European countries. Hosts are the IDEA-member-associations in the hosting country and partner-institutions. The agendas are made by the IE- Coordination-Committee according to members requests and proposals.
The task of the IDEA Europe Network is:
- to stimulate, support and endorse the actions of and the cooperation between the members of the Network
- to endorse the aims and the work of its members on national level
- to take initiative and to coordinate common European policy and actions accepted by the annual Meeting of the Members
- to stimulate, support and endorse existing and future cooperation between the members of the IDEA Europe Network and partners in other continents.
Since 2005, IDEA Europe annual meetings (IEM) happened in Mostar, Frankfurt (2006: The Official Founding of IDEA Europe), Viterbo, Silkeborg, Budapest, Athens, Kocaeli, Belgrade, Reykjavik, Sandnäs, Vilnius, Prague, Evora, Amsterdam, Bucharest. The 2026 IEM will be held in Helsinki, Finland.
