International Democratic Education Conference (I

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The International Democratic Education Conference, or IDEC, is an annual academic and youth conference hosted by a variety of schools and organizations in cities around the world. IDEC was first held in 1993, and has been held in all subsequent years except for 2001. That year plans for a conference jointly organized in Israel and Palestine had to be cancelled. The Israelis organised a smaller event which was attended by Arabs, Jews and Germans. The length of the conferences has varied between two days for the first event and 15 days in 1997. Recently most have attracted around three hundred participants from all over the world. Students from both the host organisation and visiting schools have nearly always played a large part; the conference in 1997 at Sands School in the UK and the Tokyo conference in 2000 were in fact run almost entirely by students. There are differing views as to the purpose of the IDECs. Some see them as an opportunity to discuss shared problems in a supportive atmosphere. Others hope to spread the idea of democratic education by inviting possible converts and attracting favourable publicity. The purpose of any given conference is decided by the organisers. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27698157129 http://www.idenetwork.org/idec/idec-english.htm http://www.idenetwork.org/democratic-schools.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Democratic_Education_Conference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_school