International Democratic Education Conference

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.

History

IDEC was first held in 1993, and has been held in all subsequent years except for 2001 (see notes). The length of the conferences has varied between two days for the first event and 15 days in 1997. The purpose of each conference has been decided by the school that is organising it.

Internal Democratic Education Conference details
Year	Host school	Location	Participating countries
1993	The Democratic School of Hadera	Israel	Austria, Israel, UK, USA
1994	Sands School[1]	England	Austria, Israel, UK
1995	The WUK[2]	Vienna, Austria	Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Norway, UK, USA
1996	The Democratic School of Hadera	Israel	Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, UK, USA
1997	Sands School	England	Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Palestine, Turkey, New Zealand, Ukraine, UK, USA
1998	The Stork Family School	Vinnitsa, Ukraine	Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA
1999	Summerhill School	Leiston, Suffolk, England	Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, UK, US
2000	Tokyo Shure[3]	Japan	Australia, China, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Palestine, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA
2001	Institute of Democratic Education	Israel and Palestine	Germany, Israel, Palestine
2002	Tamariki School	Christchurch, New Zealand	Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, UK, USA
2003	Albany Free School, Alternative Education Resource Organization	United States	Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA
2004	SchoolScape	Bhubaneshwar, India	Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, UK, USA
2005	K.R.A.T.Z.A.	Berlin, Germany	Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA.
2006	Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternative Education (AAPAE)[4]	Sydney, Australia	Australia, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA
2007	Institute for Democratic Education (Politeia),[5] World Education Forum, Mogi das Cruzes	Brasil	Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, USA.
2008	SANE	Vancouver, Canada	Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, UK, USA
2009	People's Solidarity for Alternative Education, Korean Parents's Association for Alternative Education, Seoul Alternative Learning Community Network	Seoul, South Korea	Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the USA
2010	Institute of Democratic Education	Tel Aviv, Israel	Australia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Poland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA
2011	Sands School[6]	United Kingdom
2012	Nuestra Escuela [7][8]	Puerto Rico	TBD
2013	The Patchwork School [9][10]	Colorado, USA	TBD
2014		Gwangmyeong, Korea	TBD
2015	Ako-ā-Rongo Trust	Nelson, New Zealand	TBD
2016		Mikkeli, Finland

Notes:^[11]

• IDEC 2001: The conference was to be held jointly and co-hosted by the Institute of Democratic Education in Israel and the Hope Flowers School in Palestine, but the international situation reduced it to a comparatively small event, attended mainly by Israelis, Palestinians and Germans; for that situation they was decided to call this conference the “Israeli Democratic Education Conference”.
• IDEC 2009: The conference was cancelled due to H1N1^[12]
• IDEC 2012: For the very first time, the IDEC conference will be held in the Caribbean at Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth (unincorporated territory) of the United States.

See also

• Summerhill School
• European Democratic Education Conference
• European Democratic Education Community
• Democratic education
• List of democratic schools

External links

• International Democratic Education Network - further information and a data-base of democratic schools
• IDEC 2003 was held in Troy, New York, USA
• IDEC 2004 was held in Bhubaneshwar, India, from Dec 3rd to Dec 12th 2004
• IDEC 2005 was held in Berlin, Germany, July 30 to Aug 7th 2005
• IDEC 2006 was held in Sydney, Australia, July 10 to July 16, 2006
• IDEC 2007 was held in São Paulo, Brazil, September 8 to 16 2007
• IDEC 2008 was held in Vancouver, Canada, August 11 to 18 2008
• IDEC 2009 was to have been held in South Korea, August 1 to 8 2009
• IDEC 2010 was held in Tel-Aviv, Israel, April 6 to 13 2010
• IDEC@EUDEC 2011 was held in Devon, England, July 5 to 14 2011
• IDEC 2012 was held in Caguas, Puerto Rico, March 24 to 28 2012.
• IDEC@EUDEC 2016 will be held in Mikkeli, Finland, June 6 to 10 2016.

References

1. Sands School official website. Retrieved 1/15/09.
2. The WUK official website. Retrieved 1/15/09.
3. Tokyo Shure official website. Retrieved 1/15/09.
4. Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternative Education official website. Retrieved 1/15/09.
5. Politieia official website. Retrieved 1/15/09.
7. Nuestra Escuela: A School with a Mission of Love - IDEA, Institute for Democratic Education in America
8. IDEC 2012 - Caguas, Puerto Rico - Official website
10. IDEC 2013 - Boulder, Colorado, USA - Official website
11. IDEN: IDEC : International Democratic Education Conference general information
12. Notice | IDEC 2009 KOREA official website. Retrieved 9/10/09.