A warm welcome to
<Living in the Encounter>!
Update 16 december 2011
Reports, videos & pictures of the Vienna congress,
3 - 6 august 2011:
Please look at menue item > reports Vienna 2011.
Congresses worldwide –
yesterday, today, tomorrow
The Congress impulse is alive, growing and on the move. Already well-established in Europe, it is now spreading around the world. Interestingly, this development started in countries with so-called emerging economies.
Thailand 17 - 19 february 2012
The frist congress in Thailand will take place in Bangkok 17 - 19 february 2012.
For more information please contact Mr Thomas Kraus
Third Congress in Brazil 23 - 27 april 2012
in Bertioga near São Paulo
theme: "Construindo o Caminho com Amor" -- Building the Way with Love.
fee 250 €.
Invitation (English) download here (jpg 353 kB)
Registration form download here (word 24 kB)
Website: http://www.pedagogiacurativa.org.br/
Second Congress in Russia 23 - 26 september 2012
in Ekaterinburg.
More information will follow.
Previous Congresses
Georgia
The first Caucasian Congress for people with handicaps took place on june 9th - 11th 2011 in Tiflis / Georgia. Theme: 'We all need us'
More information you can find on the websites of the organizers:
Zentrum für freie Pädagogik (in German and Russian, too): www.cfp.ge
Association for People in Need of Special Care (APNSC) (in English, too): www.apnsc.ge
Russia
1. Russian Congress for People with special needs, 19. - 22. September 2010, Moscow
In June 2009 at Rostov on Don, Southern Russia, was the venue for an all-Russian working meeting. A preparatory group with participants from all over Russia was formed. The first Congress in Russia is in full swing.
Participants from other countries are warmly welcome to attend!
Progam (german, english, russian) for download here (pdf, 84 kB).
More informations via our E-mail address.
South America / Brazil
1. South American Congress for People with special needs,
16 - 19 November 2010
in Bertioga – Sao Paulo / Brazil
Interested people from the whole world are warmly invited to attend! See below for a report on the 2009 Brazilian Congress.
More informations via our E-mail address.
1. Brazilian Congress for people with special needs, 23 – 27 November 2009 in Penedo/ Rio de Janeiro
Some 150 people attended a five-day event. Two texts are available to download in German:
Invitation 2009 Brazil Congress, Report 2009 Brazil Congress.
Norway / Scandinavia
4. Summer Festival for people with special needs, 10 – 15 August 2009 in Gudbrandsdalen
To date there have been three scandinavian summer festivals in Järna (Sweden), all inspired by the >Living in the Encounter< impulse. The fourth will take place from 10 – 15 August 2009 at Gålåvatnet in Norway, in the heart of Peer Gynt country. The theme was “Peer Gynt”.
More information under www.nordisk.allkunstverk.com.
The Balkans / Serbia
1. Balkan Congress for people with special needs, 13 – 17 Mai 2009 in Beograd / Serbia
Around 160 participants from ten countries, but mainly the former Yugoslavia, came together for a five-day Congress in Beograd the Serbian capital. It was a first in the context of the Balkans.
Download a Congress report in German (pdf. 184 kB).
Further information in English and Serbian and photos see www.zivimozajedno.org
Future...
North America
Various events in connection with the Congress initiative took place in New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire in March 2009. The aim was to initiate the “1. American Congress for people with special needs”. Time will tell whether this can be implemented
Thomas Kraus, Berlin, Germany
Reports and Photos of the four previous <Living in the Encounter> European Congresses
can be found here: `previous Congresses´.