 Mission/Vision
IDEC is an annual meeting about alternative schools in witch students have a far bigger opportunity to participate than in regular schools. In these schools students are recognised as individuals and equal members of society. The agenda of such a school is highly influenced by the students.
What does the organization do?
There are differing views as to the purpose of the IDECs:
Mainly they can be seen as an opportunity to discuss ideas and experiences.
The organisers may hope to spread the idea of democratic education by inviting possible converts and attracting favourable...
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There are differing views as to the purpose of the IDECs:
Mainly they can be seen as an opportunity to discuss ideas and experiences.
The organisers may hope to spread the idea of democratic education by inviting possible converts and attracting favourable publicity.
Some see them as a way of improving the public perception of the host schools in their own countries.
Others see the conference as a means of bonding schools so that they can offer support in times of crisis, on the "united we stand, divided we fall" principle.
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Opportunities for Youth
Once representatives of a school have agreed to run a conference, everything is in their hands - dates, participants, cost, accommodation and style of conference. The length of the conferences has varied between two days for the first one to a fortnight in 1997. Students from both the host school...
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Once representatives of a school have agreed to run a conference, everything is in their hands - dates, participants, cost, accommodation and style of conference. The length of the conferences has varied between two days for the first one to a fortnight in 1997. Students from both the host school and visiting schools play a large part; the conference at Sands School in 1997 and the Tokyo conference in 2000 were run almost entirely by students.
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Organization Status
Not-For-Profit (NFP)
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