ASSITEJ International Information

ASSITEJ was established in 1965 by a global alliance of professional theatre for children and young people. Today, ASSITEJ is an international network of theatre for children and young people. ASSITEJ links thousands of theatres, organizations and individuals through national centres in more than 80 countries. ASSITEJ was created to facilitate the development of theatre for children and young people on the highest artistic level. Recognizing that children and young people make up a large part of the world's population and that children and young people are the future of the world, the aims of ASSITEJ are: To work for the rights of children and young people to artistic experiences especially designed and created for them. To work for the recognition and acknowledgement of theatre for children and young people. To work for improvement of the conditions of theatre for children and young people all over the world. To improve the common knowledge of theatre for children and young people worldwide, thus drawing the attention of international and national authorities to the importance of taking children and young people and the work created for them seriously. To give people working with theatre for children and young people possibilities of becoming acquainted with the work of colleagues from other countries and cultures, thus enabling them to enrich theatre for children and young people in their own country. To help to form in all countries, ASSITEJ centres which function in accordance with the mission, constitution and policies of the Association. These national centres shall unite all theatres, organizations and people interested in theatre for children and young people.