Svenska ASSITEJ (ASSITEJ Sweden) - Svenska föreningen för barn- och ungdomsteater

Svenska ASSITEJ is a platform for anyone who works with or has interests in performing arts for children and young people in Sweden. ASSITEJ's members consist of actors, directors, scenographers and dramatists, as well as theater groups, organizations and institutions, reviewers and cultural writers, cultural secretaries, amateurs, organizers and associations. Svenska ASSITEJ works to spread knowledge about Swedish performing arts for children and uinga, as well as organizing exchanges, guest games and communicating contacts. As a member, you will have access to a global network of information about festivals, courses and seminars from all over the world. We work closely with ASSITEJ centers and organizations around the world with whom we conduct a range of collaborative projects such as the exchange of performances, visits to festivals, workshops and seminars. Over the past 15 years, we have been working closely with dozens of countries in southern and eastern Africa where we organized seminars, workshops and performance exchanges. By 2015, we have completed two major projects that included exchanges with Lebanon, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The core actvities are finnaced by membership fees and a yearly grant from the National Arts Council (Kulturrådet). Other sources of funding is the Swedish Institue and Sida for specific projects.