NEWSLETTER No. 3 (English)   18th April, 2005
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International Democratic
Education Conference

IDEC 2005 Berlin

July 30th - August 7th
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The 13th International Democratic Education Conference will
take place from July 30th until August 7th in Germany in
Berlin. There is extensive information on our website:
-> http://idec2005.org

1. Travel and Attendance Subsidies
2. Reduced Attendance Fee for Students
3. Topic Suggestions Needed
4. Frequently Asked Questions


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1. Travel and Attendance Subsidies
        
We are now offering a series of small subsidies for
participants who cannot afford the journey or the attendance
fee. We want to prioritise the participation of people with
low incomes from economically weaker countries.

In order to simplify the procedure, we are offering fixed
subsidies which must be applied for. As part of each
subsidy, the attendance fee for *one* participant will be
waived. Groups as well as individuals are welcome to request
any of the subsidy awards.

If you require a subsidy, we ask for a short, informal
request to be sent to info@idec2005.org before the 8th May
2005. The steering group will decide on the requests
immediately after this date.

The request (no more than 2 pages) should answer the
following questions:

- Who the applicants are and why the IDEC is important for
   them?
- What are the estimated costs for the applicants to come to
   Berlin?
- Why do the applicants need the subsidy?

We will assign three different subsidies:

1) 16 subsidies of 250 Euro
2)  7 subsidies of 500 Euro
3)  4 subsidies of 750 Euro.


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2. Reduced Attendance Fee for Students

We have reduced the registration fee for students of
democratic schools / educational organisations to
*220 Euro*.

For students who have already registered, we ask whether
they want to take this offer up, retroactively.

We hope that students who can easily afford the full amount
will be happy to waive this discount. This supportive
gesture would be handled as a voluntarily increased
contribution. Some of the previously registered participants
have already agreed to this.


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3. Topic Suggestions Needed

We have begun the detailed preparation of the program. To
make this work we need as many offers from participants as
possible. The IDEC is based on the discussions, workshops
and lectures led by the participants. As part of a
suggestion we would like; the title, a description of the
event, and the names of those who are offering it. These
offers are needed for part A (in the FEZ), but most
especially for part B (in the Humboldt university).

Topic Suggestions:
-> http://en.idec2005.org/themes/

Please send your contributions to
-> info@idec2005.org

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4. Frequently Asked Questions

We have created a page of answers to questions that have
been posed to us. We hope that some of the questions that
arise in your preparations for the IDEC will be answered
here. We will update this list with further questions as
they appear.
- > http://en.idec2005.org/faq/


Finally, we hope and recommend that all prospective
attendees subscribe to our newsletter and invite others to
subscribe as well.

Many points from past newsletters are still current, for
example we still need assistance with the fundraising and
with the publicity for the IDEC. The most important thing
for us is to encourage the participation and cooperation of
students and graduates from democratic education. If
possible, please look again at the previous newsletters:
- > http://en.idec2005.org/newsletter/

Please don’t forget to register! You must register, in order
to participate in the IDEC.
- > http://en.idec2005.org/registration/

With good wishes from the steering group,
Mike Weimann