# International Democratic Education Conference

The International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) is an annual academic and youth conference hosted by a variety of schools and organizations in cities around the world. It is a global gathering of educators, students, parents, and advocates who are interested in democratic education.

## History

IDEC was first held in 1993, and has been held in all subsequent years except 2001 (see notes). The length of the conferences has varied between two days for the first event and 15 days in 1997. The purpose of each conference has been decided by the school organising it.
Internal Democratic Education Conference details :
| Year | Host school | Location | Participating countries |
| 1993 | The Democratic School of Hadera | Israel | Austria, Israel, UK, USA |
| 1994 | Sands School | England | Austria, Israel, UK |
| 1995 | SchülerInnenschule & Werkcollege im WUK | Vienna, Austria | Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Norway, UK, USA |
| 1996 | The Democratic School of Hadera | Israel | Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, UK, USA |
| 1997 | Sands School | England | Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Palestine, Turkey, New Zealand, Ukraine, UK, USA |
| 1998 | The Stork Family School | Vinnytsia, Ukraine | Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA |
| 1999 | Summerhill School | Leiston, Suffolk, England | Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, UK, US |
| 2000 | Tokyo Shure | Japan | Australia, China, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Palestine, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA |
| 2001 | Institute of Democratic Education | Israel | Germany, Israel, Palestine |
| 2002 | Tamariki School | Christchurch, New Zealand | Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, UK, USA |
| 2003 | Albany Free School, Alternative Education Resource Organization | United States | Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA |
| 2004 | SchoolScape | Bhubaneshwar, India | Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, UK, USA |
| 2005 | K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. | Berlin, Germany | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA. |
| 2006 | Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternative Education (AAPAE) | Sydney, Australia | Australia, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA |
| 2007 | Institute for Democratic Education (Politeia), World Education Forum, Mogi das Cruzes | Brazil | Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, USA. |
| 2008 | SANE | Vancouver, Canada | Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, UK, USA |
| 2009 | People's Solidarity for Alternative Education, Korean Parents's Association for Alternative Education, Seoul Alternative Learning Community Network | Seoul, South Korea | Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the USA |
| 2010 | Institute of Democratic Education | Tel Aviv, Israel | Australia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Poland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA |
| 2011 | Sands School | United Kingdom | |
| 2012 | Nuestra Escuela | Puerto Rico | TBD |
| 2013 | The Patchwork School | Colorado, USA | TBD |
| 2014 | | Gwangmyeong, Korea | TBD |
| 2015 | Ako-ā-Rongo Trust | Nelson, New Zealand | TBD |
| 2016 | | Mikkeli, Finland | Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, USA, UK, South Africa. |
| 2017 | Education Cities Organization Institute of Democratic Education | Hadera, Israel | Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Columbia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nepal, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA, UK. |
| 2018 | Institute of Democratic Education | Bangalore, India | India, Indonesia, Brazil, Japan, UK, Israel, South Korea, Ukraine, Nepal, USA + more |
| 2019 | Institute of Democratic Education | Kyiv and Vinnytsia, Ukraine | ? |
| 2020 | Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir-Sri Matri Aurobindo Vidyalaya | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| 2021 | Summerhill School | United Kingdom | online |
| 2022 | Summerhill School | United Kingdom | |
| 2023 | Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| 2024 | IDEC 2024 Executive Committee (TDEC) | Taipei and Yilan, Taiwan | Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Nepal, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, Finland, Ukraine, Australia, Germany, Israel, India, United Kingdom, Thailand |
Notes:
* IDEC 2001: The conference was to be held jointly and co-hosted by the Institute of Democratic Education in Israel and the Hope Flowers School in Palestine, but the international situation reduced it to a comparatively small event, attended mainly by Israelis, Palestinians and Germans; for that situation they was decided to call this conference the "Israeli Democratic Education Conference".
* IDEC 2009: The conference was cancelled due to H1N1
* IDEC 2012: For the very first time, the IDEC conference will be held in the Caribbean at Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth (unincorporated territory) of the United States.