FICE-USA

Events

FICE 2010 Congress

Celebrating the courage to care in a diverse world

December 7-9, 2010
Stellenbosch, South Africa

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General Assemblies and Congresses

FICE Congresses

FICE usually holds Congresses every two years now. They are the main international events at which it also holds its General Meetings where elections are held for the President and other key international posts. They are usually attended by several hundred delegates from about forty countries. Their programmes include major papers, workshops for smaller groups, visits to services, a chance to meet people and network and opportunities for tourism.

The first Congress was held at Trogen in Switzerland in 1948. In addition to Congresses, FICE-International holds seminars in the countries where Federal Council meetings are held, organised by the National Sections which are acting as hosts. There are also international seminars (such as those run under the auspices of FICE-Europe), expert workshops and working parties on specific subjects.

The following are the Congresses and other main international events, with the most recent first:

DatePlaceCountryTheme 
2008 Helsinki Finland Better Future for Children TODAY!
2006 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Build a positive future despite a difficult past!
2004 Glasgow Scotland A Place for Children
2002 Berlin Germany In the Jungle of the Cities
2000 Maastricht Netherlands  
1998 Paris France  
1998 Luxembourg Luxembourg
1996 Erfurt Germany
1994 Milwaukee United States
1992 Budapest Hungary
1990 Prague Chechoslovakia
1988 St. Gallen / Trogen Switzerland
1986 Malmö Sweden
1985 Luxembourg Luxembourg
1984 Luminy / Marseilles France
1982 Köszeg Hungary
1981 Hadasseh Neurim Israel Residential education for disadvantaged youth
1979 Dublin Ireland
1978 Graz Austria
1977 Vienna Austria
1976 Aberdeen Scotland Integrated caring
1975 Amsterdam Netherlands
1974 Banjaluka Yugoslavia
1973 Paris France Training and improving of teachers and educators
1972 Warsaw Poland
1971 Königstein West Germany The child between home, parents and administration
1970 Budapest Hungary Childcare in Hungary
1969 Klemskerke Belgium
1968 Trogen Switzerland
1967 Vienna Austria
1966 Tabarz East Germany
1965 London England The residential environment: theory and practice
1964 Ljubljana Yugoslavia
1963 Malmö Sweden
1962 Prague Czechoslovakia
1961 Tunis Tunis
1960 Zurich Switzerland
1959 Vienna Austria
1958 Jerusalem Israel
1957 Brighton England
1956 Heppenheim West Germany
1955 Courcelles Belgium
1954 Boulouris sur Mer France
1952 Strasbourg France
1951 Florence Italy
1950 Lyon France
1949   Belgium
1948 Trogen/Heiden Switzerland The education of war-handicapped