By Wolfgang Schneider
GERMANY
What is ASSITEJ? Who is ASSITEJ? What does ASSITEJ do? These are questions that are constantly asked.
They are not easy to answer. They are questions that reveal the tasks and goals of ASSITEJ.
One should first explain the meaning of the acronym, what its mission statement declares, and who, what, and where it is supported.
Namibia is also a de facto registered member of Assitej-International.
The International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, established for more than 40 years and represented in more than 80 countries in the world, offers a lot of information about the organisation, the member centres and the daily artistic work in thousands of theatre companies.
Interested people can use the website, the catalogue of scripts and the festival guide, they can subscribe to the quarterly newsletter and since 1996 they can take part in the discussions documented in The ASSITEJ Book.
It is a great pleasure for the President of ASSITEJ to present to you volume no. 6 with a great variety of articles.
Main subject of The ASSITEJ Book 2006/2007 is The Next Generation: models, examples and presentations of how to deal with the world of artistic people, who will create the future of theatre for young audiences.
A lot of other important topics are also discussed and I am sure that you will use it for your own debates.
Namibia also has an article on youth theatre development in the book.
Please use The ASSITEJ Book also as an instrument of marketing, with articles in good quality for theatre in good quality.
Please distribute The ASSITEJ Book in your national landscape of the arts, give it to the artists, the presenters and to all the partners of theatre for children and young people.
And please present The ASSITEJ Book to all the people in the field of cultural policy, educational policy or youth policy to support the idea of ASSITEJ.
I have to thank my co-editor Tony Mack, Eckhard Mittelst???_?_’???_?’???_?