What is AITA/IATA?

With members in more than 100 countries on 5 continents, IATA - International Amateur Theatre Association - is the powerful voice of the global amateur theatre community.

There are literally millions of people around the world actively involved in amateur theatre. These people share a commitment to creative theatrical expression without remuneration, and are members of more than 100,000 amateur theatre groups.

 Amateur theatre activity worldwide is under the auspices of National IATA Centres. Under its banner of universal understanding and education through theatre, IATA promotes cross-frontier cooperation, artistic enrichment, and a sense of universal togetherness.

IATA is a non-governmental member of UNESCO, and is one of the 9 members of the Standing Committee of International Theatre Organisations.

 

AITA/IATA REGIONS

Asian Regional Center (ARC)
Caribbean Regional Alliance (CARA)
Central American Regional Alliance (CEARA)
Central European Committee (CEC)
Comite International des Federations de Theatre Amateurs de CultureLatine (CIFTA)
North European Amateur Theatre Alliance (NEATA)
North American Regional Alliance (NARA)
South American Regional Alliance (SARA)

Argentina belongs to S.A.R.A. region

Official Logo of the South American Regional Alliance

South American Regional Alliance

At the present, the President of SARA is Mr. Guillermo Rodoni

AITA/IATA in Argentina

AITA/IATA General Assembly is composed by the representatives of all the Member-countries, the Executive Board and the Council of the ONG. The World Congress takes place once in two years. In 1999, it was developed since July 16th until July 23rd at the city of El Jadida, in Morocco. Guillermo Rodoni was there, for asking that Argentina was accepted as a new Member of AITA / IATA. The motion was accepted. So, our country has finally got into the ONG, after almost fifty years (it has been founded in 1952), in which this Organization had been completely unknown in Argentina.

The next World Congress took place in Monaco, in July 2001. As one of the results of that General Assembly, taking in account the hard work that had been made along those two years by La Comedia de Campana (the Argentinean National Center of AITA / IATA), our country was recognized as a "FULL-MEMBER" of AITA/IATA.

In the 26th General Assembly in Halifax (NS), Canada, in July 2003, Guillermo Rodoni became a Council Member of the World NGO.

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