Create Inspiring Playgrounds

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IPA XIX Triennial World Conference, 2014

First Call – Expressions of Interest

[Download the Expression of Interest]

Expressions of interest are invited from branches, organisations or groups who wish to be considered to organise and host the 19th IPA Triennial World Conference in 2014.

A letter indicating an expression of interest should be submitted to the IPA Secretary by 1st May 2010. Groups or organisations representing the proposed host country or city should also enclose a written agreement in support of the bid from the national representative to the IPA Council.

Information packs containing: conference guidelines; statement of intent form; application guidelines and the application form will be circulated in May 2010. A statement of intention to bid to be the conference host should be lodged with the Secretary by 31st July 2010.

Full applications and any supporting materials must be in the hands of the Secretary no later than 12 noon on Friday 26th February 2011.

Margaret Westwood
IPA Secretary
c/o Business Centre 1/4
Waverly Court
4 East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG
Scotland
UK
margaret.westwood@edinburgh.gov.uk

IPA Special General Meeting

This will be held in Karlstad, Sweden, during IPA Sweden’s Conference (29th September to 1st October 2010) Further information available soon.

The conference will focus on playgrounds with staff, on the role of adults – how and when they are important. The conference will be conducted in English.

2011 IPA World Triennial Conference – Cardiff Wales

IPA’s 50th Anniversary Conference will be held in Cardiff Wales in July 2011.
For all the information go to www.ipa2011.org

Call for Abstracts and Proposals

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Past Conference: IPA 17th Triennial Conference “Play in a Changing World”

IPA held its 17th triennial conference in Hong Kong in January 2008. Following are the texts of two of the keynote addresses, summaries of which appear in the March edition of the IPA PlayRights Magazine.
– Children and the Right to Play
– Three Generations of Play in Taishido (PDF – Click Here)
(original published in the Intergenerational Journal, Penn State University)

IPA was instrumental in the inclusion of the word “play” in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In a keynotey address at its triennial conference in Hong Kong, Jaap Doek, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for seven years, urged IPA to take action to ensure more effective implementation of article 31.*