Republics and Camps of The IFM-SEI
There were four children's republics held by the international before World War II they were:
- 1933 First Republic : Oostduinkerke, Belgium .
- 1935 Second Republic : Verneuil-l'Étang, France . 900 children from Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, UK and Switzerland.
- 1937 Third Republic : Brighton, United Kingdom . Theme: Solidarity, 2,000 participants from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Britain, Spain and Tunisia.
- 1939 Fourth Republic : Wandre, Belgium . Theme: Freedom and Peace, 1,600 participants, from Belgium, France, UK, Switzerland, Tunisia and refugee children from Spain.
Since the end of World War II the IFM-SEI organises international camps as well as encouraging bi- and multi-lateral camps between members. The following is a list of official IFM-SEI camps held since 1945:.
- 1946 Brighton, United Kingdom
- 1951 Döbriach, Austria
- 1952 Füssen, Germany
- 1955 Oslo, Norway
- 1956 Stockholm, Sweden
- 1958 Vienna, Austria
- 1961 Deurne, Belgium
- 1988 Imatra, Finland
- 1991 Norrköping, Sweden
- 1997 Zanka, Hungary
- 2000 Döbriach, Austria. Theme: Children's Rights, 1000 participants
- 2006 Kent, United Kingdom. Theme: Millennium Development Goals, 5000 participants
- 2010 Döbriach, Austria and Jedovnice, Czech Republic: Theme: Train 4 Change, 1000 participants
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