World Theatre Day

	ITI
	The International Theatre Institute ITI, an NGO in formal associate relations with UNESCO, was officially inaugurated during the meeting of its first World Congress in Prague, 1948, organized on the initiative of UNESCO and a group of international theatre experts.

	ITI's Objectives
	To promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in the domain of the performing arts
	To stimulate creation and increase cooperation among theatre people
	To increase public awareness of the need to take artistic creation into consideration in the domain of Development
	To deepen mutual understanding and contribute to the consolidation of peace and friendship between peoples
	To join in the defence of the ideals and aims of UNESCO
	To combat all forms of racism or social and political discrimination

	To further its goals and especially to spread the idea of theatre as a bridge-builder for peace and mutual understanding, in 1961 the ITI created World Theatre Day, celebrated annually on 27th March. Each year the Executive Council of the ITI selects a message author and circulates the international address all over the world. The message is translated into more than 20 languages.

	For more information: www.iti-worldwide.org