IKAA Gathering 2007 - Seoul, Korea

July 31st - August 5th, 2007
Sofitel Ambassador, Seoulprel.

Innmeldingsavgift: $150
Hotellpris: $120/rom (opptil 3 personer) FKA har deltatt i planleggingen og vi reiser også mest sannsynlig til Gathering 2007 for å delta på den største internasjonale konferansen for adopterte fra Sør-Korea. Vi regner med at iallfall 20-30 blir med fra Norge. Bli med du også!!!

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Info på engelsk:

After the highly successful adoptee Gatherings in the US, Europe and Korea, the international Korean Adoptee Associations, IKAA, is pleased to announce the IKAA Gathering in August 2007 in Seoul. It will be the first time since 2004 the global community of Korean adoptees returns to Seoul for another milestone event, planned and presented entirely by adoptee associations.
Since the Gatherings in 1999 in Washington DC, 2001 in Oslo, Norway and 2004 in Seoul, Korea, a concerted effort has been put forth to establish a global network by, and for, the Korean adoptee community. In this regard the importance of the Adoptee Gathering 2004 in Seoul was unprecedented, with more than 400 adoptees from 15 countries attending the event.
The IKAA Gathering 2007 will differ from the first three Gatherings as it will mark a new direction of cooperation and collaboration within our community of international adoptee associations. Hosted, supported and organized by IKAA associations from the United States and Europe in collaboration with G.O.A.’L, Korea, each of the associations will be fully responsible for a part of the program. Also smaller groups or different sub networks are invited to make presentations or projects during the conference days. The IKAA Gathering will represent a broad range of perspectives and truly reflect the diversity and richness of the adoptee community. Over 700 Korean adoptees are expected to attend the IKAA Gathering.

IKAA was first made official in March 2004 when the European associations formed IKAA Europe, followed shortly after by the establishment of IKAA USA. Common for all the IKAA associations is that they have existed between 6 and 20 years, their organizational structure and membership is comprised overwhelmingly of adult adoptees, and they have a long experience working with adoptees and they organize activities and events for their members on a regular basis.

The IKAA network reaches out to thousands of adoptees worldwide, serving as an invaluable resource for adoptees raised outside of Korea, for the exchange of ideas and information between adoptees, and for building bridges between Korea and our respective adoptive countries.
In conjunction with the Gathering 2007, the IKAA webportal will be developed to provide information about the network as well as various communication tools for the adoptee community.
More information will be available through this site or sign up for the IKAA newsletter: info@ikaa.org (subject line: newsletter).
SAVE THE DATE: July 31st-August 5th, 2007