The Riksteatern Congress
Riksteatern – The Swedish National Touring Theatre is a non-profit organisation – an association of local theatre associations and other member organisations.
The Riksteatern Congress is its highest decision-making body. The Riksteatern Congress is held once every four years. Proxies from the various local Riksteater associations meet up at the Congress and together make decisions regarding the goals Riksteatern is to have and the direction it is to take. The Congress also elects a board of directors for the following four years. The board of directors manages Riksteatern’s activities between each Congress.
The Riksteatern board of directors collects together proposals for Congress into a proposition. Members and the local Riksteater associations may submit proposals to the Congress in the form of motions. These and the proposition will form the basis of the discussions held at the Congress and the decisions it makes.
8-10 May 2015: Riksteatern assembles for its Congress giving proxies from the local Riksteater associations the opportunity to decide on the direction to be taken by Riksteatern.
The Congress will be held in Göteborg at the Draken cinema located in Folkets Hus at Järntorget. It starts on Friday 8 May 2015 at 13.00 and ends at 17.00 on Sunday 10 May.
Dates leading up to the Congress
2013
Future issues discussed at forums around Sweden and the results reported to the Riksteatern board of directors.
September 2014
Decision taken that the number of members of each local Riksteater association is to determine how many proxies each association may send to Congress.
November 2014
All local and regional Riksteater associations and other member organisations given notice to attend the Riksteatern Congress.
8 January 2015
Deadline for local Riksteater associations/member to submit motions/proposals to Congress.
27 March 2015
Deadline for local Riksteater associations to provide authorisations to their proxies/representatives and the last date for participants to register.
10 April 2015
Congress documents distributed to proxies/representatives and every local Riksteater association.
8-10 May 2015
Congress: Representatives and proxies discuss the proposals. Proxies from the various local Riksteater associations make decisions regarding the future direction Riksteatern is to take and elect a new board of directors.