The 3rd Annual Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace,
Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday 13 February Ð Sunday 5 March 2006
Announcement and Invitation to Participate
Please find below the Planning Timeline for the 2006 Festival. This has been developed to help individuals and organisations who may wish to participate in the 2006 Festival to meet the deadlines for the Festival Brochure production. Each event in the 2006 Festival will either be organised by the Festival co-ordinators, or be organised in close consultation with the Festival co-ordinators, to ensure that all of the Festival events fit within the Festival ethos and approach.
Individuals or organisations who may wish to participate in the 2006 Festival should submit a proposal by 10 July 2005. The Festival co-ordinators will give feedback on each proposal, and feedback on the practical steps required for the proposed event to be included in the 2006 Festival. For an event to be included in the 2006 Festival an agreed and accepted Festival event proposal must be concluded with the Festival co-ordinators by 10 September 2005, and finalised Festival event information must be delivered to the Festival co-ordinators by 15 October 2005 for inclusion in the Festival Brochure.
The Festival co-ordinators will be organising the lead events in the Festival. It is very important to liaise with the Festival co-ordinators on the selection of the event venue, the date and time of the event, any admission charge, the approach taken to organise the event, and how it fits into the Festival as a whole. The final decision on inclusion of an event in the Festival lies with the Festival co-ordinators, to ensure that all selected events are suitable for the 2006 Festival.
As well as publicity from the Festival Brochure, it is strongly recommended that each Festival event be publicised separately by the organiser of the event. We prefer, if possible, that venues used for Festival events will have disabled access, though we appreciate that in some cases this is not possible. The Festival itself takes up no fixed position on any political, ethical, or cultural question, and has an emphasis on spirituality, and on spiritual, educational and cultural approaches to peace and understanding. Please bear this in mind when submitting proposals.
Proposals are very welcome for festival pre-events, exhibitions and displays, education processes, school visits, visits to places of worship, visits to places of spiritual significance, workshops, talks, dialogues, forums, times for reflection, spiritual practice events, services, morning spiritual observances, intra-spiritual and inter-spiritual sharing, community building events, creative engagement events, deepening of spirituality events, events based upon open space approaches, networking events, retreats, vigils, training sessions, book launches, media events, arts and cultural events Ð including music, dance and movement, drama, visual arts, storytelling, poetry, crafts, film, animation, mime, clowning, etc, among others that you may wish to suggest.
We look forward to receiving your proposals for 2006 Festival events, and to working with you to bring the event to fruition as part of the 2006 Festival!
2006 Festival Planning
The 3rd Annual Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace, Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday 13 February Ð Sunday 5 March 2006, is jointly organised by The Edinburgh International Centre for World Spiritualities, EICWS, and, The Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning, EIAL.
Planning Timeline for the 2006 Festival
Report on the 2005 Festival sent out: 15 April 2005
Announcement/Invitation for 2006 Festival proposals sent out: 15 April 2005
Deadline for submission of proposal for 2006 Festival participation: 10 July 2005
Deadline for agreed 2006 Festival event proposal: 10 September 2005
Deadline for finalised 2006 Festival event information: 15 October 2005
2006 Festival Brochure finalised: 5-10 November 2005
2006 Festival Brochure to printers: 18 November 2005
2006 Festival Brochure from printers: 1 December 2005
2006 Festival: Monday 13 February Ð Sunday 5 March 2006
Festival Proposal Submission
Please submit your proposals for 2006 Festival participation by 10 July 2005 to the address below.
Contribute Ideas
If you have ideas for the Festival, then please do get in contact.
Festival Volunteering
The Festival co-ordinators would welcome offers to volunteer in the Festival.
Festival Hospitality
The Festival co-ordinators would also welcome offers of hospitality, by agreeing to host a meal for several people participating in the Festival. This will provide an excellent opportunity to make new connections with people inspired by the Festival theme. Further, perhaps some people would like to offer to host one or more people visiting the Festival, for a day or more during their stay.
Festival Sponsorship
The Festival co-ordinators would welcome being put in contact with potential Festival sponsors. Both financial and in-kind sponsorship would be welcome.
Neill Walker,
4 William Black Place, South Queensferry,
Edinburgh, EH30 9PZ. Scotland.
Ph: +44 (0)131 331 4469, Email