Affiliates and Councils in Europe

More than two dozen affiliates and councils serve the needs of reading professionals in Europe. IRA’s International Development in Europe Committee serves a coordinating role.

Find out more directly from the organizations and publications listed below, or contact IRA headquarters.

National Affiliates

Belgium
Association Belge Pour la Lecture
--Council No. B2A00--
Serge L. Terwagne, President
Department of Psychopedagogy
Teacher Training College
HEJA Namur
Rue des Dames Branches, 3b
5000 Namur
E-Mail

Publication:

Belgian Reading Association - Nederlandstalige Afdeling
--Council No. B1A00--
Caroline Andries, President

Bulgaria (Rep.)
Bulgarian Reading Association
--Council No. B6A00--

Croatia
The Croatian Reading Association
--Council No. C8A00--
Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, President

Publication:

Czech Republic
Czech Reading Association
--Council No. C9A00--
Radka Wildovä, President
U Sluncovä 605/5
186 00 Prague 8
Czech Republic
420 22 190 0110
E-Mail

Denmark
Danish National Association of Reading Teachers
--Council No. D5A00--
Gert Niemann, President
Karen Maass, Copresident

Estonia
Estonian Reading Association
--Council No. E5A00--
Maili Vesiko-Liinev, President

Finland
Finnish Reading Association
--Council No. F3A00--
Virpi Ravolainen, President
Poranmäki 6
FI-41400 Lievestuore
Finland
358 50 5953 888
Email: virpi.ravolainen at jklmlk.fi

Publication:

France
French Reading Association
--Council No. F6A00--
Michel Piriou, President

Germany
German Society for Reading and Writing - Section of IRA
--Council No. G5A00--
Renate Valtin, President Humboldt Universität
Abteilung Grundschulpädagogik
Geschwister Scholl Str. 7
10099 Berlin
Germany
49 302 0934 182
E-Mail

Greece
Greek Reading Association
--Council No. G7A00--
Pan Papoulia Tzelepi, President
Syrou 2
Holargos
155 62 Athens
Greece
30 21065 63651
E-Mail

Publication:

Eleni Tzelepi, Coeditor
Mplessa 25
Papagou 15669
Athens, Greece

Hungary (Rep.)
Hungarian Reading Association
--Council No. H8A00--
János Steklács, President

Ireland
Reading Association of Ireland
--Council No. I5A00--
Brendan Culligan, President

Iceland
Icelandic Reading Association
--Council No. I1A00--
Erna G. Arnadottir, President

Israel
Israel Reading Association
--Council No. I6A00--
Shlomo Alon, President
Hebrew Elementary School
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem
Israel
972 2 560 3597
E-Mail

Publication:

Latvia
Latvian Reading Association
--Council No. L3A00--
Sandra Kalnina, President

Luxembourg
Luxemburg Reading Association
--Council No. L7A00--

Macedonia (Former Y’slav)
Reading Association Republic of Macedonia Affiliate
--Council No. M1A00--
Anica Petkoska, President

Netherlands
Reading Association in the Netherlands
--Council No. N1A00--
Jeroen H. M. W. Clemens, President

Norway
Norwegian Reading Association
--Council No. N6A00--
Arnhild Johannessen, President
Saturnveien 6
5519 Haugesund
Norway
47 52 74 34 84

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