When will the 8th National Toy Festival be held?

According to the Fars news agency’s education department, The general review meeting of the 8th national toy festival and the creative house plan was held with the presence of the CEO of the intellectual development center.

In this meeting, Aydin Mehdizadeh, head of the toy supervision council of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, presented a short report on the process of holding the toy festival in the previous periods and said: The first three periods of the toy festival were mostly for sale, and from the fourth period onwards, the festival took on a different form. took

He added: The intellectual development center’s toy festival is held in the competitive, market, specialized, scientific and promotional sectors.

Mehdizadeh continued: Our proposal for the time of this festival is the same as last year, in the scientific and competitive part at the end of 1401 and the promotional and exhibition part at the beginning of 1402.

He clarified: Highlighting the international sector is another subject of interest; Last year, the festival was held virtually and we were able to use this opportunity for the presence of figures from other countries. Also, the promotional part is usually low in the festival, but this year we plan to make it more prominent.

Mehdizadeh stated: “The festival is almost self-governing; In the previous periods, we had the lowest expenses, but we did not have that kind of income, and sometimes financial support was also provided.

Qassem Soleimani, Director General of Public Relations of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, also noted the benefit of the capacities of Tehran province in holding the festival and continued: The festival can be held in the provinces as well, but we should not exclude Tehran.

He called holding the festival in a combined form last year a successful experience and said: If we are active in the production sector, the revenue generating sector will be more profitable.

Defining a specific cultural topic or project for each province and examining ways to attract companies to participate in the festival were some of the suggestions made by Mahmoud Morouj.

Also, partnering the education organization in holding the festival was one of the other issues mentioned by the promoter.

Then Leila Babaei, Director General of Constructive Entertainment and Computer Games of the Center, emphasized the importance of the promotional section and stated: All provinces have the ability to organize the promotional section. In the festival, we can use Iranian toys from the same province and have a definition for it in the promotion section. The promotional part is more important than the producers.

Babaei clarified: the level of interactions should reach such a level that games and entertainment become part of the education process; Also, the level of holding the festival should be such that we involve education and producers in order to make it profitable.

In the following, Hamed Shamgati, CEO of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, summarizing the talks while thanking Aydin Mahdizadeh, said: the importance of toys is important to us and it is considered our cultural fruit. What is certain is that the center of intellectual development does not enter a subject, but when it enters, it will do it in the best way.

He added: We can have a short-term or medium-term research work. Also, two or three experts discuss in the field of toys.

In another part of his speech, Markhi stressed the need for manufacturers to be up-to-date in this field and asked for panels to be defined for this issue.

The CEO of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents stated: Ministry of Education, Organization of Education and Training, Ministry of Guidance and Ministry of Sports and Youth can cooperate in this field. It is very important if we have scientific work along with it. In this context, we can also consider educational assistants and textbooks.

Shahligi said: By the first week of December, the documents will be ready and the committee will be made. Also, think about the provinces and how to be involved and make this an event. The proposal of simultaneous holding in Tehran and the provinces should be reviewed and the cost estimate attached.

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