National Centres
National Centres representing the various disciplines of theatre life of their country are the sole full members of the organization. When a group of members of the performing arts community are applying for membership, the Centre they are forming must be representative of the current theatre community.

Each Centre shall include a board of directors in which the various branches of the live performing arts shall be represented (playwrights, composers, singers, choreographers, actors, dancers, producers, set designers, theatre managers, etc.). This board shall meet regularly, apart from holding general assemblies which shall include a relatively large number of individual or collective representatives of each of these branches.

Considering it desirable for the Centres to have both national and international activity, they shall be requested to assume a minimum of responsibilities including but not limited to those listed below:

The Centres may use the Congress, the sessions and events of the ITI for promoting the activities of their country or their organization and for presenting their country’s performing arts (theatre, dance, opera, ballet, playwrights, directors, state theatres, off-theatres, etc.) to the world with publications and promotional material.

The Centres also have the opportunity to make their work and their country’s theatre known through the ITI publication the «The World of Theatre» and the «World Theatre Directory» on the ITI web site. Many Centres publish a national newsletter and some circulate this to other Centres. A number of Centres produce their own theatre publications.

The Centres should continuously promote their Centre and the ITI to all members of the performing arts community in their Country. They should always be inclusive – for the young, the active and for those who merit to be considered through their long-standing activities for the performing arts and ITI.

Centres are encouraged to send a delegation to the Congress and to other international ITI events, festivals, conferences or workshops.