Previous ICF Congresses
The International Camping Fellowship encourages the creation and running of International Camping Congresses(ICC) in locations around the world on an approximate time frame of one every three years.
PURPOSE OF AN ICC
- To provide a venue and opportunity for camp professionals, students, friends and retirees in camping to meet, network, discuss and exchange views.
- To provide education in current trends and training on camping practices, of interest to an international audience, and applicable in all regions.
- To enable the host country, through its local association and organizing committee, to present camping, camping practices and local culture that are of interest to visiting delegates and delegations.
- To raise the profile of camping, generally, and in the host country, in particular, by presenting camping in the best light to both the media and the general public.
INTERNATIONAL CAMPING CONGRESSES
| NAME | WHERE | WHEN |
| 1st ICF Congress | Toronto, Canada | February 1983 |
| 2st ICF Congress | Washington, USA “Our Fragile World” | February 1987 |
| 3st ICF Congress | Toronto, Canada “KUMBAYAH” | March 1994 |
| 4st ICF Congress | St Petersburg, Russia “Nevsky Forum” | September 1997 |
| 5st ICF Congress | Tokyo, Japan “Creating a New Camping Culture” | October 2000 |
| 6st ICF Congress | Melbourne, Australia “Beneath the Southern Cross” | January 2003 |
| 7st ICF Congress | Mexico City, Mexico “Preserve the Treasure, Enrich Young Lives” | October 2005 |
| 8st ICF Congress | Quebec City, Canada “Les couleurs de la vie” | October 2008 |
| 9st ICF Congress | Hong Kong “Camping – Gateway to Quality Life” | October 2011 |
| 10st ICF Congress | Antalya, Turkey “Let’s Camp for Peace” | October 2014 |
| 11th ICF Congress | Sochi, Russia “Sharing happiness with children across the world” | October 2017 |
| Congress Canceled (Covid-19) | Beijing, China “One World, One Camp” | October 2020 |
| 12th ICF Congress | Tarragona, Spain “Fem Pinya – Come Together to Rise Higher” | October 2023 |