European Juggling Association (EJA)

The European Juggling Association is a non-profit organisation. It was formally founded in 1987 in Saintes (France) during the 10th European Juggling Convention. The EJA is headquartered in Amsterdam.

The primary goals of EJA are to promote juggling in Europe and all over the world, and to ensure the continuity of the annual European Juggling Convention (EJC).

In order to help the European Juggling Conventions succeed, the EJA provides the following:

 - information concerning legal, formal and socio-cultural aspects of the organisation;

- advisory support – delegation of people with experience organising previous EJCs, who act as advisers and mentors to the current organisers;

- help in running pre-registration and registration for EJC (pre-sale and sale of tickets for EJC);

- support to the EJC organisation in the form of a financial loan to teams and institutions organising a given EJC;

- financial assistance to individual projects which contribute to the development of the EJC and of the juggling movement in Europe and all over the world.

There is no formal membership in EJA. Each person who comes to an EJC is an EJA member and is therefore eligible to vote on important matters for EJA, such as on the location of upcoming EJCs and in the election of country representatives (for two years terms) to EJA.

The Country Representatives to EJA promote EJC in their home countries and provide contact between the EJA and jugglers from different countries. They also help with the pre-registration process by serving as the main point of contact in their country.

The EJC is run entirely by unpaid volunteers.

For further information about EJA, visit the Association’s website: www.eja.net