1. INTERNATIONAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS 27 September 2015
“Krishna is within your heart. If you kindly continue to hear about Him, as you are doing then Krishna will be very much pleased, “Oh, this person is now interested in me.” Because nobody’s interested in Krishna, so Krishna is also silent to them. But as soon as you become interested, oh, Krishna becomes very active, “Oh, he’s trying to do something. I shall help him.” – Srila Prabhupada, LA 1972
INTERNATIONAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS 27 September 2015

2. CONTENTS Minimum standards for each yatra
Website/Resources/Social Media Projects
Europian Regional Projects
Europian overview
Minimum standards for each yatra

3. Website

4. Resources

5. Facebook page

6. International Briefing Pack
Sets the background to the 50th
Provides clearly defined aims, goals and road-map
Ideas for events and projects for use by local centres
Key messages for stakeholders such as politicians, businessmen, community leaders, civil servants, faith communities and media
To be used with branding artefacts including logos, posters and banners

7. Youtube channel

8. Europian overview

9. by now....
Czech Republic
- 20th September VIP program "Jaladuta Yatra" on the boat in Prague - article in our local Nama Hatta magazine about 50th anniversary and also about 25th anniversary of ISKCON Czech - filming of our a new documentary film about Czech yatra - translation of the GBC publication "Founder-acharya" into Czech and we are preparing it for the print and also an e-book - a new book in Czech - "Srila Prabhupada & Gaudiya Math“ - advertisement of 50th anniversary via our official FB - we started a new web "Hare Krishna CZ news"  - at the end of October 2015 we are planing a big public culture program (Indian festival) in one city near Pilsen. More infos will be here:

10. Sweden
Kick-off at Hare Krishna Center in Stockholm - presentation about SrilaPrabhupada's travel to USA - ISKCON in Gothenburg wrote a nice article on SP travelling to the West in their Newsletter.
Hungry
-13/8/2015 Lectures about Srila Prabhupada, reading from Jaladuta Diary, harinam, sending a Hungarian devotee to the Kolkata Festival
-19/9/2015 Special sankirtan day (1000 books distributed in one day) maha-harinam
-4/10/2015 Bhakta-sanga festival
Hanging Prabhupada posters in the temples
Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey , Sapin

11. Europian overview Coordinators: Belgium -– Mahaprabhu dasa ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Hemangi gopi devi dasi ,
Croatia – Acyutananda das
Denmark – Tejasvi Krishna
Germany – Dina-Sharana dd ,
Hungary – Gandharvika Prema dd,
Italy – Dayanidhi dasa Parabhakti das ,
Macedonia – Vraja Kisor dasa Purussottama das,
Norway – Yudhistira dasa
UK – Devaki devi dasi
Ireland- bh Tim
Sweden -KPriya-kírti dás
Turkey - Nrsimha Krsna das
Slovakia – Murari das
Spain - Deva Sekharah Prabhu
Tenerife - Patiata Pavana Prabhu
Romania-Madana Sundari
Slovenia - Bh Sabina , Slovenia
Serbia-Madhva Muni das
Not appointed :
Albania
Austria
Bulgaria
Finland
France
Greece
Holland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Cyprus
Netherlands
Liechtenstein
Montenegro
Portugal
Switzerland
No info :
Albania
Austria
Bulgaria
Finland
France
Greece
Germany
Holland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Cyprus
Netherlands
Liechtenstein
Montenegro
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland

12. Europian Regional Projects

13. VIP
Brussels –
Mahaparabhu Prabhu

14. KIRTAN MELA Radhadesh Mellows 29th-30th-31st January 2016
What we need to do?

15. Youth Mela YM YM September 1st – 4th, 2016 4th)
ISKCON Europe Comms Seminar (June ‘15) was looking for someone to do a YOUTH 50th project
FUNDING potential from Erasmus+ Youth Exchange (Oct.1, 2015 applied by ISKCON-London) project
Mood: Kulimela (but more serious sanga/standards) MEETS the UK National convention (but less sitting!)
Youth Mela

16. Fruska Goranga Balkan regional event July, 2016 4th)
Reunion of all devotees

17. Minimum standards for each yatra
External events:
1. VIP dinner ( this includes inviting  local dignitaries and the media)
Internal events :
1. Maha kirtans ( on Incorporating day preferable)
2. To include ISKCON 50 THEMES IN ALL 2015 festivals
Incorporating day to mark.
Media
1. To issue press release (for all major events including Incorporating day)  
2. To invite for events
Magazine
1. To order magazine in large quantity
2. To have some promotional materials  ( posters..) on display , web sites, Facebook and all social media during year and special events  
Movie
To promote "Joy of Devotion" and show during Incorporating day and utilize shorter version at special events. ( We are recommending translation into local language)

18. International Projects

19. MAGAZINE “The ISKCON Hare Kri “Celebrate 50 Years of Serving You.”
-Mukunda Maharaja is the magazine’s advisory editor
- Krishnarupa devi dasi chief editor
-64 page full colour, quality print document with its cover on heavy stock.
- H.H. Mukunda Goswami, H.H.Bhanu Swami, Drutakarma dasa, Vishaka devi dasi, Radhika Ramana dasa..
- publication as a preaching tool
- inspire your congregation to purchase the magazine so they can distribute to their work colleagues, neighbours, students, interfaith groups, politicians and religious leaders etc., in their communities.

20. Drama Scripts Script 1: Swami at Sea
Script 2: Srila Prabhupada’s journey to the West
Script available for download from website
Soundtrack available on request
Can be staged locally by devotees all over the world
Can be translated to a local language by your team

21. ISKCON 50 EXHIBITION The team has created a story board
Struggling to get good quality images
Made contact with BTG
ISKCON 50 team and Yamaraja Prabhu working together to get good images
Don’t have a good designer yet – need one urgently

22. INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL
During World Vegetarian Week in October 2016:
Showcase international vegetarian cuisine with ISKCON’s celebrity chefs
Recognise ISKCON’s unique contribution to promotion of vegetarianism
Food display stalls, demos, seminars, exhibits and a gala award ceremony
Souvenir booklet on Prabhupada’s instructions on cooking, offering and honouring prasadam
Acharyas from different Vaishnava sampradayas speaking about Prabhupada’s contribution to anna, bhoga and prasadam

23. INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL
Celebration of the International Day of Yoga Day declared by the UN on 21 June
Focus on the importance and benefits of Bhakti- yoga
Awareness seminars by practitioners of Bhakti- yoga
Demonstrations and workshops
Panel discussions with dignitaries
Release of a Bhakti-yoga kit by a local VIP: beads, bag, Gita, make-shift altar, arati plate, offering plate, Tulsi beads and tilak-box

24. INTERNATIONAL HARINAM DAY
A mega public kirtan event in New York at Washington Square Park and Tompkins Square Park
Commemoration of ISKCON’s first public kirtan in August 1966 led by Srila Prabhupada
Planned public kirtans in 108 parks around the world on the same day
Ekalvaya Das, Coordinator for the World Holy Name Week festival, will head this event
Siddhanta Prabhu drafting a publicity campaign after this year’s WHNW ends in October

25. CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information or volunteering, please contact:

26. Hare Krishna