European Youth Forum

European Youth Forum (YFJ)
purpose	Youth representation in the European Union
Seat	Rue de l'Industrie 10, 1000 Brussels , Belgium
founding	1996
place	Brussels
President	Carina Autengruber
Manager	Anna Widegren
Employee	32
Website	www.youthforum.org

The European Youth Forum (YFJ, from the French Youth Forum Jeunesse , English: European Youth Forum ) is the platform for national youth representatives and international NGO youth organizations in Europe. The aims and tasks of the European Youth Forum is representation work on behalf of all European young people. It is officially recognized by the European Union , the Council of Europe and the United Nations

The European Youth Forum works mainly in the field of European youth policy, but also deals with global issues and is also networked outside of Europe. The work is based on the member organizations and their positions and is not limited to individual policy areas, as the topic of youth is seen as a cross-cutting issue. The issues of equality and sustainability are an essential part of the YFJ policy.

The European Youth Forum currently consists of 99 member organizations, 40 national interest groups, and 49 independent international youth organizations.

For Germany the German National Committee for International Youth Work (DNK), for Austria the Austrian Children and Youth Representation (ÖJV) and for Switzerland the Swiss Working Group of Youth Associations (SAJV) as national interest groups in the European Youth Forum.

history

The YFJ was founded in 1996 and is the successor organization of several European youth associations such as the Youth Forum of the European Union (YFEU) , some of which go back to the 1960s.

Funding comes from the European Commission and the Council of Europe .

Task and work

According to its own statements, the task of the European Youth Forum is "to be the voice of the young people of Europe. A Europe in which young people are equal citizens and are encouraged and supported to develop their potential as global citizens." ("To be the voice of young people in Europe, where young people are equal citizens and are encouraged and supported to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens.")

The YFJ works independently, democratically and represents youth representatives and international youth organizations from all over Europe. It works to strengthen and promote young people so that they can get involved in a democratic society and improve their lives. Participation and emancipation should be promoted through the representation work towards the European institutions. The main goals are:

• Strengthening the participation of young people and youth organizations in society and democracy
• Participation and influencing of the legislation of the European Union in the interests of young people
• Promotion of the idea of ​​youth policy as a cross-cutting issue in all fields of legislation
• Promotion of youth organizations that support the participation and participation of young people
• Advocate the international exchange of ideas, experiences, understanding and equality
• Upholding values ​​such as intercultural understanding, democracy, respect, diversity, human rights, active participation and solidarity
• Support for youth work worldwide

An initiative of the European Youth Forum is the award of the European Youth Capital award .

The European Youth Forum has the task of nominating 20 young people from its member organizations, 13 representatives from the international youth associations (INGYOs) and seven representatives from national youth organizations for the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe every two years . These are usually democratically elected to the member organizations at their Council of Members (COMEM) in Brussels in spring .

organization

President

date	president	origin
2019-2020	Carina Autengruber	Austria
2017-2018	Luis Alvarado Martinez	Spain
2015-2016	Johanna Nyman	Finland
2011-2014	Peter Matjašič	Slovenia
2009-2010	Tine Radinja	Slovenia
2007-2008	Bettina Schwarzmayr	Austria
2005-2006	Renaldas Vaisbrodas	Lithuania
2003-2004	Giacomo Filibeck	Italy
2001-2002	Henrik Söderman	Finland
1999-2000	Pau Solanilla	Spain
1997-1998	Pauliina Arola	Finland

Board

The board is elected every 2 years by the general assembly and consists of:

• president
• 2 Vice Presidents (one person each from a national youth council and one person from an international youth organization)
• 8 board members (4 people each from a national youth council and 4 people from an international youth organization)

The General Secretary does not participate in the meetings and is not entitled to vote.

Surname	position	origin	Nominated by
Carina Autengruber	president	Austria	Federal Youth Representation (ÖJV)
Tina Hočevar	Board member	Slovenia	Mladinski Svet Slovenije (MSS)
Ville Majamaa	Vice President	Finland	World Organization of the Scout Movement (European office)
Andrea Casamenti	Board member	Italy	European Confederation of Youth Clubs (ECYC)
Benjamin Günther	Board member	Germany	German National Committee for International Youth Work (DNK)
Jovana Majstorović	Board member	Serbia	Young European Socialists (YES)
Silja Markkula	Board member	Finland	Suomen Nuorisoyhteistyö Allianssiry (Allianssi)
Rosalyn Old	Board member	United Kingdom	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
Frédéric Piccavet	Board member	Belgium	Vlaamse Jeugdraad (VJR)
Michael Piccinino	Board member	Malta	Kunsill Nazzjonali Taz-Zghazagh (KNZ)
Loes Rutten	Board member	Netherlands	Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE)

Member organizations

International youth associations

Surname	acronym	status
Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe	AEGEE	Full member
Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations	ALLIANCE	Full member
International ATD Fourth World Movement	ATD quart moons	Full member
Board of European Students of Technology	BEST	observer
Democrat Youth Community of Europe	DEMYC	Full member
European conscientious objection office	EBCO / BEOC	Full member
Young European Socialists	ECOSY	Full member
European Confederation of Youth Clubs	ECYC	Full member
European Democrat Students	EDS	Full member
European Educational Exchanges - Youth for Understanding	EEE-YFU	Full member
European Federation for Intercultural Learning	EFIL	Full member
Erasmus Student Network	ESN	Full member
European Union of Deaf Youth	EUDY	observer
ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace	ACTIVE	Full member
European Students' Union	ESU / ESIB	Full member
European Trade Union Confederation Youth	ETUC Youth	Full member
EU Federation of Youth Hostel Associations	EUFED	Full member
European Union of Jewish Students	EUJS / UEEJ	Full member
Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe	EYCE	Full member
International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements	FIMCAP	Full member
Federation of Young European Greens	FYEG	Full member
International Federation of Liberal Youth	IFLRY	Full member
International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International	IFM-SEI	Full member
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations	IFMSA	Full member
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organization	IGLYO	Full member
International Union of Socialist Youth	IUSY	Full member
International Young Nature Friends	IYNF	Full member
International Young Catholic Students - International Movement of Catholic Students	JECI-MIEC	Full member
Young European Federalists	JEF	Full member
European Liberal Youth	LYMEC	Full member
International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth	MIJARC-Europe	Full member
Organizing Bureau of European School Student Unions	OBESSU	Full member
Rural Youth Europe	RYEurope	Full member
Service Civil International	SCI	Full member
World Esperanto Youth Organization	TEJO	Full member
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts	WAGGGS	Full member
World Organization of the Scout Movement (European office)	WOSM	Full member
Youth Action for Peace	YAP	Full member (suspended)
Youth and Environment Europe	YEE	Full member
Youth of the European People's Party	YEPP	Full member
Youth for Exchange and Understanding	YEU	Full member
European Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations	YMCA	Full member
Young Women's Christian Association	YWCA	Full member
Youth of European Nationalities	YEN	Full member
European Council of Young Farmers	CEJA	observer
European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions	CESI Youth	observer
Don Bosco Youth Net	Don Bosco	observer
European Free Alliance Youth	EFAY	observer
European Non-Governmental Sports Organization Youth Committee	ENGSO Youth	observer
European Youth Press	EYP	observer
International Federation of Training Centers for the Promotion of Progressive Education	FICEMEA	observer
International Coordination of Young Christian Workers	ICYCW / CIJOC	observer
Jeunesses Musicales International	JMI	observer
Pax Christi International	Pax Christi	observer
Red Cross Youth	RCY	observer
Youth Express Network	YEN	observer
Children's International Summer Villages	CISV	Application for membership
International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People	IFHOHYP	observer
Freedom, Legality and Rights in Europe	FLARE	Application for membership

National youth representatives

country	Surname	acronym	status
Finland	Suomen Nuorisoyhteistyö Allianssiry	Allianssi	Full member
United Kingdom	British Youth Council	BYC	Full member
Netherlands	National Jeugdraad	NJ / DNYC	Full member
France	Comité pour les Relations Nationales et Internationales des Associations de Jeunesse et d'Education Populaire	CNAJEP	Full member
Estonia	Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit	ENL	Full member
Luxembourg	Conference Générale de la Jeunesse Luxembourgoise	CGJL	Full member
Spain	Consejo de la Juventud de España	CJE	Full member
Portugal	Conselho Nacional de Juventude	CNJ	Full member
Catalonia	Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya	CNJC	Full member (without voting rights)
Moldova	Consiliul Național al Tineretului din Moldova	CNTM	Full member
Belgium : French-speaking community	Comité pour les Relations Internationales de Jeunesse	CRIJ	Full member (voting rights shared with VJR)
Switzerland	National Youth Council of Switzerland	SAJV / CSAJ	Full member
Cyprus	Cyprus Youth Council	CYC	Full member
Germany	German National Committee for International Youth Work	DNK	Full member
Denmark	Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd	DUF	Full member
Greece	National Youth Council of Greece	ESYN	Full member
Italy	Forum Nazionale dei Giovani	FNG	Full member
Malta	Kunsill Nazzjonali Taz-Zghazagh	KNZ	Full member
Lithuania	Lietuvos jaunimo organizacijų taryba	LIJOT	Full member
Latvia	Latvijas Jaunatnes Padome	LJP	Full member
Norway	Landsrådet for Norske barne- and ungdomsorganisasjoner	LNU	Full member
Sweden	Landsrådet för Sveriges ungdomsorganer	LSU	Full member
Iceland	Landsamband æskulýðsfélaga	LÆF	Full member
Slovenia	Mladinski Svet Slovenije	MSS	Full member
Croatia	Mreža Mladih Hrvatske / Croatian Youth Network	MMH	Full member
Azerbaijan	National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan	NAYORA	Full member
Georgia	National Council of Youth Organizations of Georgia	NCYOG	Full member
Armenia	National Youth Council of Armenia	NYCA	Full member
Ireland	National Youth Council of Ireland	NYCI	Full member
Russia	National Youth Council of Russia	NYCR	Full member
Austria	Austrian representation of children and young people	ÖJV	Full member
Belarus	Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations	RADA	Full member
Slovakia	Rada Mládeže Slovenska	RMS	Full member
Czech Republic	Česká rada dětí a mládeže	ČRDM	Full member
Belgium : Flemish Community	Vlaamse Jeugdraad	VJR	Full member (voting rights shared with CRIJ)
Romania	Consiliul Tineretului Din Romania	CTR	Application for membership
Ukraine	Ukrainian Youth Forum	UYF	Application for membership
Serbia	Krovna Organizacija Mladih Srbije	KOMS	Application for membership
Belgium : German-speaking community	Council of German-speaking Youth	RDJ	observer
Bulgaria	Naciolen Mladezki Forum	NMF	Application for membership

Web links

• European Youth Forum website (Engl.)
• European Youth Forum Publications (Engl.)
• Files of the European Youth Forum in the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence
• The files of the predecessor organizations of the European Youth Forum CENYC , YFEC and BEC are accessible in the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FAQs of the European Youth Forum
2. ↑ Description of the European Youth Forum on the website of the Austrian Federal Youth Representation ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ HOME . Coe.int. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
4. ^ Platform of European Social NGOs . SocialPlatform. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Member Organizations. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 4, 2014 ; accessed on February 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ archives of the Council of European National Youth Committees (CENYC) (engl.) ( Memento of the original on 13 July 2007 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
7. ↑ About page of the European Youth Forum (Engl.) ( Memento of the original January 26, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ^ Advisory Council on Youth Terms of References. (PDF) Council of Europe , January 1, 2020, accessed on May 2, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Spring #COMEM in Brussels. European Youth Forum, April 22, 2017, accessed on May 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ MEET THE BOARD. European Youth Forum, accessed on May 4, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Categories: LiJOT žinios: lijot.lt . lijot.lt. Retrieved June 15, 2013.