Rural Youth Europe
| Rural Youth Europe | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Organization for rural youth |
| Chair: | Russel Carrinton (Chairman, England) Sebastian Lassnig (Vice Chairman Austria) Pia Nurmio-Perälä (General Secretary, Finland), Jenni Heinnonen (General Secretary, Finland) |
| Establishment date: | 1957 |
| Number of members: | 500,000 |
| Seat : | Berlin, Germany |
| Website: | http://www.ruralyoutheurope.com/ |
Rural Youth Europe (previously known as ECYF4HC - "European Committee for Young Farmers and 4H Clubs" ) is a European government- dependent organization for rural youth.
organization
"Rural Youth Europe" includes some regions of Europe. These are divided into:
- Group I ( Great Britain and Ireland )
- Group II ( Central Europe )
- Group III ( Scandinavia )
- Group IV ( Eastern Europe )
They are represented by four board members who work together with the President, Vice-Presidents and the secretariat of the organization.
composition
Rural Youth Europe has 500,000 members who are part of:
- "Rural youth" organizations (e.g .: rural youth ) that deal with issues that affect both young farmers and other young people who live in the countryside
- "Young farmers'" Organizations that were originally mostly active in the field of agriculture, but are now very much concerned with affairs of youth from rural areas.
- "4H" organizations that offer activities in the fields of agriculture, housekeeping , handicrafts , business management , nature and leisure for children and young people. 4H stands for "Head", "Heart", "Hands" and "Health" (translated: head, heart, hands and health).