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Directory of International Youth-led
Youth-serving
Organisations
Répertoire d’Organisations Internationales
dirigées par des jeunes ou oeuvrant pour les jeunes
Youth
Coordination Unit, UNESCO, June 2002
Unité de coordination
“jeunesse”, UNESCO, juin 2002
LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS
African Youth Network (Réseau Afrique Jeunesse)
AYN
All African Students Union (Union Panafricaine des
Etudiants) AASU
Arab Youth Union – AYU
Asian Student
Association - ASA
Asian Youth Council – AYC
Association
Catholique Internationale de Services pour la Jeunesse Feminine
(International Catholic Society for Girls) ACISJF
Association
des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe (European Student’s
Forum) AEGEE
Carribbean Federation of Youth - CFY
Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service
(Comité de Coordination du Service Volontaire International) CCIVS
ESIB - The National Unions of Students in Europe
European
Committee for Young Farmers and 4H Clubs – ECYF4HC
European
Confederation of Youth Clubs (Confédération Européenne des
Organisations des Centres de Jeunes) ECYC
European Federation
for Intercultural Learning – EFIL
European Law Students’
Association – ELSA
European Youth Forum (Forum Européen de la
Jeunesse)
Experiment in International Living – EIL
Federation of International Youth Travel ORGANISATIONs - FIYTO
Foro Latino americano de Juventud – FLAJ
International
Association of Agricultural Students – IAAS
International
Association of Dental Students - IADS
International
Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience
-
IAESTE
International Association of Students in
Economics and Management -AIESEC
International Bacclaureate
Organization (Organisation internationale du baccalauréat) IBO
International Cultural Youth Exchange – ICYE
International
Federation of Medical Students Association (Fédération
Internationale
des Associations d'Etudiants en Médecine) IFMSA
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(Fédération
Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix Rouge et du
Croissant Rouge) IFRCC
International Forestry Students'
Association – IFSA
International Humanist and Ethical Youth
Organisation – IHEYO
International Movement ATD Fourth World
(Mouvement International) ATD 1/4 Monde
International Movement
of Catholic Students (Mouvement International des Etudiants
Catholiques) I.M.C.S/M.I.E.C
International Movement of the
Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth (Mouvement International de la
Jeunesse Agricole et Rurale Catholique) IMCARY – MIJARC
The
International Pen Friend Service - IPFS
International
Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (Fédération Internationale des
Etudiants en Pharmacie) IPSF/FIEP
International Planned
Parenthood Federation - IPPF
International Student Travel
Confederation – ISTC
International Union of Socialist Youth
(Union Internationale des Jeunesses Socialistes) IUSY
International Union of Students (Union Internationale des
Etudiant(e)s ) IUS
International Young Christian Students
(Jeunesse Catholique Etudiante Internationale) IYCS – JECI
International Young Christian Workers (Jeunesse Ouvrière
Chretienne Internationale) IYCW/JOCI
International Young
NatureFriends – IYNF
International Youth Foundation – IYF
International Youth Hostel Federation – IYHF
Jeunesses
Musicales International – JMI
Mouvement international des
journées Arc en Ciel (International Rainbow Week Movement) – MIJAEC
Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de
Estudiantes – OCLAE
Pacific Youth Council – PYC
Pax Christi
International Youth Forum (Pax Christi International Forum des
Jeunes)
Service Civil International – SCI
Syndesmos (The
World Fellowship SYNDESMOS of Orthodox Youth)
World Organisation
of Young Esperantists (Organisation Mondiale de la jeunesse
Espérantho-phone / Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo) TEJO
World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations (Alliance
Universelle des Unions Chretiennes de Jeunes Gens) WYMCA/UCJG
World Assembly of Youth - WAY
World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts (Association Mondiale des Guides et des
Eclaireuses) WAGGGS/AMGE
World Council of Churches Youth Team –
WCC
World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations
(Fédération Internationale des Associations, Centres et Clubs
UNESCO) WFUCA/FMACU
World ORGANISATION of the Scout Movement
(Organisation Mondiale du Mouvement Scout) WOSM/OMMS
World
Student Christian Federation WSCF
World Voices
World Young
Women's Christian Association (Alliance Mondiale des Unions
Chretiennes Féminines) WYWCA/AMCF
Youth for Development and
Cooperation – YDC
The Secretariat of Youth for Habitat
International Network
AFRICAN YOUTH NETWORK (AYN)
RESEAU
AFRICAIN DE LA JEUNESSE (RAJ)
BP 4522
Lomé
TOGO
:
+ 228 221 78 58
Fax : +228 222 62 62
Email
: raj_ayn@hotmail.com
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
In 1995, fourteen associations
and youth movements founded the African Youth Network, following the
Stockholm Appeal, in order to unite youth aims and concerns.
The AYN aims to promote and mobilise youth. It is an
regional non-governmental organisation which serves as a platform
for various national and sub-regional structures.
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
• To address the different
challenges facing young people today and to give them more
visibility in public life.
• To encourage African youth to help
in the development of the continent.
• Implementation of a
network system to strengthen young people’s organisational
capacities and to facilitate the creation and animation of regional,
sub-regional and national organisations.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
• Create national databases on youth issues
•
Share information
• Promote and encourage inter-regional
exchanges between youth and youth organizations
• Promote
sustainable development and good governance
• Encourage
cooperation between governments, youth non-governmental
organisations and international
organisations.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Received
financial support for the realisation of the « Caravane de la
jeunesse pour la paix et l’intégration africaine
».
PUBLICATIONS
• Reports of training seminars
•
Bulletin (planned)
MEMBERS
22 youth organisations
across Africa.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY
ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and Human Rights, Youth and School
Exchanges, Protection of the Environment, Literacy, Fight for Child
and Human Rights – Education for Peace, Preventive Education and
Health Care, Leadership Training.
ALL AFRICAN STUDENTS
UNION (AASU)
UNION PANAFRICAINE DES ETUDIANTS
P.O.Box M274
ACCRA- Ghana
: +233 21 66 34 50
Fax: +233 21 77 48
21
Email: bariham@hotmail.com – etengflora@yahoo.com
Website : http://www.aasu.org.gh/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Formed in July 1972 as a
non-governmental international student union to bring together all
African students; to co-ordinate their efforts at building a strong
and vibrant continent.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
Struggle for equity and equal access to education;
to defend and protect all students' rights; promote socio-economic
and political integration of states and peoples in Africa; advocate
peace and justice in globalisation.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
Undertakes programmes on environment and development;
campaigning against illiteracy, drug abuse and AIDS; develops
co-operation with other regional and international youth and
students ORGANISATIONs; net-working with related NGOs and IGOs on
issues of common concerns; to facilitate youth/student participation
in local and international seminars, workshops, symposia and
conferences; collects information on students for policy purposes,
etc.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Maintains Operational
Relations with UNESCO.
• Member of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison
Committee.
PUBLICATIONS
• AASU newsletter.
• AASU
Student/Youth magazine.
MEMBERS
• AASU has 42 member
ORGANISATIONs in Africa.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’s
ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and human rights, youth and
school exchanges, developments actions, voluntary service, youth
workcamps, preservation of cultural heritage, protection of the
environment, literacy, fight for children’s and human
rights-education for peace, preventive education and health care,
leadership training.
ARAB YOUTH UNION
(AYU)
P.O. BOX: 12033
Damascus
Syria
: +963 11
3336241-3335421-3338012
Fax : + 963 11 333 9787
Email : arabyouth@mail.sy
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Established in 1974, AYU defends the
rights of Arab youth.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
• To defend Arab youth regarding their political,
economic, social and cultural rights.
• To defend their freedom
of organizing, expressing themselves and mobilizing.
• To defend
their rights in education, work, health and healthy
development.
• To encourage youth activities in scientific,
economic and cultural fields.
• To struggle against domination
and aggression.
• To organize youth’s festivals, cultural and
intellectual seminars, voluntary workcamps and arts
exhibitions.
• To enhance the communication of information among
young people.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Arab Youth Union
holds yearly conferences, dealing with youth related cultural and
intellectual issues.
• Organizing environmental work camps.
•
Social development actions, dealing with social questions at the
regional level such as those relating to young
women.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
AYU participated in
the first Arab Youth meeting which was organized by UNESCO in Cairo,
December, 1997.
PUBLICATIONS
Arab Youth Union
publishes a monthly newspaper titled “Alshabab Al-Arabi” (Arab
Youth). It also publishes many other non-periodical
publications.
MEMBERS
33 youth ORGANISATIONs in 17
Moslem countries in Asia and Africa.
DOMAIN(s) OF THE
ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and Human
Rights, Development Actions, Voluntary Service, Youth Workcamps,
Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Protection of the Environment,
Fight for Children’s and Human Rights-Education for Peace,
Scientific and Technical Activities, Preventive Education and Health
Care, Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership Training, Student
ORGANISATIONs.
ASIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
(ASA)
Flat B, 2/F Wang Cheong Building
249-253 Reclamation
St.
Kowloon, Hong Kong
: (852) 23 88 05 15
Email: asasec@netvigator.com
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Formed in 1969 as a student alliance
of national student associations in Asia and Pacific. Developed
philosophy of activism through meetings, campaigns and publications
around issues confronting students and their communities.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
• Foster
student’s solidarity in people’s struggle for self-determination,
social justice, women’s liberation, sustainable environment.
•
Capacity-building for students and their organisations to respond to
the needs of their communities.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
•
Training for the 2001 Nepal Poverty Eradication Group.
• Joint
campaigns amongst student movements, e.g. to end the sex-traffic of
women and children in Asia.
• Fact-finding mission to occupied
countries for solidarity work.
• Media centre which produces
research on issues, selected by student movements, e.g. education,
privatisation.
• Represent student movement in Asia-pacific in
UN bodies.
• Foster relationship between indigenous students and
other student platforms.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
NGO Consultant on World Conference on Higher
Education
PUBLICATIONS
• ASA Movement News (monthly
newsletter).
• ASA magazine (quarterly magazine of research).
• Currents (quarterly publication focusing on education trends
from students perspective)
MEMBERS
55 member
organisations in 32 countries. West Asia, East Asia, South Asia,
S.E. Asia and the Pacific.
DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION
ACTION
Peace and Human Rights, Development Actions, Protection of
the Environment, Leadership Training, Student Organisations,
Solidarity Research and Campaigns on Youth Student Issues, Education
Access and Control.
ASIAN YOUTH COUNCIL (AYC)
S2
International Youth Center, Jalan Yaacob
Latif, Bandar Tun Razak,
Cheras,
56000 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
: 603-91717373 - Fax:
603-91716700
Email: sallehayc@pd.jaring.my / sglehud@hotmail.com
Website:
http://ayc.virtualave.net
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
The Asian Youth Council (AYC) is a regional
coordinating body for youth in the Asia and Pacific region. It is a
voluntary ORGANISATION seeking to promote peace, goodwill and
solidarity among member ORGANISATIONs in order to foster greater
international understanding and respect for the wide variety of
cultural values in the region. The Council, created in 1972,
includes members and observers from 26 countries. AYC plays an
active role in development among its youth while upholding the basic
principals of a peaceful and prosperous world. The AYC has
consultative status with ECOSOC, UNESCAP and the World
Assembly of Youth (WAY).
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF ORGANISATION
•
Respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the basis of
its action.
• Implement development programmes on the basis of
economic, social and political justice
• Promote peace, goodwill
and solidarity among member ORGANISATIONs and Asian nations.
•
Assist young people in Asia to focus attention on their rights and
responsibilities as citizens of democratic societies.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
Numerous programmes related to youth and community
development in Asia and the Pacific, are organized regionally or at
the national level. Themes related to youth are incorporated in
seminars, work camps, workshops, conferences or training sessions.
Opportunities are given to youth leaders from member and
neighbouring non-member countries, to discuss and debate
issues with a view to playing a positive and constructive role in
the overall development of their respective countries.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• INFOYOUTH
• Regional
Collective Consultative Meeting on Youth Asia Pacific
(RCCAP)
PUBLICATIONS
ASIAYOUTH
MEMBERS
National Youth Committees from the following countries are
members and observers:
Pacific: Australia, Fiji,
South
Asia: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri
Lanka
South East Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand,
Philippines, Indonesia,
East Asia: China, Mongolia, Korea,
Japan,
Far East: Iraq
Observers: Vietnam, Laos,
Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Mauritius,
Russia
DOMAIN(s) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTION
Voluntary
Service, Youth Work Camps, Leadership
training.
ASSOCIATION CATHOLIQUE INTERNATIONALE DE
SERVICES POUR LA JEUNESSE FEMININE
INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIETY
FOR GIRLS (ACISJF)
Maison des Associations
15, rue des
Savoises
CH 1205 Geneve
Switzerland
: +41 22/800 08
35
Fax: +41 22/800 08 36
Email address: acisjf@freesurf.ch
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in Switzerland in 1897 to
support young girls leaving families, cities or countries in search
of work. Encouraged by the Vatican, it rapidly spread throughout
most of Europe. It is also present in Latin America, the Caribbean
and Africa.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
The
ACISJF endeavours to help young women to develop their capacities
and to find a place in society. The specific services are adapted to
the necessities of different regions and countries. It welcomes all
young girls and young women, with respect for their cultures and
religions and without distinction of race or nationality. It gathers
together individual youngsters with common needs.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
Residences for disadvantaged girls, young women in
difficulty, school pupils, students, single mothers. Center for life
training –literacy, up-grading for school level, languages courses-
Pre-professional, professional, social, cultural and religious
training –Schools for nursing helpers and social workers- Cultural
and Sports Centers- employment bureaus- Employment for au pairs-
Continuous assistance for information, listening and counseling-
Reception areas in railways stations, coach terminals, air
terminals, etc.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Maintains
Operational Relations with
UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
Contacts, published in French,
Spanish and German.
MEMBERS
Collective membership:
national committees and ORGANISATIONs. Present in 27 countries.
Europe: 12, Latin America: 6, Caribbean: 2, Africa: 6, Asia:
1.
DOMAIN (s) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE
Development actions, Literacy, Preventive education
and health care, Physical and cultural activities.
ASSOCIATION DES ETATS GENERAUX DES ETUDIANTS DE L’
EUROPE- EUROPEAN STUDENTS FORUM (AEGEE)
AEGEE Europe - PO Box
72
B-1040 Etterbeek 1 – Belgium
Tel.: +32-2-245 23 00
Fax.:
+32-2-245 62 60
e-mail: headoffice@aegee.org
website:
http://www.aegee.org/
BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE ORGANISATION
AEGEE was founded in 1985 in Paris by a group of
students from the "Grandes Ecoles" under the name EGEE - Etats
Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe. The name is related to the
Aegean Sea (la Mer Egée) where democracy was created 2,000 years
ago. Due to a name collision with another organisation, the name was
changed to AEGEE in 1988.
EGEE wanted to be a platform for young
Europeans to discuss the future of Europe, to present their ideas to
the officials of the institutions of the EC and national
governments, and also to give students a voice to try to influence
European policy in favour of students. At that time, EGEE
concentrated only on EC member states, but then supported the
development in Central and Eastern Europe.
AEGEE is a voluntary,
non-profit organisation that operates without links to any political
party. It is a network of young Europeans desiring to spread
our ideals and ideas concerning Europe
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF
ORGANISATION
AEGEE is one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary
student associations, which promotes a unified Europe, cross-border
co-operation, communication, integration among students and strives
to create an open and tolerant society for tomorrow. Our aim, while
cherishing our diversity and respecting the character of our
regions, is to establish an open Europe which recognises the
importance of all cultures in the shaping of its past, present, and
future and which plays an active role in fostering peace, stability
and prosperity throughout the world. Our intention is to promote
unlimited access to education as being of fundamental importance to
increase mutual understanding and to encourage student mobility in
order to fight prejudice and xenophobia by increasing people's
awareness of different cultures. We believe that our association is
a unique platform enabling us to contribute to these visions of
Europe.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
We organise conferences, seminars,
case study trips, exchanges, recreation activities, summer
universities, develop several projects (Quo Vadis Europe, Building
Language Bridges, Education for Democracy, Socrates on the Move,
Global Employee etc)
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• We
maintain operational status with UNESCO
• We have a Liaison
Officer for UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
• Key to Europe
(annual)
• NewBulletin (semestrial)
MEMBERS
AEGEE is
represented in 271 university cities, in 40 countries all around
Europe and has about 17 000 members.
DOMAIN(s) OF THE
ORGANISATION’s ACTION
Higher education, Active Citizenship,
Cultural Exchange, Peace and Stability
CARIBBEAN
FEDERATION OF YOUTH (CFY)
Frenches Gate
PO BOX
318
Kingstown
St. Vincent, WI
: +1.809.457.2124
Fax :
+1.809.456.2323
Email : cfy@geocities.com
Website :
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1667
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1986 to serve as a
Caribbean- wide regional organisation to defend and promote the
welfare of youth..
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
The CFY stands for the advancement of the interest
of youth and seeks the active involvement and participation of youth
in the process of progressive social change.
• To unite all
youth in the Caribbean with no discrimination.
• To act as a
representative body for youth organisations in the Caribbean and to
address problems faced by caribbean youth at sub-regional and
internaitonal levels.
• To co-ordinate the work of national youth
organisations in the Caribbean and to assist them in the formulation
of their policies, management practice and programmes.
• To
promote the active particpation of youth in economic, social,
cultural and political life of the Carribean.
• To strengten the
integration process of Caribbean youth through netwroking,
information sharing, and youth exchanges.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
CFY comprises a number of avitties such as Conferences
for youth leaders, a regional workstudy camp that brings together
representatives from member organisations of National Youth
Councils, Co-ordination of regional youth programmes to encourage
and support the formations of national youth
structures
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
•
Newsletter
MEMBERS
7 National Youth Council and 5 Youth
Council.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE
Development Actions, Voluntary Service and Youth
Workcamps, Preservation of Cultural Heritage, preventive education
and Health Care, Fight for Chil and Human Rights – Education for
Peace, Student organisations.
CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE (CCIVS) - COMITE DE COORDINATION DU
SERVICE VOLONTAIRE
Maison de l’UNESCO
1 Rue
Miollis
75015 Paris
: +33 (0) 1.45.69.49.36
Fax: .+33 (0)
1 42 73 05 21
Email : ccivs@unesco.org
Website : http://www.unesco.org/ccivs
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Created in 1948 with the support of
the UNESCO. Previously, the organisation was the International
Voluntary Service created in 1920 with the idea of reconstructing
Europe. Nowadays, CCIVS is a platform for dialogue between
organisations all over the world.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
Since its beginning, the main aim of the
voluntary-service movement has been the quest for peace..
To
facilitate the flow of information between member organisations, to
promote the concept of international voluntary service, to improve
the quality of voluntary-service projects.
MAIN ACTIVITES
:
Joint thematic campaigns, organisation of seminar and meetings,
presence at important events, representation of voluntary service
movement, contributions to publications on voluntary
service.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Various contracts
concerning publications or specific voluntary service projects
•
Short term and long term projects and Pilot projects in 2001/2
•
Joint Campaign on the International Year of Volunteers
2001,
PUBLICATIONS
• CCIVS Newsletter (every 4
months)
• Volunteering in conflict areas,
• National service,
what are the choices
• How to run a Workcamp
• The Leader
Trainer Handbook
• Fundraising Strategies for
NGOs
MEMBERS
114 member organisations, including 9
international members with 152 branches
DOMAIN(S) OF THE
ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and Human
Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Development Actions, Voluntary
Service, Youth Workcamps, Preservation of Cultural Heritage,
Protection of the Environment, Literacy, Fight for Children’s and
Human Rights – Education for Peace, Preventive Education and Health
Care, Leadership Training.
ESIB- THE NATIONAL UNIONS OF
STUDENTS IN EUROPE
Avenue de la Toison d´Or 17 A
5th floor,
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
: + 32- (0)2-
5022362
Fax:+32-(0)2-5117806
Email: secretariat@esib.org
Website:
http://www.esib.org/
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE ORGANISATION
ESIB was founded in 1982 as the West European
Student Information Bureau (WESIB). In 1992 the name was changed to
reflect the decision to become a political platform for National
Unions of Students in Europe.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
• promote the views of students on economic, social
and youth issues and the educational system as a whole.
• promote
European/global co-operation to facilitate information exchange with
students and student organisations.
• provide assistance and
support NUSes in their work to protect student interests.
•
promote equal opportunities for all students regardless of political
belief, religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, social standing
or disability.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• represent students in
all relevant European institutions and organisations and defend
their economic, social, cultural and educational rights.
•
organisation of seminars and workshops on different issues (e.g.
youth participation in Democracy, stability pact in South East
Europe, seminars on social welfare, education, mobility, student
rights etc).
• lobbying at European/international institutions
(Council of Europe, European Rectors Conference, UNESCO, European
Commission).
• collaboration with other international
student/youth organisations
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
•
participation in World Conference on Higher Education, there special
attention on the Thematic debate of student vision of Higher
Education
• member of the international follow-up committee on
the World Conference on Higher Education
PUBLICATIONS
• Link magazine (6 issues per year)
• Newsletter
(monthly)
• reader on seminar/conference related issues
• web
site
MEMBERS
41 member organisations in the following
countries: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom,
Yugoslavia.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace
and Human Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Scientific and
Technical Activities, Student Organisations.
ECYF4HC –
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR YOUNG FARMERS AND 4H
CLUBS
Reinhardtstr. 18
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
: +49
30 31809393
Fax: 49 30 31904206
Email: info@ecyf4hc.org
Website: http://www.ecyf4hc.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1957.
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
• Further and promote the
activities of rural youth organisations
• Educate and train young
people and create an awareness of the issues of the countryside
•
Promote intercultural understanding through international
meetings
• Focus the attention of international and national
institutions and organisations, as well as of the general public on
the problems and needs of rural youth
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• International seminars and meetings about different themes
(participation, rural development, nature protection and
understanding, human rights, traditions…)
• Edition of a
newsletter «Rural Youth Info»
• Member of the Youthforum Jeunesse
(lobbying for Youhwork by the European Commission and the Council of
Europe)
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
Rural Youth Info: newsletter
focusing on diverse themes and reporting on our activities.
Published three times a year.
MEMBERS
22 member
organsations in: Austria, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland,
Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ulster, Norway, Poland,
Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, Czech
Republik.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace
and Human Rights - Youth and School Exchanges - Physical and
Cultural Activities - Leadership
Training
EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF YOUTH CLUBS
(ECYC)
CONFEDERATION EUROPEENE DES ORGANISATIONS DES CENTRES
DE JEUNES
Yrnevej 45
2400 Copenhagen NV,
Denmark
: +45 38 10 80 38
Fax: +45 38 10 46 55
Email: ecycdk@centrum.dk
Website http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ecyc/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
ECYC is an International
non-governmental organisation youth organisation that was founded in
1976.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
Advocating
the benefits of youth work and promoting cooperation between youth
centres in Europe.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Organising
seminars for young people and young workers, promoting exchange
amongst member organisations, developing new open youth work
initiatives, facilitating networking amongst members on topics of
common concern, developing policy guidelines on relevant youth work
issues, promoting training courses for youth workers.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
ÉCYC NEWS, monthly e-mail
newsletter.
MEMBERS
Full members: Austria (ARGE),
Belgium (VFJ), Cyprus (P.C.C.Y.C.), Denmark (Ungdomsringen), Finland
(SETNL), France (FFMJC), Germany (JuNet e.V.), Great Britain (Youth
Clubs UK), Ireland (N.Y.F.), Iceland (S.A.M.F.E.S.), the Netherlands
(IOTA), Norway (Landsforeninngen Ungdom and Fritid), Russia (Russian
Union of Youth), Sweden (Fritidsforum).
Associate members:
Luxembourg (Daachverband Vun de Letzebuerger Jugendklub), Spain
(Ajuntament de Barcelona), Italy (Arci Nuova Associaze), Bulgaria
(B.A.S.H.).
Observer members: Ukraine ( Our
Children).
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
Voluntary Service, Youth
Workcamps
EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR
INTERCULTURAL LEARNING (EFIL)
Avenue Emile Max, 150
B -
1030 Brussels,
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 514 52 50
Fax: +32 2 514
29 29
Email: info@efil.be
Website: http://www.afs.org/efil
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1971, as a result of
contacts since 1964 between European national exchanges within the
AFS network, to coordinate exchange programs involving AFS's
European partners, initiate new forms of exchanges and other
intercultural learning activities.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
To be a service ORGANISATION that promotes
opportunities in the field of intercultural learning and global
education. This service consists of active lobbying with the
appropriate European governmental institutions and NGOs to ensure
the largest possible support for the members activities, to
coordinate those activities and programmes that can best be
coordinated at an European level , to strengthen the networks' human
resources through seminars and joint training activities .
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Intercultural exchange programs
(students, young workers and teachers); global education, projects
with secondary schools, seminars on relevant issues in the context
of intercultural and global education.
COLLABORATION
WITH UNESCO
Maintains Operational Relations with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
EFIL Latest Edition (monthly), seminar
reports, Annual Report, Global Education
Bulletin.
MEMBERS
European AFS national volunteer
ORGANISATIONs.
22 Member ORGANISATIONs, in Austria, Belgium,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United
Kingdom.
DOMAIN(s) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY
ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Youth and School Exchanges, Youth service,
Youth Workcamps.
EUROPEAN LAW STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
(ELSA)
239 Boulevard Général Jacques
B-1050
Brussels
Belgium
: +32 2 646 26 26
Fax: +32 2 646 29
23
Email: elsa@brutele.be
Website: http://www.elsa.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Established in 1981 by law students
from Germany, Hungary, Poland and Austria. Around 25000 individual
members in 39 European countries and is the largest independent law
students’ association in the world.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF
THE ORGANISATION
To contribute to legal education through
international co-operation and critical dialogue; to foster cultural
understanding, respect for cultural diversity; to develop
internationally-minded and professionally skilled individuals; to
promote social responsibility for the good of society. Non-political
and independent.
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE
ORGANISATION
More than 200 seminars and conferences, organised
each year all over Europe, 50 of them international, treating
topical legal themes, which are not in the university curricula.
Academic activities, including legal research groups, essay
competitions.
Students trainee exchange programme: international
exchange of students’ jobs. These jobs are always related to legal
profession. 400 traineeships each year.
COLLABORATION
WITH UNESCO
Maintains Operational Relations with UNESCO.
Member of UNESCO/NGO Collective Consultation on Higher Education
since 1998. Regularly attends the follow-up sessions. We often have
speakers from UNESCO at our events.
PUBLICATIONS
Synergy: members magazine, twice a
year.
SPEL (selected papers on European law), once a
year.
GLSE (Guide to Legal Studies in Europe), every two
years.
IFP Book (International Focus Programme Book), every three
years.
MEMBERS
39 European countries (also includes
some countries that are not geographically Europe, but are former
URSS countries). Over 200 law faculties. Around 25000-30000
individual members.
MAIN DOMAIN OF THE ORGANISATION
ACTION
Peace and Human Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Fight
for Children’s and Human Rights-Education for Peace, Leadership
Training, Student Organisations.
EUROPEAN YOUTH
FORUM (YFJ)
FORUM EUROPEEN DE LA JEUNESSE
120 rue Joseph
II / Straat
1000 Brussels
Belgium
: +32 2 230 64
90
Fax: +32 2 230 21 23
Email: youthforum@youthforum.org
Website:
http://www.youthforum.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
The European Youth Forum in an
international ORGANISATION, comprised of national youth councils and
international non-governmental youth ORGANISATIONs. It has
incorporated the Youth Forum of the European Union (YFEU), which
acts as a bridge between the European Youth Forum and the
institutions of the European Union.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
The European Youth Forum endeavours to serve the
interests of young people all over Europe, encouraging their active
participation in the construction of a Europe based on the values of
human rights, democracy and mutual understanding. The European Youth
Forum:
• promotes coherent and integrated youth policies in
Europe.
• influences international institutions' policy on youth
related issues.
• promotes the rights of young people in Europe
and maintains political dialogue with European decision makers.
•
is consulted by international institutions on issues relevant to
young people and youth ORGANISATIONs.
• promotes mutual
understanding, respect for human rights and equal
opportunities.
• supports and co-ordinates the work of its member
ORGANISATIONs.
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE
ORGANISATION
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Maintains
Operational Relations with UNESCO.
Representative from UNESCO
attended the 1998 General Assembly of the European Youth Forum, in
Salzburg.
PUBLICATIONS
Report Get in! Youth Convention and
Social Exclusion and Employment, the Youth Access guide for disabled
people on international youth activities, the representation
brochure, the membership directory, the brochure of the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the brochure of
the European Youth Forum's pool of trainers and the report on youth
unemployment. Report on the Human Rights Week organized on the
occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Council of Europe. The
profile on youth policy "Country by Country Profile" in Latvia,
Lithuania, Estonia and Slovenia also started in 1999, as well as a
book on the history of youth work in Europe. The European. Two
studies, one on social protection for young people in Central and
Eastern Europe, and one on the recognition of non formal
education.The monthly magazine “Youth
Opinion”.
MEMBERS
Full members : 28 National Youth
Councils (NYCs) ; 46 International Non-governmental Youth
ORGANISATIONs (INGYOs).
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’s
ACTIONS
Fight for Children’s and Human Rights- Education for
Peace- Aid for the Disabled; Leadership Training; European Youth
Policy; Education; Mobility; Social Affairs; Interdependence and
Solidarity; Equality and Human Rights; Participatory Democracy;
Training.
EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING
EIL
PO Box 595, Main Street
PUTNEY, Vermont,
05346
USA
: (1 802) 387 4210 - Fax: (1 802) 387
5783
Email: federation@experiment.org
Website:
http://www.experiment.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in the USA in 1932 as the
first organization of its kind to engage individuals in
intercultural living and learning. EIL introduced the HOMESTAY
concept to the world by carefully preparing and placing
'Experimenters' in the homes of host families to study other
languages and cultures firsthand. In 1954 Experiment national
offices worldwide joined together to form the Swiss-registered
Federation EIL. The Federation EIL network continues to
develop and maintain high standards of programme quality, as well as
providing access to partnerships, information, and
training.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
The mission
of the Federation EIL is to facilitate its member organizations in
the lifelong involvement of individuals in intercultural learning
experiences. This process helps develop understanding of and
respect for people throughout the world.
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF
THE ORGANISATION
Annually, more than 20,000 participants are
involved in EIL's educational programmes consisting of homestays,
short-term group travel, academic study abroad, language training,
internships, voluntary service projects, and au pair/homestays. The
US member maintains the School for International Training (USA), a
fully accredited institution granting masters degrees in
international administration and the teaching of languages. The
School also offers university semester abroad programmes for over
1400 US students per year to more than 40
countries.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
EIL is in partnership
with UNESCO in celebration of the International Year for the Culture
of Peace. It endorses Manifesto 2000 and collects signatures for
that initiative. Four of EIL's programmes in 2000 were designated by
UNESCO as Flagship Events in the
IYCP.
PUBLICATIONS
Federation EIL international brochure,
In the Loop (quarterly newsletter), annual report, member profiles,
program portfolio, and address directories. Each national EIL
representation has its own publications.
MEMBERS
Over 20
national representations of EIL which have met our standards are the
member organisations. In turn, these national organizations have
their own (national) structures; networks of local representatives,
board members, and individual members. Member organizations also
co-operate with outside organizations around the
world.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS
Peace and
Human Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Development Actions,
Voluntary service, Youth Workcamps, Literacy, Fight for Child and
Human Rights-Education for Peace, Preventive Education and Health
Care (AIDS, Drugs, etc), Physical and Cultural Activities,
Leadership Training, Student Organizations, Fght for Children’s and
Human Rights-Education for Peace, Leadership Training, Student
Organisations.
FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL
ORGANISATIONS (FIYTO)
Bredgade 25 H
DK-1260 Copenhagen
K
Denmark
: (+45) 33 33 96 00
Fax: (+45) 33 93 96
76
E-mail: mailbox@fiyto.org
Website: http://www.fiyto.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Established in 1950 to promote
educational, cultural and social travel among young people. In its
fifty-year history, FIYTO has become the largest organisation in the
youth travel industry, and is today the premier trade association
for youth travel and tourism.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
To promote ethical and professional behaviour
between travel operators and high-quality standards for young
travellers.
To provide the pre-eminent professional forum to
exchange information and advance in the interests of the young
traveller.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Organises, in partnership with
ISTC (the issuers of the ISIC, the international student identity
card, and purveyors of the youth and student air tickets), the World
Youth and Student Travel Confederation, the world’s premier trade
fair and conference for the youth and student travel industry.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Maintains Operational Relations
with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
”YTI”, Youth Travel
Magazine.
“Who Is Who”, a handbook about FIYTO
members.
MEMBERS
Nearly 400 member organisations, from
over 60 countries on all continents.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE
ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Youth and School Exchanges, Youth Travel.
FORO LATINOAMERICANO DE JUVENTUD
(FLAJ)
Maldonado 1260
CP 11000
Montevideo -
URUGUAY
: +5982 903 00 29- Fax : +5982 902 73 00
Email : info@forojuvenil.org.uy -
Flaj@flaj.org
Website : http://www.flaj.org/
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE ORGANISATION
Since 1985, the FLAJ is a space for dialogue
and coordination between non governmental youth entities in Latin
America. It groups national platforms and international youth
organisations working on the continent.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
OF THE ORGANISATION
• To promote encounters between national
youth councils, international youth organisations and technical NGOs
specialising in youth issues.
• To develop and reinforce youth
participation in regional development strategies and in the
improvement of young people’s quality of life.
• To be a forum
for dialogue, debate and consultation between youth organisations,
NGOS, international cooperation agencies, governmental structures
and supranational organs.
• To develop and coordinate common
working and research methods and projects between member
organisations.
• Reinforce the management skills of member
organisations.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Organisation of
assemblies and board committees.
• Co-organisation of events such
as CEULAJ courses, World Festival of Youth, etc.
• Participation
in working groups (Coordinating Committee for Global Cooperation,
International Commission for the Rights of Youth and
Adolescents)
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Co-organisation
of the World Consultation of Youth
NGOs.
PUBLICATIONS
MEMBERS
8 national
platforms, 8 international organisations, 3 observer members, 1
consultative member.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and Human Rights;
Development Actions; Preservation of Cultural Heritage;
Fight for Children’s and Human Rights; Education for
Peace; Preventive Education and Health Care; student
organisations.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS IN
AGRICULTURE AND RELATED SCIENCES (IAAS)
Kasteelpark Arenberg,
21
3001 Leuven, Belgium
: (+32) (0) 16 32 17 36
Fax: (+32)
(0) 16 32 19 58
Email : info@iaasworld.org
Website :
http://www.iaasworld.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1957 in Tunisia, initially
by 8 countries.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
To
promote the mutual interests and co-operation among students of
agriculture and related fields all over the world. It pursues this
objective by:
Encouraging an interchange of ideas in all fields
of agricultural education and practice.
Promoting co-operation
and understanding among agricultural students all over the
world.
Preparing agricultural students to fulfil the challenges
of their future work with a practical and global
view.
Encouraging the formation and development of national
agricultural student organisations.
Organising international
seminars and training periods abroad for agricultural
students.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Exchange programme: offers
students the possibility to undergo traineeships in foreign
countries for periods up to one year.
Village Concept Project
(VCPs): small scale development projects run together with students
from other disciplines. Aims to improve the health, agriculture and
socio-economic situation in rural villages. It is an initiative to
encourage collaboration among student organisations.
National and
Local Activities: seminars, work camps, bilateral Exchange Weeks,
Symposia, Round Tables, etc.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
Maintains official relations (Operational) with
UNESCO.
Secretariat is focal point for the World Conference on
Higher Education follow-up.
PUBLICATIONS
‘The Annual
Overview about activities, projects and programmes of IAAS.
The
newsletter “IAAS World” five times per
year.
MEMBERS
Present in 42 member countries. The
structure of the association is nationally based. That means that
the National Committee represents all the Local Committees in the
country. It is also responsible for communication with the IAAS
Headquarters.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
Student ORGANISATIONs.
INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL STUDENTS (IADS)
c/o FDI World Dental
Federation
13, chemin du Levant l'Avant Centre
F-01210
Ferney-Voltaire France
: +33 4 50 40 50 50
Fax: +33 4 50 40
55 55
Email : ieo@iads-web.org
Website: http://www.iadsweb.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Formed in 1951, to allow dental
students to exchange knowledge about dentistry at an international
level. The only worldwide association for dental students.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
To promote the
interests of dental students and help international co-operation by
organizing meetings and student exchanges.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
• Annual World Congress of Dental Students
•
International Student Exchange Programme, which allows students to
visit a foreign country and experience its culture and its
dentistry, both scientifically and clinically.
• Voluntary Work
Abroad Scheme, run in collaboration with WHO, which allows students
to experience primary oral healthcare in a developing
country.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Member of
UNESCO/NGO Consultation on Higher Education.
PUBLICATIONS
• Newsletter, distributed by FDI to all
750 of the world’s dental schools with additional copies being sent
to member associations and schools.
• Website
(www.iads.ndirect.co.uk)
• Promotional Posters our activities
MEMBERS
30 Member countries
DOMAIN(S) OF
THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Youth and School Exchanges, Development
Actions, Voluntary service, Youth Workcamps, Physical and Cultural
Activities, Student ORGANISATIONs.
INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR THE EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS FOR TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
(IAESTE)
P. O. Box 6104
Swords,
Co.
Dublin
Ireland
: (+353 1) 840 20 55
Fax: (+353 1) 840 20
55
e-mail: general.secretary@iaeste.org
Website:
www.iaeste.org
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
Founded in 1948, in London, on the initiative of the
Imperial College Vocation Work Committee.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF
THE ORGANISATION
• To provide students at institutions of higher
education with technical experience abroad relative to their studies
in the broadest sense.
• To promote international understanding
and goodwill amongst the students of all nations
irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed.
• To operate an
exchange programme for the benefits of students, academic
institutions and other ORGANISATIONs offering
traineeships.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
The International Exchange
Programme : Member countries collect offers from industrial and
other organisations for receiving students from abroad for a
temporary training period. Students pay their own travelling
expenses but receive sufficient payment from industries to meet
their costs of living expenses in the country visited. In most
cases, the training periods are from 8-12
months.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Maintains Operational
Relations with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• IAESTE Bulletin
(quarterly)
• Annual Activity Report
• Annual
report
MEMBERS
• Full members: 50
• Associate members:
6
• Co-operating institutions in 19 countries.
MAIN
DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Scientific and Technical
Activities, Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership Training,
Student
Organisations, Provision of overseas work experience to
students; promoting international understanding and good will;
providing an exchange programme that benefits students, employers
and educational institutions through the world.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (AIESEC)
Teilingerstraat
126
3032 – AW Rotterdam
The Netherlands
: +31 10
443 4383
Fax : +31 10 265 1386
Email : info@ai.aiesec.org - Vpc@ai.aiesec.org
Website :
http://www.aiesec.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
AIESEC has been 50 years ago to
mobilise young people to contribute to developing themselves, their
countries and the world.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
Peace and Fulfilment of Humankind’s Potential ;
Development of individuals ; International traineeship exchanges and
supporting activties. AIESEC is an interntional, non-political,
non-profit, student-tru, independent, education foundation. It is
comprised of students and recent gratuates of institutions of higher
education who are interested in economics and management.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
AIESEC offers international
exchange opportunity to around 3,000 young people every year,
placing students into positions lasting up to 18 months in every
sector – business, public or civil society. AIESEC also creates
opportunities for them to interact with their local environment and
its challenges, supported by the members of each of our local
offices.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Accredited with
ECOSOC
• Mutual conference
attendance
PUBLICATIONS
• AIESEC International Annual
Report
• AIESEC International Alumni
Newsletter
MEMBERS
30,000 volunteer members based in
around 650 local and 88 national branches wich includes 5 extension
countries (UAE, China, Chile, Mozambique and Zimbabwe). AIESEC is
based in all regions of the world.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE
ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Youth and School
exchanges, Voluntary service and Youth workcamps, Leadership
Training, student organisations.
INTERNATIONAL
BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION (IBO) – ORGANISATION DU BACCALAUREAT
INTERNATIONAL
15 Route des Morillons,
1218 Grand-Saconnex,
Geneva, Switzerland
: +41 22 791 77 40 - Fax : +41 22 /791 02
77
Email : ibhq@ibo.org -
Website: http://www.ibo.org/
BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE ORGANISATION
Officially established in 1968 in Geneva with
assistance from UNESCO to offer an international education programme
for entry into higher education institutions around the world. The
IBO is a non-profit educational foundation which belongs to no
particular country. It now offers three international education
programmes (see below). In 2001 a total of 1300 schools
in 108 countries offer IB programmes. Some 43% of all IB
institutions are state government schools with no tuition
fees. The head office is in Geneva with regional offices in New
York, Buenos Aries, Singapore and Geneva. A large office for the
development of curricula and student assessment techniques
(including the IB diploma annual examinations), ICT, publications,
and finances is in Cardiff (UK).
The three working languages are
English, French and Spanish. Pedagogical documents are becoming
available in Chinese for the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the
Middle Years Programme (MYP).
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
• to promote international understanding and respect
regardless of ethnic origin, religion, sex or disability
• to
provide an internationally recognised diploma for entry to higher
education institutions
• to promote critical thinking skills
•
to develop the whole person through the inclusion of activities
relating to creativity, action and community service
• to develop
an ethic of sustainability for the planet Earth
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
The provision of three international education
programmes: Diploma Programme for students in their last two years
of secondary education: 1010 schools in 108 countries. Middle
Years Programme (MYP) for students from 11-16 years of age:
175 schools in 52 countries. Primary Years Programme (PYP) for
students from 3-11 or 12 years of age: 75 schools in 40
countries
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Status with UNESCO
since October 2001: formal consultative relations as a network.
Joint action with UNESCO: a) July 1999 a joint UNESCO/IBO
seminar on intercultural understanding with teachers and secondary
students from different ethnic schools around Johannesburg: b)
ongoing research project into inter-generational learning with the
UNESCO Institute, Hamburg: c) training of primary-school teachers in
Cambodia in 2001 to adopt an enquiry-based approach for the
education of young children, d) the senior programme specialist,
transdisciplinary project, education for a sustainable future,
UNESCO, Paris, is external advisor on the IBO MYP committee for
curriculum development, e) IBO is a member of UNESCO’s secondary
education reform group
PUBLICATIONS
• IB World
appears four times a year
• Brochure about the IBO’s educational
programmes available in English, French and Spanish
•
Coordinator’s Notes for each of the three IB programmes appear four
times a year
• Curriculum guides, regularly revised, for all
components of each of the three IB programmes
MEMBERS
Total of 1,260 schools in 108 countries are authorized to teach
IB programmes. The IBO has regional offices for North America,
Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa/Europe/Middle East. In May
2001 42,000 students sat IB diploma examinations around the
world.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace and human
rights - Voluntary service, Youth Workcamps - Protection of the
Environment – Literacy - Fight for Child and Human Rights-Education
for Peace - Aid for the Handicapped - Preventive Education and
Health Care (AIDS, Drugs, etc) - Physical and Cultural Activities -
Leadership Training
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL YOUTH EXCHANGE
(ICYE)
Große Hamburger Straße 30,
D-10115 Berlin.
Germany
+49.30/28390550-51
Fax ::
+49.30/28390552
Email: icye@icye.org
Website:
http://www.icye.org
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
In 1949, 50 German teenagers were welcomed as ICYE
exchangees by American families in the United States. Soon after, a
reciprocal programme was established, with US youth invited to spend
a year with European families. More and more countries have
joined the program since then. Building bridges of peace, justice,
and understanding through personal encounters has been our goal
throughout the past 50 years.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
ICYE is committed to:
• Justice for all persons
who suffer from social, political, economic and personal
injustice
• Breaking through the barriers between cultures and
peoples
• Equality among cultures, nations and sexes.
National
Committees are committed to:
• providing experiences that will
encourage international and intercultural understanding;
•
helping participants to become aware of the problems in local and
national communities in order to better understand worldwide
socio-economic-political issues and problems;
• encouraging
commitment to act on this understanding, both during the exchange
experience and beyond.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
The Federation of
the International Christian Youth Exchange, which comprises 26
National Committees and four regional bodies, is a non-profit NGO.
ICYE promotes short and long-term youth exchanges combined with
voluntary service activities. ICYE enhances youth mobility and
intercultural learning through exchange programmes, study visits,
training and issue seminars.
The ICYE Federation
co-operates with the World Council of Churches and is a full member
of
Mobility International.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
ICYE maintains Operational Relations with UNESCO .
It is a full member of CCIVS and of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison
Committee.
PUBLICATIONS
Information
Brochure
MEMBERS
ICYE Member National Committees are
represented in the following regions/countries:
Africa: Ghana,
Kenya, Nigeria
Asia/Pacific: India, Japan, New Zealand, South
Korea, Taiwan
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom
Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Mexico
DOMAIN(s) OF THE ORGANISATION´s
ACTIONS
Youth and School Exchanges , Voluntary Service, Youth
Workcamps , Leadership Training.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
OF MEDICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (IFMSA)
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE
DES ASSOCIATIONS D’ETUDIANTS EN MEDECINE
C/o WMA, B.P.
63
01212 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex
France
: +33 4 50 40 47 59
- Fax: +33 4 50 40 59 37
Email: gs@ifmsa.org
Website: http://www.ifmsa.org/
BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE ORGANISATION
IFMSA is an independent, non-political
organisation comprising 68 medical students associations
globally. Founded in 1951, IFMSA is recognised by the World
Health Organisation as official
international forum for
international medical students since1969.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF
THE ORGANISATION
• Empowering medical students to use their
knowledge and capacities.
• Providing a forum for medical
students throughout the world.
• Promoting and facilitating
professional and scientific exchange.
• Providing a link between
members, medical students associations and international
organisations.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Professional
exchange.
• Research exchange.
• Medical education.
•
Public health.
• Refugees and peace.
• Reproductive health
including AIDS.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Maintains
Official Relations with UNESCO.
• Follow-up to the World
Conference on Higher Education.
• HIV/ AIDS and Human Rights.
• International Year for a Culture of Peace.
PUBLICATIONS
VAGUS (two monthly newsletter)
MSI
(Medical International) half yearly.
MEMBERS
70 members
(national students organisations) from Asia, Africa, Europe, America
and Australia.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
Peace and Human Rights, Development Actions, Fight for
Child and Human Rights-Education for
Peace, Preventive Education
and Health Care (AIDS, Drugs, etc), Student Organisations.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
SOCIETIES (IFRCC)
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES SOCIETES DE LA
CROIX-ROUGE ET DU CROISSANT-ROUGE
PO Box 372 - CH
1211
GENEVA 19
Switzerland
: (+4122) 730 42 22
Fax:
(+4122) 733 03 95
E-mail: secretariat@ifrc.org
Website:
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