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JEUNESSES MUSICALES INTERNATIONAL (JMI)
C/o
Palais des Beaux Arts, Rue Royale 10,
B-1000 Brussels,
Belgium
: +32-2-513-97-74
Fax : +32-2-514-47-55
Email : mail@jmi.net
Website: http://www.jmi.net/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Created in Brussels in 1945 as an
organisation that would actively work against the causes of
international conflict through the universal language of music.
.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
Enabling young
people to develop across all boundaries through
music.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
JMI projects include: JM World
Orchestra; Imagine Festivals; Music Crossroads Southern Africa;
"Brundibar" an educational project based on the opera performed by
Jewish children during World War II; World Youth Choir.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Formal consultative
relations with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• JMI News
(quarterly)
• Annual report
• Various presentations and
promotional material for specific
projects
MEMBERS
Member ORGANISATIONs in 40 countries
worldwide.
DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Youth
and School Exchanges, Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Fight for
Child and Human Rights, Education for Peace, Cultural
Activities.
Others: Promotion of musical
creativity
MOUVEMENT INTERNATIONAL DES
JOURNEES ARC EN CIEL - INTERNATIONAL RAINBOW WEEK MOVEMENT
23,
Avenue Jean-Rieux, Bat. CB
31500 TOULOUSE – France
Tel/Fax:
(33-5) 61 20 31 86 – 61.80.34.82
E-mail: info@mijaec.org
Site Internet: http://www.mijaec.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded at the end of the 70’s by
sport leaders from different disciplines, by young people leaders,
by scholars and by university students (regional of Toulouse, in
France) responding to their interest for the relations between sport
and children and their concern about the excesses committed n the
sport initiation of young children. It was in 1985, during the III
“Rainbow Week Movement” (which took place in the frame of the
International Year of Youth) when this Manifestation attained its
definitive orientation, defined by giving a wider space to
youth.
This dynamic brought about the creation of manifold
associations in the world, which have generated an international
movement. This has been formalised by its transformation, in 1995
into an international non-governmental organisation.
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
Its main finality is the treatment
of Physical and Sports Activities (APS) by action and reflection, by
privileging their cultural dimension in order that they can be an
original mean of communication between young people of different
cultural and linguistic origins but also a mean for social
integration.
MIJAEC wants to be an intercultural space for
meetings and exchanges where everyone can bring his/her specific
culture, linked to his/her geo-cultural, associative and
professional origin.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• From 1980 to 2001,
96 different countries have participated to Rainbow week,
International Children Meetings, Youth exchanges and
Seminars.
From 2002 to 2004 :
• Youth exchanges in the field
of “New Youth Programme of the European Commission”
•
International Meetings of Children
• VIII Rainbow Week
(Canada, July 2004) placed under the sign of “Sport for
a viable future : a stake for young people of the 3rd
millenium”.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Organisation
of a meeting of the Youth OING Collective Consultation Office in
Toulouse
• Cooperation with the former Division of Youth and
Sports Activities.
PUBLICATIONS
• Acts of the colloquies
of I, II, III, V et VII Rainbow Week
• Communication “Rainbow
Week: an experience and analysis model of international exchanges of
children and young people”, Int. Conference on young leisure-time
(Vilnius, Lituania, 1993)
• International Study on “Ethical value
of sport”, 1990
MEMBERS
39 associations in Africa,
America, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, European
Union.
MAIN DOMAIN OF THE ORGANISATION ACTION
Youth and
School exchanges, Development actions, Voluntary service/youth
camps, Preservation of cultural heritage, Fight for child and human
rights, Physical and cultural activities, Leadership tranining, aid
for the handicapped.
ORGANIZACIÓN CONTINENTAL
LATINOAMERICANA Y CARIBEÑA DE ESTUDIANTES (OCLAE)
Calle 36,
#710 e/7º y 17, Miramar,
Municipio Playa, La Habana, Cuba.
: (537) 236 496/ 233 600
Fax: (537) 226 168
Email: oclae@jcce.org.cu
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded the 11 August 1966. Its
history is distinguished by the fight for education and solidarity.
OCLAE’s main forum is the CLAE (Latin American and Caribbean
Students Congress). It has contributed throughout its history
to the unity of Latin American students. It develops campaigns
in defence of education, of national sovereignty and it
fosters international groups for voluntary work.
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
• Fight for the defence of
education.
• Defence of independence, sovereignty and autonomy of
nations.
• Fight for bringing together Latin American secondary
school and university students.
• Regional integration.
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION
• Latin American
and Caribbean Congress (CLAE), every two years.
• Consultation
meetings with all affiliated members.
• Continental workshops in
favour of education, students rights and defence of nations.
•
Students Latin American seminars on the university. The IV Seminar
on the University will take place in August 2001 as well as the
First Seminar on secondary education.
• Solidarity campaigns in
collaboration with students.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
• Operational status with UNESCO.
• Development of
preparatory activities for the World Conference on Education.
•
NGO Collective Consultation.
• Leads member organisations to
foster campaigns launched by UNESCO, e.g. Year for a Culture of
Peace.
• Contribution to constitute Youth National Councils.
PUBLICATIONS
OCLAE magazine.
MEMBERS
34
national organisations from secondary and university education,
representatives from 24 countries in Latin America and Caribbean.
MAIN DOMAIN OF THE ORGANISATION ACTION
Voluntary Service,
Youth Wokcamps, Fight for Children’s and Human Rights-Education for
Peace, Leadership Training, Student Organisations.
PACIFIC
YOUTH COUNCIL (PYC)
South Pacific Commission
BP D5
98848
Noumea cedex
New Caledonia
Tel : + 687 262
000
Fax : +687 262 818
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
PYC was initiated by the Fiji National Youth Council
in 1975. By 1985, ten National Youth Councils were in
place.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
The PYC is
a non-government voluntary association of pacific national youth
organisations. The PYC promotes Pacific youth interests and
development in cooperation with youth organisations of the
Pacific.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
MEMBERS
National Youth
Council from all over the region.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE
ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Peace and Human
rights, Development Actions, Voluntary service and Youth Workcamps,
preservation of Cultural Heritage, Fight for Child and Human Rights
– Education for Peace, Student organisations.
PAX
CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM
PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL FORUM
DES JEUNES
Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains, 21,
1000
Brussels, Belgium
: +32 2 513 81 69 - Fax: +32 2 502 46
26
Email: youth@paxchristi.net
Website:
www.paxchristi.net/youth
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
The Pax Christi Youth Forum is the youth network of
the International Pax Christi movement, founded at the end of World
War II to work towards peace, justice and reconciliation. In 1990
the Youth Forum itself was created to support and co-ordinate the
work of the young people on issues related to human rights,
disarmament and peace education.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
Engaging youth in inter-ethnic and inter-religious
dialogue at grass root level. This is done by organising
international events, such as exchanges, seminars and training
courses, to educate young people on issues of peace and justice;
supporting youth initiatives organised on a national or regional
level; networking with other organisations; and disseminating
information via publications.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
International Routes: Crossing Borders, 1991 (Austria, Germany,
Hungary, Italy); A Past of conquest, A future of solidarity, 1992
(Italy); Meeting of Cultures and Religions, 1993 (Portugal);
Multicultural Society, the Netherlands, 1994; Racism and Xenophobia:
overcoming violence, 1995 (Germany); Living with your neighbour in
Multiethnic and Pluralist societies, 1996 (Hungary, Slovakia,
Romania, Croatia, Yugoslavia); Piece by Piece, the Sharing Never
Ends, 1997 (Poland, Lithuania and Kaliningrad); Integrating the
Past, Re-imagining the Future, 1998 (Ireland and Northern Ireland);
Oasis of Peace, 1999 (Jordan); Meeting Challenges, 2000 (Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary).
Seminars and Training
courses: European Youth and Islam (France, 1991); Meeting of
Continents (Portugal, 1992); Conscientious Objection, Alternative
Service and Demilitarisation (Russia, 1994); Refugees and Racism
(Denmark, 1994); Living together in Multinational States (Slovakia,
1995); Minority Rights and the Right to Self-Determination (Belgium,
1996); Youth Development Seminar (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1997);
Leadership Training Course (Italy, 1997); Dealing with Conflict
(Belgium, 1998); Youth, Media and Transitional Society
(Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1999); Migrant Realities: integration and
preservation of cultures (Portugal, 2000).
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
Maintains Operational Relations with UNESCO.
Permanent representation at UNESCO through the network of Pax
Christi International. Direct meetings between UNESCO officials and
PCI Youth Forum leaders/members take place in relation to specific
issues, particularly in the framework of the Culture of Peace
Programme. Participated in the UNESCO Youth Forum held during the
UNESCO General Conference, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS
AGORA:
Magazine of the Youth Forum; Promoting A Culture of Peace: A Decade
in Review 1990
2000. Booklets, CD-ROMs and documentation sets on
the different activities
MEMBERS
Member organisations in:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Working contacts with
organisations worldwide: Middle East, Latin America, Asia,
Europe.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace and
Human Rights; Development Actions; Voluntary service, Youth
Workcamps; Fight for Child and Human Rights-Education for Peace;
Leadership Training; Student ORGANISATIONs; conflict
resolution.
SERVICE CIVIL INTERNATIONAL
(SCI)
International Secretariat
St. Jacobmarkt
82
B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
: + 32 3 226 57 27
Fax: +32 3
232 03 44
E-mail: info@sciint.org
Website : http://www.sciint.org/
BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE ORGANISATION
Founded by Swiss volunteers after the First
World War. The first workcamp was reconstruction work near Verdun in
France in 1920 and brought together volunteers from a number of
countries including Germany and France. Soon the idea of
international voluntary work came to be recognised as a powerful
means of promoting peace and tolerance and over the years, the
organisation has built new contacts and created new national SCI
organisations who are members of Service Civil
International.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
To
promote peace, international understanding and solidarity, social
justice, sustainable development and respect for the environment.
SCI uses voluntary work as a tool in the process of education for
peace and international understanding.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
•
Co-ordinate and initiate voluntary-service projects for
international teams of volunteers on a long and short-term basis, in
which more than 4,000 volunteers participate each year. Activities
may be categorised as follows: International volunteer projects,
thematic seminars, medium and long term voluntary service, education
and training courses, individual trainee-ships, solidarity
campaigns, East-West and North-South exchanges, development and
action.
• SCI organises 400-500 short-term workcamps every year
and offers about 60 medium/long term volunteering opportunities to
promote peace and strengthen civil society.
COLLABORATION
WITH UNESCO
• Operational relations.
• International Year for
a Culture of Peace: SCI was a Project Partner for UNESCO and signed
a partnership agreement with UNESCO to:
• get as many Manifesto’s
2000 signed as possible before Sept. 2000.
• Organise an
international flagship project (Conference on International
Volunteering for Peace, March 2000, Poland, with attendance of
representatives from UNESCO.
• Organise local projects in the
frame of this Campaign: in 2000 about 30 SCI-projects approved by
UNESCO in the context of the International Year of the Culture of
Peace.
PUBLICATIONS
• “ACTION” magazine, published 3
times a year.
• Newsletter International Secretariat: two-monthly
newsletter.
• “Yellow Pages”: four-monthly magazine on East-West
activities and co-operation.
MEMBERS
Present in: Austria,
Bangladesh, Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain,
Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri
Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.
Provisional SCI status members
present in : Australia, Belarus, Denmark, Hungary, Pakistan.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace and Human
Rights, Development Actions, Voluntary Service, Youth Workcamps,
Fight for Children’s and Human Rights-Education for Peace,
Leadership Training.
SYNDESMOS (The World Fellowship of
Orthodox Youth)
General Secretariat
PO Box 66051,
Holargos 15510, GREECE
: +30 10 656 0991
Fax : +30 10 656
0992
Email : syndesmos@syndesmos.org
Website
: http://www.syndesmos.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
SYNDESMOS, The World Fellowship of
Orthodox Youth, was founded in 1953 in Paris by a group of young
theologians from Finland, France, Greece and Lebanon. Aspiring to
serve as a bond of unity (syndesmos in Greek) among Orthodox
youth movements, organisations and schools around the world,
SYNDESMOS has grown into a federation of over 125 Orthodox youth
organisations and religion schools in all local Orthodox, and most
Eastern Orthodox Churches. SYNDESMOS works with the blessing of the
heads of all Autocephalous and Autonomous Orthodox churches, in
close co-operation with local Hierarchs, monasteries, parishes and
youth groups.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
To unite
Orthodox youth movements, organisations and theological schools
around the world, promoting a consciousness of the catholicity of
the Orthodox faith. To foster relations, coordination and mutual aid
among them. To promote among young people a full understanding of
the Orthodox faith and the mission of the Church in the contemporary
world, and an active participation of youth in ecclesial life. To
promote a way of life founded in eucharistic communion, in the
Gospel, and in patristic teaching, for witness and service to the
world. To assist and promote Orthodox efforts for visible Christian
unity and for positive relations with people of other faiths. To
encourage reflection and action on issues affecting the lives of
Orthodox Christians and the local churches. To be an
instrument for furthering cooperation and deeper communion between
the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
a/ The convocation of meetings to study and discuss
specific themes.
b/ The organization of festivals, camps and
exchanges of Orthodox youth.
c/ The facilitation of training and
educational programmes for Orthodox youth.
d/ The publication of
theological and educational periodicals and other materials relevant
to the objectives of SYNDESMOS.
e/ The administration of an
Orthodox Youth Fund to promote Orthodox youth work in accordance
with the objectives of SYNDESMOS.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
Maintains official relations (Operational) with
UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• International Directory of Orthodox
and Oriental Orthodox Theological Schools 2000 (ed Bohumil
Voprsalek)
• Report on the SYNDESMOS XVI General Assembly “Serve
the Lord in Unity “, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Valamo,
Finland, 17-25 July 1999 (ed Vladimir Misiuk)
• For the Peace
from Above: an Orthodox Resource book on War, Peace and Nationalism
(Hildo Bos, Jim Forest, 1999)
• Orthodox Youth and Ecumenism:
Resource Book ( Alexander Belopolsky, Anu Talvivaara 1998)
•
Orthodox Icons and Line Drawings (V. Rev. Fr. John Matusiak,
1993)
• Our Faith (V. Rev. Fr. John Matusiak,
1995)
MEMBERS
41 all over the world.
MAIN DOMAINS
OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Youth Exchanges, Voluntary Service,
Youth Workcamps, Protection of the
Environment.
TUTMONDA ESPERANTISTA JUNULARA ORGANIZO
(TEJO)
WORLD ORGANISATION OF YOUNG ESPERANTISTS
ORGANISATION
MONDIALE DE LA JEUNESSE ESPE’RANTOPHONE
Nieuwe Binnenweg
176
3015 BJ Rotterdam, the Netherlands
: +31 10 436
1044
Fax:+31 10 436 1751
Email: info@tejo.org - oficejo@tejo.org
Website : http://www.esperanto.org/tejo
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded: 2 Aug 1938, Groet
(Netherlands), as “Tutmonda Junular-Organizo”.
Present name
adopted: 1954, Hilversum (Netherlands).
New statute approved:
1985, Ehringerfeld (Germany FR).
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
Works to raise awareness among young people
concerning linguistic problems; promotes international contacts
among young people.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Publications,
seminars, large youth events such as the annual youth
congress
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
TEJO is the youth
section of Universala Esperanto-Asocio (UEA), which maintains
operational relations with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
•
TEJO-tutmonde (4 times a year): official organ of TEJO
• Kontakto
(6 times a year): cultural magazine
• Dialog’ (2-3 times a year)
in English, French, Spanish
• Pasporta Servo (annual):
address-list of the TEJO accomodation service for Esperanto-speaking
travellers
• Congress and seminar
reports
MEMBERS
Member
organisations/countries:
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Croatia,
Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary,
Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Madagascar,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Yugoslavia.
Individual membership is also possible.
DOMAIN(S) OF
THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Voluntary service, Youth Workcamps,
Preservation of Cultural Heritage[ --> especially: language
diversity], Fight for Children’s and Human Rights-Education
for Peace, Leadership Training.
WORLD ALLIANCE OF YOUNG
MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (YMCA)
ALLIANCE UNIVERSELLE DES
UNIONS CHRETIENNES DE JEUNES GENS (UCJG)
12 Clos
Belmont
CH-1208 Geneva, Switzerland
: (+41 22) 849 51
00
Fax: (+41 22) 849 51 10
Email: office@ymca.int
Website:
www.ymca.int
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
Founded in 1855, the YMCA is the oldest
international ORGANISATION in the world.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF
THE ORGANISATION
According to the Kampala Principles, adopted at
the 6th World Council held in Uganda in 1973 :
• To work for
equal opportunity and justice for all.
• To work for and maintain
an environment in which relationships among people are characterised
by love and understanding.
• To work for and maintain conditions,
within the YMCA and in society, its organisations and institutions,
which allow for honesty, depth and creativity.
• To develop and
maintain leadership and programme patterns which exemplify the
varieties and depth of Christian experience.
• To work for the
development of the whole person.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Global
Workshop on Environment and Development; Consultation of YMCAs in
the Third World; Youth Leadership Fora; Workshops on Conflict
Resolution; Lay Leadership Workshop on Development; Leadership Forum
for National General Secretaries.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
Maintains official relations (Operational) with
UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• “YMCA” World (quarterly)
•
“Scope”youth magazine (quarterly)
• Special publications related
to specific programme areas.
MEMBERS
The World Alliance
represents YMCAs in 122 countries.
Regional organisations (5):
Africa Alliance of YMCAs, European Alliance of YMCAs, Latin American
Confederation of YMCAs, Asia Alliance of YMCAs and Middle East
Committee of YMCAs.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
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,
Scientific and Technical Activities, Aid for the Handicapped,
Preventive Education and Health Care, Physical and Cultural
Activities, Leadership Training, Student Organisations.
WORLD ASSEMBLY OF YOUTH (WAY)
International
Youth Centre
Jalan Dr Yaacobn Latif
Bandar Tun Razak
56000
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
: (+603) 91 73 27 22
Fax: (+603) 91
73 60 11
Email : hq@worldassemblyofyouth.org
dtc@pd.jaring.m
Website: http://www.worldassemblyofyouth.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1949, The World Assembly
of Youth (WAY) is an international co-ordinating body of national
youth councils and organisations. The full members of WAY are
national youth councils. WAY works in close co-operation with
several UN agencies, including UNAIDS, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF
and the WHO. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights serves as the
basis of WAY’s action and services.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
WAY works for the promotion of youth and youth
organisations in programme areas such as: community development,
democracy, drugs, environment, health, human rights, leadership
training and population. WAY represents its members at global
institutions, especially the UN, with the aim of promoting their
interests and raising youth issues on the international
agenda.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
WAY's events
and programmes have a number of facets, providing opportunities for
youth leaders to exchange ideas and experiences, co-ordinate
programmes and to reach a better understanding of each other's
problems irrespective of ethnic, political or religious background.
Beyond this function, each WAY event is designed for the more
specific purpose of enabling selected youth leaders to increase the
knowledge, skills and experience available to their youth
organisations, allowing them to more fully contribute to the
appropriate development of nations and the
world.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Maintains Official
Relations with UNESCO (consultative).
PUBLICATIONS
WAY publishes three regular publications. “WAY
Information” is a bi-monthly bulletin of WAY Activities. “Youth
Round-Up” is a bi-monthly publication summarising youth news and
information from around the world. “WAY Forum” is a youth journal
published on a quarterly basis. The WAY publications address a broad
span of youth issues, from political issues to youth
development.
MEMBERS
96 member organisations: 31 in
Africa, 18 in Asia, 8 in the Caribbean, 16 in Europe, 13 in
Latin-America, 2 in Northern America and 7 in the Pacific
region.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION'S
ACTION
WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL
SCOUTS – ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DES GUIDES ET DES ECLAIREUSES (WAGGGS
– AMGE)
Olave Centre, 12c Lyndhurst Road
London NW3 5
PQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: 0044 (0) 20 7794 1181
Telefax
: 0044 (0) 20 7431 3764
Email : wagggs@wagggsworld.org
Internet
: http://www.wagggsworld.org/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded over 70 years ago, WAGGGS has
grown from a membership of only a few countries to being the largest
international voluntary organisation for girls and young women in
the world. WAGGGS was founded by Olave Baden-Powell, whose husband
founded the Boy Scouts.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
WAGGGS mission is to develop girls and young women
to their fullest potential as responsible world
citizens.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Non formal education, Learning
by doing, Peer education
• Leadership training
• Building
World Citizenship : community development projects on Health,
Education, Food and Nutrition, Peace, Culture and Heritage and
Environment.
• HIV/AIDS awareness and
prevention.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Official relations
(consultative) with UNESCO. A team of 5 WAGGGS representatives at
the UN work closely with UNESCO in Paris. Very involved in the
International Year and International Decade for a Culture of
Peace.
PUBLICATIONS
• Our World News
• WAGGGS
leaflet
• “Working in Partnership” leaflet
• Media Relations
kit
• Policies and guidelines on Education of girls and young
women
• Young women in decision making
• World Centres
leaflet
MEMBERS
140 Member organisations ; 10 million
members
Members in Arab States, Asia Pacific, Europe, Western
hemisphere and Africa.
DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
Peace and human rights, Preservation of cultural heritage,
Protection of the environment, Literacy, Fight for children’s and
human rights, Education for peace, Preventive education and Health
care, Physical and cultural activities, leadership
training.
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES YOUTH TEAM
(WCC)
P.O. Box 2100
CH-1211 GENEVA 2 , Switzerland
:
(+41 22) 791 61 11
Fax: (+41 22) 791 03 61
Email : infowcc@wcc-coe.org
Website:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/
http://www.ecumenicalyouth.org/
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
The aims of the WCC Youth Section
are to encourage young people to explore, strengthen and live out
their faith, to enable them to participate fully in the life of
their churches and in society and to build networks of support and
understanding between young people for justice and
peace.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
The WCC Youth Section works with
youth coming together in the ecumenical youth movement, through
networking, communication, exchanges and solidarity
actions.
Priorities are as follows:
• General information
- leadership training, awareness programmes, exchanges of
information, etc.
• Community development programmes at different
levels - local (rural and urban), regional and international.
•
Involvement in human rights and solidarity actions.
WCC Youth
activities focus on:
• Ecumenical Learning
• Overcoming
Violence
• Globalisation
• Gender Equality.
• Living
Spirituality
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
Study guides and other resources;
interpretative books on major ecumenical concerns; biblical,
historical, theological, ethical and reference works; preparatory
materials for and official documents of WCC meetings; audio-visual
resources and general periodicals.
MEMBERS
The World
Council of Churches has 336 member churches in more than 100
countries.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace
and Human Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Development Actions,
Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Protection of the Environment,
Literacy, Fight for Children’s and Human Rights, Education for
Peace, Aid for the Handicapped, Preventive Education and Health Care
(AIDS, Drugs, etc), Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership
Training, Student ORGANISATIONs.
WORLD FEDERATION OF
UNESCO CLUBS, CENTRES AND ASSOCIATIONS (WFUCA)
FEDERATION
INTERNATIONALE DES ASSOCIATIONS, CENTRES ET CLUBS UNESCO
(FMACU)
Maison de l’UNESCO
1 rue Miollis, 75732
PARIS Cedex 15
: (33-1) 45.68.48.18/19
Fax :
(33-1) 45.68.48.20
E-mail : fmacu@unesco.org
Website : http://www.unesco.org/ncp/clubs/pages/wfuca.html
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1981, gathers UNESCO
Centres and Clubs’ national federations or coordination organs. This
network currently includes about 5000 Clubs globally, composed of
volunteers of different ages and socio-professional status who works
in accordance with UNESCO’s domains of competence.
MAIN
OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
• Dissemination of information
among members
• Leaders’ training
• Network
coordination
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• Workcamps for reforestation
in Africa
• Animation of Learning Centres in Asia,
• Heritage
restoration activities in Latin America and in the Arab States
•
Publication
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Formal Relations
with UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• Confluences, Information
Letter, published 6 times a year
• Confluences, the World in
Your Pocket, published twice a year (synthesis of international
reports for 15-25 years old people0.
• Confluences, Art and
Culture (texts of theatre and poetry for international
understanding)
MEMBERS
85 active members, which are
national federations or coordinations) : 25 in Africa, 12 in Asia,
17 in Latin America and Caribbean, 25 in Europe and 6 in Arab
countries. There exists a regional confederation in Africa and
Asia.
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANITION’S ACTION
Peace
Education, Development Actions, Voluntary service – Youth Workcamps,
Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Protection of the Environment,
Literacy, Fight for Child and Human Rights, Preventive Education and
Health Care (AIDS, Drugs, etc.0, Physical and Cultural Activities,
Leadership Training.
WORLD ORGANISATION OF THE SCOUT
MOVEMENT (WOSM)
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU MOUVEMENT SCOUT
(OMMS)
Box 241
1211 Genève 4
Suisse
: + 41
22 705 10 10
Fax: + 41 22 705 10 20
E-mail: worldbureau@world.scout.org
website
(if any): http://www.scout.org/
BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE ORGANISATION
Established in the early 1920s to assist its
member National Scout ORGANISATIONs in the non-formal education of
young people of all races, colours, creeds and social conditions.
Regional Offices are in Nairobi, Kenya; Cairo, Egypt; Manila,
Philippines; Yalta-Gurzuf, Ukraine; Geneva, Switzerland; and
Santiago, Chile.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
•
promoting unity and understanding of its purpose and principles
•
facilitating its expansion and development
• maintaining its
specific character
MAIN ACTIVITIES
• World Scout Jamboree
– 30,000+ young people, from 14-18 years of age, meeting for 2 weeks
every four years; including a major “Global Development
Village”
• World Scout Movt – 3,000+ young people, from 18-26
years of age, meeting for 2 weeks every four years; including a
“Global Development Village”
• World Scout Youth Forum – up to
200 young people aged 18-26 for four days debate and discussion.
• Similar events also organized at Regional and National
levels.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
• Consultative Status
since 1970.
• WOSM was awarded the first Peace Education Prize in
1981.
• WOSM has also been involved in various UNESCO programmes:
training of trainers, national heritage protection, tolerance and
peace education, solidarity with the children of Chernobyl, survey
on on-screen violence, Culture of Peace, etc.
PUBLICATIONS
World Scouting News (bi-monthly newsletter)
Triennial
Report
MEMBERS
150 National Scout ORGANISATIONs, with
total membership of over 28 million, male and female.
Six
Regions: Africa, Arab, Asia-Pacific, Eurasia, Europe,
America.
DOMAIN(S) OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
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, Aid for the
Handicapped, Preventive Education and Health Care (AIDS, Drugs,
etc), Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership
Training.
WORLD STUDENT CHRISTIAN FEDERATION
(WSCF)
FEDERATION UNIVERSELLE DES ASSOCIATIONS CHRETIENNES
D’ETUDIANTS
5 Route des Morillons
1218
Grand-Saconnex
Switzerland
: (+41 22) 798 89
53/2
Fax: (+41 22) 798 23 70
Email: wscf@wscf.ch
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in Sweden, in 1895, is
historically the first international students organisation. Together
with the YMCA and YWCA, it is among the oldest youth movements.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
Provides a place
for leadership development and the empowerment of women.
A
critique of higher education in the context of globalisation and the
development of alternatives.
The exploration of a theology and
spirituality rooted in the hopes and struggles of students
worldwide.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Leadership
training.
Women’s programmes.
Higher Education.
Conflict
resolution.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Official
Relations (operational).
Participation in UNESCO programmes in
Higher Education.
PUBLICATIONS
Federation News
(quarterly).
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S
ACTION
Peace and Human Rights, Youth and School Exchanges, Youth
Exchange Programmes, Literacy, Leadership Training, Student
Organisations.
WORLD VOICES
21 Lonsdale
Road
London NW6 6RA
United Kingdom
: +44
(0)20 7278 7844
Fax: +44 (0)87 0120 9813
Email:
uk@worldvoices.org
Website:
www.worldvoices.org
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
ORGANISATION
Launched in September 1999 at a major two day forum
at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Speakers included Anita
Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, Pierre Sane, Director General of
Amnesty International and Peace Prize Laureats Jose Ramos Horta,
Aung Sang Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama, contributed by video message.
World Voices is a network of students, activists, academics,
artists, activists and business executives.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
OF THE ORGANISATION
Seeks to encourage the initiative of young
people to explore and demonstrate alternatives and solutions to
unsustainable forms of progress, wealth and power.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
Events held at high-profile music venues and
ecologically-sound outdoor conference centres in England, Norway,
Canada and India. Publishing books, including “Tell the World”
an anthology of young people’s writings from around the
world.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
No official
collaboration.
PUBLICATIONS
Books – “Tell the World” and
“Choose” (forthcoming publication)
Interact – an email
newsletter.
MEMBERS
World Voices India
india@worldvoices.org
World Voices Mexico
mexico@worldvoices.org
World Voices Norway norway@worldvoices.org
DOMAIN(S)
OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace and Human Rights, Youth and
School Exchanges, Development Actions, Voluntary service,Youth
Workcamps, Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Protection of the
Environment, Student ORGANISATIONs.
WORLD YOUNG
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
ALLIANCE MONDIALE DES UNIONS
CHRETIENNES FEMININES (WYWCA)
16 Ancienne Route.
CH- 1218
Grand Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland.
: : +41 22 929 60
40
Fax: +41 22 929 60 44
Email: worldoffice@worldywca.org
Website:
http://www.worldywca.org/
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE ORGANISATION
Movement founded in 1855 in Great Britain to
answer the call for safe housing for nurses by Florence Nightingale.
By 1894 YWCAs had expanded to form the World YWCA with head offices
in London. In 1930 the World YWCA headquarters were moved to
Switzerland. The YWCA movement now comprises 94 YWCAs in every
region of the world with a membership of approximately 25 million
women. Work is beginning in 15 other countries including Eastern
Europe.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION
The World YWCA
unites national associations in a worldwide women’s volunteer
membership movement. Inspired by the Christian faith, the purpose of
the World YWCA is to develop the leadership and collective power of
women and girls around the world to achieve human rights, health,
security, dignity, freedom, justice and peace for all people.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
The World YWCA’s programme for women and
girls is currently grouped around 5 priorities:
• World peace
with justice.
• Human rights of women and girls.
• Women’s
health and the environment.
• Economic justice for women.
•
Leadership of Young Women.
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
Operational Relations with UNESCO since 1995.
Member of
the UNESCO/NGO Liaison Committee.
PUBLICATIONS
• “Common
Concern” (quarterly newsletter)
• Young Women on the Move
(Biannual newsletter)
• Annual Reports.
• The World Week of
Prayer (with the YMCA) and occasional publications on specific
priorities.
• Young Women’s web pages YWCA Website.
• Young
Women’s Electronic Forum.
MEMBERS
National Associations in
100 countries.
DOMAIN(s) OF THE ORGANISATION’s ACTIONS
Peace and Human Rights, Youth Exchanges, Development Actions,
Voluntary service, Youth Workcamps, Protection of the Environment,
Literacy, Aid for the Handicapped, Preventive Education and Health
Care, Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership Training, Student
ORGANISATIONs, Leadership Development of Young Women,
Internships.
YOUTH FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION
(YDC)
Postbus 3201
3003 AE Rotterdam
The
Netherlands
: (+31.10) 2430236
Fax: (+31.10)
2430237
E-mail: ydc@ydc.nl
Website : http://www.ydc.nl/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Founded in 1947, in Switzerland, as
World Federalist Youth (WFY). Became Young World Federalists in
1953, and then Youth Movement for a New International Order (NIO
Youth) in 1978. Present name adopted in 1986, when it became an
independent youth development organisation.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION
It focuses on the social position
of young people in developing countries and the role of youth
organisations in international cooperation. YDC aims at
strengthening youth structures that forge North/South cooperation
between young people empowering them to shape their lives to attain
development that is environmentally sustainable, politically
and economically accessible and socially just.
MAIN
ACTIVITIES
• International meetings, seminars, conferences and
study sessions bringing representatives from youth organisations
around the world.
• Training for young leaders through training
courses and internships, in order to strengthen their organisational
capacities.
• Coordination and support of international
campaigns and actions on environment and development issues.
•
Research in order to identify and analyse issues in the field of
youth development.
• Publication/services: A range of services of
YDC member organisations (literature, videos, simulation games,
database of NGOs, funding sources, etc).
COLLABORATION WITH
UNESCO
PUBLICATIONS
Articles, press releases,
newsletter (FLASH), conference reports, booklets, practical training
guides, information packs.
YDC Information Bulletin (Winter
2001)
MEMBERS
National member organisations and associate
members organisations. 65 organisations in 40 countries.
MAIN DOMAIN OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Peace and
Human Rights, Development Actions, Leadership Training, Student
Organisations, Development Education and Health.
YOUTH
FOR HABITAT INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Fulya Mah Mevlüt Pehlivan
Sok Ali Sami Yen Apt. 8A/2
80290 Mecidiyeköy,
Istanbul,
TURKEY
/Fax : + 90 212 275 74 98 / 275 74 36 /
275 55 19
E-mail: youthforhab@turk.net
Subscribe
to youthforhabitat@yahoogroups.com
Website:
http://www.youthforhab.org.tr/
BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Established in 1995 during the
Copenhagen Social Development Summit to increase youth participation
during the Habitat II Conference. Became a huge network in 1997 and
now operates at all levels.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION
• Acceptance of youth as a partner.
• Awareness
raising about participation of youth in decision making.
• Human
rights
• Human settlements.
• Environment.
• Capacity
building of youth.
MAIN ACTIVITES
Training courses,
summer schools, activities on the above mentioned issues,
partnership with international counterparts, earthquake
rehabilitation activities at national level.
COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO
Hosted representatives from
UNESCO in international events, informal sessions during
international conferences with representatives from UNESCO.
PUBLICATIONS
• Two weekly newsletter (national)
•
Platform (3 monthly, national)
• Electronic global newsletter
(monthly)
• International newsletter (6 monthly)
• Brochures
of outcomes of international meetings,
events.
MEMBERS
84 member organisations all over the
world (Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America).
MAIN DOMAINS OF THE ORGANISATION’S ACTION
Youth and
School Exchanges, Development Actions, Voluntary Service, Youth
Workcamps, Protection of the Environment, Preventive Education and
Health Care, Physical and Cultural Activities, Leadership Training,
Student Organisations. |
