International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations

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International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations
AbbreviationICMYO
Formation2004 [1]
Region
International
Membership30
Website icmyo.org

The International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO) is an international network for the world's largest youth movements and regional youth platforms. It was founded officially in 2004, and further strengthened in 2013. [2] The network claims to:

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The organization is aimed to unite and represent the diverse voices of youth-led organisations globally, by providing a platform for coordination and cooperation in order to have a stronger influence on global youth policy processes and to achieve full partnerships between youth organisations and relevant stakeholders.
The main objectives of ICMYO are:
  • To represent the diverse voices of youth-led organisations globally
  • Cooperation among youth-led organisations at regional and global levels
  • Coordination of political inputs to global youth policy [3]

Currently, the network meets once a year in an annual meeting which is organised by a task force elected the year before by the members. [4]

Members

There are two types of full member and two types of associate membership (there are no associate members at the moment).

Regional Youth Platforms

RegionOrganisation nameAbbreviation
Africa Pan African Youth Union PYU
Europe European Youth Forum YFJ
Asia Asian-Pacific Students and Youth Association ASA
Asia Asian Youth Council AYC
Latin America Latin American Youth Forum FLAJ
Pacific Pacific Youth Council PYC
Caribbean Caribbean Federation of Youth CFY

See also

References

  1. ↑ "8th ICMYO Meeting insights from Alex Surace - Global Young Greens". 24 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Youth Participation". Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  3. ↑ "ICMYO renews network, sets themes for 2013/14 & appoints new Task Force | ICMYO". Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Africa YMCA is under construction". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
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