International Federation of Liberal Youth | |
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President | Bram Roodhart (JOVD) |
Secretary General | Tirza Drent (JD) |
Treasurer | Sam Hudis (YDA) |
Founded | 1979 |
Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
International affiliation | Liberal International [1] |
European affiliation | European Youth Forum |
Website | iflry.org |
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The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties that are members of Liberal International.
IFLRY holds full member status to Liberal International [2] and the European Youth Forum (YFJ), [3] which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies. Since 2014, IFLRY has held special consultative status to ECOSOC. [4] IFLRY also holds observer status to UNFCCC [5] and has sent delegations to COP since COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009.
IFLRY continues the tradition of two predecessors. The first was the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY), founded in 1947 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. WFLRY aimed to be a global organization, but mostly had active members in Europe. This led in 1969 to the separate forming of the European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY). WFLRY was dissolved in 1978.
In 1979, at the EFLRY 6th Congress in Silkeborg, Denmark, EFLRY renamed itself IFLRY International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth. This marked the start of a global expansion of the organization. The 6th Congress is thus recognized as the founding congress of IFLRY. [6]
In 2001, the organization was renamed into IFLRY – International Federation of Liberal Youth.
IFLRY's highest body is the General Assembly, which meets at least every year. It adopts IFLRY's political platform, the Manifesto, and decides about IFLRY's activities. These are stated in a two-year Programme of Action. The General Assembly also decides on the federation's policies by adopting resolutions. Furthermore, the General Assembly elects the Bureau and decides upon the budget.
The Executive Committee is composed of one representative from each member organisation and the Bureau. It meets twice a year and takes all policy decisions within the framework of the General Assembly's resolutions.
The IFLRY Bureau consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and four Vice-Presidents. The Bureau has the responsibility for IFLRY's day-to-day management and is elected every two years. The IFLRY Bureau appoints an Executive Director who runs the IFLRY secretariat in Berlin. [7]
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A major part of the activities within IFLRY are organized through various programmes. These are the current IFLRY programmes: [9]
Full member | Candidate member |
Associate member | Observing member |
Organization | Region |
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European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) | Europe |
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD Youth) | Asia |
Arab Youth Union for Freedom and Democracy (AYUFD) | MENA |
Africa Liberal Youth for Freedom (ALYF) | Africa |
Liberal Youth of Latin America and the Caribbean (JULAC) | Latin America |
Organization | Country | Status |
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Youth wing of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) | Kenya | Full member |
Youth for the Progress of Madagascar (MFM) | Madagascar | Candidate member |
Forum for Democratic Devolution (FDD) | Malawi | Candidate member |
Young people for Change (YFC) | Zambia | Full member |
CUF Youth Wing (JUVICUF) | Tanzania | Observer member |
Egyptian Centre for Public Policy Studies | Egypt | Full member |
Free Egyptian Youth (FEP) | Egypt | Observer member |
Jeunesse Haraki | Morocco | Observer member |
Rassemblement es Jeunes Republicains | Ivory Coast | Full member |
Young Independents of Ghana (YIG) | Ghana | Observer member |
Progressive Youth Movement | Ghana | Candidate member |
Youth & Future Association (AJA) | Morocco | Full member |
Organization | Country | Status |
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Juventud Evópoli [10] | Chile | Full member |
Juventud Liberal Radical Auténtica | Paraguay | Full member |
Juventud liberal de Guatemala | Guatemala | Full member |
Juventud Liberal de Honduras | Honduras | Full member |
Mouvement de jeunesse pour Hati | Haiti | Full member |
Jamaican youth for change | Jamaica | Full member |
Juventud Libertaria | Costa Rica | Full member |
Political Institute for Freedom (Instituto Politico para la Libertad) | Peru | Full member |
Unión Colombiana de Jóvenes Demócratas | Colombia | Full member |
Vente Joven | Venezuela | Candidate member |
Young Democrats of America (YDA) | United States | Full member |
Young Liberals of Canada | Canada | Full member |
Organization | Country | Status |
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Free Thought Forum (FTF) | Jordan | Candidate member |
Future Youth | Lebanon | Full member |
Institute for Democracy and Leadership | Sri Lanka | Full member |
National Liberal Party Youth | Lebanon | Full member |
Youth Initiative | Nepal | Full member |
Organization | Country | Status |
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Youth Congress (ANC Youth) | Armenia | Full member |
DALGA Youth Movement | Azerbaijan | Full member |
3H Movement | Turkey | Full member |
Centre Party Youth (Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUF) | Sweden | Full member |
Civil Forum (Gramadyanski Forum) | Belarus | Full member |
Youth Bloc (Moladzevy Blok) | Belarus | Associate member |
Croatian People's Party Youth (Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke, CPPY) | Croatia | Full member |
Estonian Centre Party Youth (Eesti Keskerakonna Noortekogu, YAECP) | Estonia | Full member |
European Youth of Ukraine (EYU, EuroYouthUA) | Ukraine | Full member |
Finnish Centre Youth (Suomen Keskustanuoret, FCY) | Finland | Full member |
Young Republicans | Georgia | Full member |
Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY) | Gibraltar | Full member |
Youth VLD (Jong VLD) | Belgium | Full member |
Istrian Democratic Youth | Croatia | Full member |
Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya (Young Nationalists of Catalonia, JNC) | Spain | Full member |
JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS (JUNOS – Junge liberale NEOS) | Austria | Full member |
Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine (LDLU) | Ukraine | Full member |
Liberal Democratic Youth of Macedonia (Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina Macedonia, LiDeM) | North Macedonia | Full member |
Young Liberals | United Kingdom | Full member |
Liberal Youth of Moldova | Moldova | Full member |
Liberal Youth of Sweden (Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF) | Sweden | Full member |
Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lietuvos Liberalus Jaunimas, LLJ) | Lithuania | Full member |
Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi (YMRF) | Bulgaria | Full member |
Liberal Students of Norway (Norges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF) | Norway | Full member |
Nowoczesna Youth | Poland | Associate member |
Projekt:Polska | Poland | Full member |
Tineretul Aliantei Liberalilor Si Democratilor (TLDE) | Romania | Full member |
USR Tineret | Romania | Full member |
Social Liberal Youth of Denmark (Radikal Ungdom, RU) | Denmark | Full member |
Swedish Youth (Svensk Ungdom, SU) | Finland | Full member |
Vesna | Russia | Full member |
Young Democrats (Jonge Democraten, JD) | Netherlands | Full member |
Young Liberal Democracy (Mladi Liberalna Demokracija, MLD) | Slovenia | Full member |
Young Liberals (Junge Liberale, JuLis) | Germany | Full member |
Young Liberals (Switzerland) (Jungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFS / Jeunes Libéraux Radicaux Suisses, JLRS) | Switzerland | Full member |
Young Liberals of Andorra (Joventut Liberal d'Andorra, LDRS) | Andorra | Full member |
Young Liberals of Montenegro | Montenegro | Full member |
Young Liberals of Norway (Norges Unge Venstre, NUV) | Norway | Full member |
Young Radicals (Jeunes Radicaux, JR) | France | Full member |
Youth Forum of Nasha Stranka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Full member |
Youth of the Left (Venstres Ungdom, VU) | Denmark | Full member |
Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy (Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid en Democratie, JOVD) | Netherlands | Full member |
No national member organizations at the moment.
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