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International Coordination Meeting
of Youth Organisations
Information
Established 2004 [1]
Members 30
Region International
Abbreviation ICMYO (pronounced ick-me-oh)
Web Address www.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:

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

Region Organisation name Abbreviation
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

International Non-Governmental Youth Organisations

Name Acronym
AIESEC AIESEC
Community of Portugues Speaking Peoples Youth Forum CPLPYF
Espacio Iberoamericano de Juventud EIJ
International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements FIMCAP
Global Young Greens GYG
International Trade Union Confederation ITUC
International Federation of Liberal Youth IFLRY
International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International IFM-SEI
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations IFMSA
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC
International Movement of Catholic Students (Pax Romana) IMCS
International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation IPSF
International Union of Socialist Youth IUSY
International Young Catholic Students IYCS
International Young Democrat Union IYDU
International Movement of Catholic Rural and Agricultural Youth MIJARC
World Student Christian Federation WSCF
World Federation of Democratic Youth WFDY
World Federation of the Deaf - Youth Section WFDYS
World Esperanto Youth Organization TEJO
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts WAGGGS
World Organization of the Scout Movement WOSM
World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations YMCA
World Alliance of Young Women's Christian Association YWCA
World Union of Jewish Students WUJS

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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