International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations

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International Coordination Meeting
of Youth Organisations
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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:

Aims to unite and represent the diverse voices of youth-led organizations globally, by providing a platform for coordination and cooperation in order to have a stronger influence on global youth policy processes and achieve full partnerships between youth organizations and relevant stakeholders.
The main objectives of ICMYO are to strengthen:
- To represent the diverse voices of youth-led organizations globally.
- Cooperation among youth-led organizations 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 Number in millions
Africa Pan African Youth Union PYU  ??
Europe European Youth Forum YFJ 96
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 Number of members in millions –
AIESEC AIESEC 0.1
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 1
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 Union of Socialist Youth IUSY  ??
International Young Catholic Students IYCS  ??
International Movement of Catholic Rural and Agricultural Youth MIJARC  ??
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 c.100
World Federation of the Deaf - Youth Section WFDYS c.10
World Esperanto Youth Organization TEJO  ??
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts WAGGGS 10
World Organisation of the Scout Movement WOSM 38
World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations YMCA 58
World Alliance of Young Women's Christian Association YWCA 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.globalyounggreens.org/wp/2012/09/24/8th-icmyo-meeting-reportback-and-insights-from-alex-surace/
  2. ↑ http://www.youthpolicy.org/participation/structures/icmyo-network/
  3. ↑ http://icmyo2.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/icmyo-members-renew-network-and-appoint-new-task-force/
  4. ↑ http://www.africaymca.org/top-news-stories/item/1555-youth-organisations-icmyo-starts-preparations-for-this-year%E2%80%99s-annual-meeting-in-new-york-city

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