International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International

International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International
Founded	1922
Founder	Kurt Löwenstein
Type	International Umbrella Educational Organisation
Focus	Socialism, internationalism, children's rights, democracy
Location	IFM-SEI office, 98, Rue du Trône, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium;
Origins	European Socialist Education Movements
Area served	Global
Method	Popular education
Key people	Christine Sudbrock (Secretary General); Ana Maria Almario (President)
Slogan	Span the world with friendship, Education for Social(ist) Change
Website	http://www.ifm-sei.org
	A fraternal member of Socialist International

The International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International (IFM-SEI) is an international non-profit organisation based in Belgium that campaigns for children's rights.^[1] It is a fraternal organisation of Socialist International^[2] and works closely with International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and ECOSY - Young European Socialists. IFM - SEI is a full member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union area and works closely with both these bodies.^[3] In Latin-America it is a full member of the Foro Latin-America de Juventud (FLAJ). And it is part of the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations^[4] (ICMYO) which consists of worldwide active youth organisations and regional youth platforms coordinating their activities towards the UN and its agencies.

It has member organisations all over the world and is strongest in Europe and South America. Many of its member organisations work with children and young people of all ages through activities, groups and camping.

IFM - SEI members are children and youth self-organizations, family organisations and other organisations who are working for the benefit of children and youngsters.^[5] IFM - SEI organise campaigns, for example against child labour or child pornography, seminars, trainings, camps and other educational activities. Their activities are carried out by member organisation, and international seminars are held regularly in cooperation with the other fraternal organization. A recent activity was the Peace Camp with Israelis and Palestinians.^[6] The LGBT event of IFM is called Queer Easter.^[7]

President

Max Winter from Rote Falken, Austria (1925)
Anton Tesarek from Rote Falken, Austria (1955–1959)
Hans Matzenauer from Rote Falken, Austria (1967–1980)
Eric Nielsen from DUI leg og virke, Denmark (1980–1983)
Piet Kempenaars from Belgium (1983–1985)
Eric Nilsson from Unga Örnar, Sweden (1985)
Jerry Svensson from Unga Örnar, Sweden (1985–1995)
Jessi Sörensen from DUI leg og virke, Denmark (1995–2001)
Östen Lövgren from Unga Örnar, Sweden (2001–2005)
Ted Birch from Unga Örnar, Sweden (2005–2007)
Tim Scholz from SJD - Die Falken Germany (2007–2013)
Ana Maria Almario from Acacia Fundacion Colombia (2013–present)

Secretaries General

Kurt Biak from Austria (Voluntary) (1931)
Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez from Spain (first full-time) (1966–1972)
Ilpo Rossi from Nuoret Kotkat, Finland (1972–1976)
Ulric Andersen from Unga Örnar, Sweden (1976–1979)
Jacqui Cottyn from Belgium (1979–1995)
Odette Lambert from Belgium (1995–2001)
Uwe Ostendorff from SJD - Die Falken Germany (2001–2007)
Tamsin Pearce from Woodcraft Folk, United Kingdom (2007–2013)
Christine Sudbrock from Germany (2013–present)

Current Presidium

The Presidium is made up of the Secretary-General, President and two Presidium members from each region (Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe and Asia) to make a total of 12 members. Regional Representatives have one seat reserved for a women and one seat reserved for an under 30 year old. The last election were held in 2013 ^[8]

Christine Sudbrock (Secretary General) from Friends of Nature, Germany
Ana Maria Almario (President) from Acacia Fondacion, Colombia
Diye Diallo (Africa) Action Enfance, Senegal,
Elvis Wepngong (Africa) OGCEYOD, Cameroon,
Eko Manurung (Asia ) KKSP Foundation, Indonesia
VACANT (Asia) place reserved for a women
Ali Hlayel (Middle East) Independence Youth Union, Palestine
Liana Meirom (Middle East) Hashomer Hatzair, Israel
Sylvia Siqueira Campos (Latin America) Mirim, Brazil
Javier Diaz Almendarez (Latin America) Mentes en Accion, Honduras
Marc Cases Martin (Europe) Esplais Catalans, Catalonia
Carly Walker-Dawson (Europe) Woodcraft Folk, United Kingdom

Republics and Camps of the IFM-SEI

There were four children's republics held by the international before World War II they were:

1933 First Republic : Oostduinkerke, Belgium .
1935 Second Republic : Verneuil-l'Étang, France . 900 children from Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, UK and Switzerland.
1937 Third Republic : Brighton, United Kingdom . Theme: Solidarity, 2,000 participants from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Britain, Spain and Tunisia.
1939 Fourth Republic : Wandre, Belgium . Theme: Freedom and Peace, 1,600 participants, from Belgium, France, UK, Switzerland, Tunisia and refugee children from Spain.

Since the end of World War II the IFM-SEI organises international camps as well as encouraging bi- and multi-lateral camps between members. The following is a list of official IFM-SEI camps held since 1945:.^[9]

1946 Brighton, United Kingdom
1951 Döbriach, Austria
1952 Füssen, Germany
1955 Oslo, Norway
1956 Stockholm, Sweden
1958 Vienna, Austria
1961 Deurne, Belgium
1965 Reinwarzhofen, Germany
1967 Scunthorpe, United Kingdom
1971 Lathi, Finland
1974 Döbriach, Austria
1977 Oslo, Norway
1981 Walsrode, Germany
1985 Döbriach, Austria
1988 Imatra, Finland
1991 Norrköping, Sweden
1994 Reinwarzhofen, Germany
1997 Zanka, Hungary
2000 Döbriach, Austria. Theme: Children's Rights, 1000 participants
2006 Kent, United Kingdom. Theme: Millennium Development Goals, 5000 participants
2010 Döbriach, Austria and Jedovnice, Czech Republic: Theme: Train 4 Change, 1000 participants
2016 Reinwarzhofen, Germany: Theme: Welcome to Another World