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DIRECTORY
EUROPE
Allianssi
Finnish Youth Cooperation Alliance
Nokiantie 4
00510 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358-0-711-955 / 701-5422
Fax: +358-0-701-7156
Allianssi consists of national youth and educational organizations
representing a spectrum of youth groups, including children's,
hobbyist, political, cultural and students' as well as trade unions,
youth workers, religious organizations, etc. Allianssi serves
its members by supporting their activities, by training and education,
and by publishing youth-related books and the Nuorisotyo magazine
(Youth Work). -
CEMYC
Council of Europe Minority Youth Committees
International Secretariat
PO Box 9683
2003 LR Haarlem
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-2550-37438
Fax: +31-2208-94566
CEMYC was founded in 1988 as an umbrella organization for minority
youth organizations and minority youth committees in European
countries. The aims and objectives of CEMYC are: the setting
up of an international network "for, of, and by" minority
youth. It works for voting rights for all residents living in
Europe; the rights for obtaining double citizenship; educational
programs against discrimination, prejudices and racism. CEMYC
lobbies for equal opportunity and access to education, employment
and housing for minority youth. CEMYC also organizes international
conferences and study sessions.
CENYC
Council of European National Youth Committees
Chaussee de Wavre 517-519
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-648-9101
Fax: +32-2-648-9640
CENYC is an umbrella organization for National Youth Councils
in European countries. CENYC's objectives include the promotion
of democratic participation by young people in society and networking
amongst European youth organizations.
Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse Luxembourgeoise
(Luxembourg Youth Council)
B.P. 657
L-2016 Luxembourg
Tel/Fax: +352-406090
CGJL is an umbrella organization, encompassing all major tendencies
in Luxembourg youth work and activism (from party political youth
organizations to Scouts movements and a number of independent
organizations). It plays an active role in the elaboration and
implementation of youth policies in Luxembourg, and is a constant
partner at dialogue for national and international institutions
on the political level.
European Educational Exchanges - Youth for Understanding
Van Geertstraat 69
B-2140 Borgerhout - ANTW.
Belgium
Tel: +32-3-236-0636
Fax: +32-3-236-1457
European Educational Exchanges - YFU is the European Secretariat
of all European YFU offices. YFU (Youth for Understanding) is
a non-profit organization whose core program is an exchange experience
for students between 15 and 18 years-old.
ESIB
European Student Information Bureau
c/o Österreichische Hochschülerschaft (ÖH)
Liechtensteinstrasse 13
A-1090 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43-1-310-8879
Fax: +43-1-310-8879.36
ESIB is an organization which exists to promote the social, economic
and cultural interests of students on a European level. ESIB
is primarily a service organization, organizing seminars and coordinating
a flow of information on higher education. Its services are mainly
provided to its members, but the information is available to any
interested party. -
European Union of Jewish Students
89, Chaussee De Vleurgat
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-647-72-79
Fax: +32-2-648-24-31
The European Union of Jewish Students was created in 1978 in Grenoble,
France, and represents Jewish students in Europe. Their main
activity is the Summer University, where students gather during
one week in international seminars and training seminars in Eastern
Europe. EUJS regularly publishes educational material regarding
Jewish history, human rights, racism and antisemitism. -
European Young Christian Democrats
Rue De La Victoire 16
1060 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-537-41-47
Fax: +32-2-534-50-28
The European Young Christian Democrats is an international non-governmental
youth organization with its secretariat in Brussels. It is the
youth organ of the EPP (European People's Party) and EUCD (European
Union of Christian Democrats).
EYFA
European Youth Forest Action
Postbox 566
6130 AN Sittard
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-46-513045
Fax: +31-46-516460
The EYFA was founded in 1985 by young environmentalists concerned
about the effects of acid rain on European forests. Nearly ten
years later, EYFA is an extensive, active network that includes
environment, social and cultural organizations from Eastern, Southern
and Western Europe. EYFA's network has also expanded to include
peace, anti-racism and women's issues.
Graffiti Youth Service
Stalingradlaan 18-20
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-512-1936
Fax: +32-2-512-2384 (Indicate: Graffiti)
Graffiti Youth Service deals with a number of topics including
students/youth and politics, media, anti-racism, Southern Africa
and Latin America, tourism, youth exchanges, environment and sustainable
development. Their work is done through research, campaigns,
educational publications and a monthly youth magazine. -
Kunsill Nazzionali taz Zghazagh
The National Youth Council
St. Francis Ravelin
Floriana VLT 15
Malta
Tel: +356-234305 / 245375
Fax: +356-245376
The National Youth Council was formed by a group of representatives
of Maltese youth organizations to represent youths on a national
level. It provides a wide range of services to its member organization
and has embarked on a number of projects which will ultimately
give Maltese youth a better voice in society. The Council stands
up for the rights of youth and defends their interests, giving
them many opportunities for self motivation, responsibility and
social integration.
LTR
Liga Tineretului din Romania
(Youth League of Romania)
Str. Dem. I. Dobrescu nr. 4 - 6, et. 1, cam 80
RO - 70119 Bucharest
Romania
Tel: +40-1-615-79-86 / 312-37-15
Fax: +40-1-312-37-15
LTR is a confederation of various youth organizations throughout
the country which aims to support and represent the common interests
of its member organizations. LTR aims to develop a national cooperation
between its member organizations and to help the young generation
attain integration at all levels of the society's social, economic,
political and cultural life.
NYCI
National Youth Council of Ireland
3, Montague Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: +353-1-478-4122
Fax: +353-1-478-3974
NYCI is the coordinating body for voluntary youth organizations
in Ireland, representing their views to government and international
agencies, as well as providing services in a range of areas including
health education, youth participation, development education,
the arts and publishing.
NUS
National Union of Students
Nelson Mandela House
461 Holloway Road
London N7 6LJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-71-272-8900
Fax: +44-71-263-5713
NUS publishes information packs geared towards university students
and runs campaigns on topics surrounding students in general,
women, disabled people and international students. -
Österreichischer Bundesjugendring (ÖBJR)
Am Modenapark 1-2/326
A-1030 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43-1-715-5743
Fax: +43-1-712-8584
ÖBJR is a service institution for its member-organizations
and youth. One of its aims is to foster the personal development
of youth in the changing Europe. ÖBJR is the meeting and
discussion platform of its members and represents youth in various
institutions and bodies.
q2000
Youth Campaign for a Sustainable Sweden
c/o Studieframjandet
PO Box 4067
102 62 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46-8-714-0044
Fax: +46-8-644-6340
E-mail: q2000@pns.apc.org
q2000 is a youth campaign working to make all of Sweden choose
the course of sustainable development by the year 2000. The campaign
was initiated by a few individuals in preparation for UNCED and
now it is actively involved in its follow-up. It involves Swedish
youth who work on alternatives for sustainable development in
local communities. q2000 also monitors and tries to influence
government policies in Sweden as well as in international fora.
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Rada mládeze Slovenska (RMS)
Youth Council of Slovakia
Prazská 11
81636 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel: +42-7-498108 / 494707 / 493301
Fax: +42-7-493301
The Youth Council of Slovakia is an umbrella organization for
40 member youth organizations, associations and unions in the
Slovak Republic. Its main aim is to support development of young
people, protect their interests against governmental structures,
help them solve their problems and to establish good connections
with young people in the rest of Europe and of the world.
Rainbow
Apartment 484
Economics Faculty, Moscow University
Lenin Hills
Moscow 119 899
Russian Federation
Tel: +095-939-5096
Fax: +095-939-0877
Rainbow conducts education campaigns on the environment and sustainable
development using publications, training courses, seminars and
summer camps. It also facilitates information exchange among
youth ecological groups. Programs are to include action for saving
the Siberian forest, a round table on sustainable development
in Novosibirsk, an international seminar on water protection in
Tual, a camp on the protection of Lake Baikal, and an international
conference on "Youth and Sustainable Development."
Spanish Youth Council
Plaza de las Comendadoras, 6
28015-Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34-1-521-8011
Fax: +34-1-532-6529
The Spanish Youth Council is an organization devoted to cooperation
among young people. Its two principal goals: to be present wherever
problems having to do with young people are debated upon and to
create alternatives, based on youthful ways of thinking, to the
problems affecting young people.
Sul - Associação de Cooperação
para o Desenvolvimento
(South - Association for Cooperation in Development)
Apartado 263
3803 Aveiro Codex
Portugal
Tel: +351-34-313116
Fax: +351-34-3827421
Sul is a youth NGO that works in four areas: human rights, sustainable
development (training courses, national campaigns), education
for development (radio programs, European contexts, youth exchanges
with African countries, training courses, seminars, conferences)
and direct cooperation (projects involving African countries in
the areas of health, education, food assistance, training programs).
The Norwegian Youth Council
Landsrådet for norske barne - og ungdomsorganisasjoner (LNU)
Rolf Hofmosgt 18
N0655 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47-22-67-00-43
Fax: +47-22-68-68-08
The Norwegian Youth Council (LNU) was established on June 7th
1980 as a forum for cooperation between voluntary youth organization
on national and international issues of importance. The task
of LNU is to be a platform for discussion of policies affecting
youth; to present statements on behalf of the member organizations;
and to present them towards the Government, institutions and in
international frameworks and organizations. LNU seeks to take
care of the interests of the voluntary youth organizations in
national as well as international questions.
Third World First
217, Cowley Rd
GB Oxford
0X4 1X6
England
Tel: + 44865-245678
Fax: + 44865-200179
Third World First in the UK works on education campaigns on issues
such as trade, aid, debt, transnational corporations, racism,
women and the environment. Some of their work has included campaigns
on fair trade, against the building of the Narmada dam in India
and against some of the IMF and the World Bank policies in the
Third World.
UNEL
Union Nationale des Etudiants de Luxembourg
BP 324
L-2013
Luxembourg
Tel: +352-253123
Fax: +352-253122
UNEL is aimed at providing moral, political, and material support
to secondary and post-secondary students in Luxembourg.
Vereniging 31
The Netherlands' Committee for Multilateral Youthwork
Postbox 15344
1001 MH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-626-2664
Fax: +31-20-622-8590
More than 30 Dutch youth organizations form the Netherlands Committee
for Multilateral Youthwork. "Vereniging 31" is named
after the international telephone code for the Netherlands. It
offers access to international educational activities such as
seminars and courses in different languages.