| 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]
There are two types of full member and two types of associate membership (there are no associate members at the moment).
| Region | Organisation name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||
| Europe | ||
| Asia | ||
| Asia | ||
| Latin America | ||
| Pacific | ||
| Caribbean | ||
| Name | Acronym | |
|---|---|---|
| AIESEC | ||
| CPLPYF | ||
| EIJ | ||
| International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements | FIMCAP | |
| GYG | ||
| ITUC | ||
| IFLRY | ||
| IFM-SEI | ||
| IFMSA | ||
| IFRC | ||
| IMCS | ||
| International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation | IPSF | |
| IUSY | ||
| 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 |