European Children and Youth Networks ECYN

Euroopassa toimivat IYF - järjestöt ovat muodostaneet ECYN -yhteistyön eurooppalaiselle verkottumiselle. Verkoston nettisivut (www.ecyn.org) sisältävät myös informaatiota suomeksi. Yhteisten projektikriteereiden ja projekteista tiedottamisen kautta verkostossa mahdollistetaan myös EU - rahoitus.


The Finnish Children and Youth Foundation (FCYF) is a partner of both the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the European Children and Youth Foundations Network (ECYN).

FCYF has collaborated with IYF to support youth development programs in several countries, including Argentina, Ecuador, Palestine, and the Balkans. FCYF’s founder, Pär Stenback also serves as a Vice-President of IYF.

FCYF is a founding member of ECYN and Ira Carpelan, FCYF’s Executive Director, has served on its Board since 2004.


International Youth Foundation (IYF)

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) is a global non-profit organization working in nearly 70 countries to ensure that young people have the opportunity and support needed to achieve their potential and the confidence and power to create a better future for themselves and society.

IYF’s mission is to connect young people worldwide to the resources the need to lead healthy, productive and engaged lives. Since 1990, IYF and its partners have helped more than 30 million young people through initiatives on Leadership and Youth Engagement, Education, Employability, and Health.
    
IYF works collaboratively with a Global Partner Network (GPN) of independent organizations - each deeply rooted in addressing youth issues at the local level. The GPN reflects IYF’s belief that those closest to the challenges are best able to address them. Together, IYF and its in-country partners seek to strengthen effective programs, advocate for improved policies benefiting children and youth, and increase philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR) for young people at the local and international level. Since its founding, IYF has committed approximately USD $110,000,000 to 206 organizations in 71 countries and has worked with more than 42 bilateral, multilateral, and corporate donors.

For more information, please visit IYF at www.iyfnet.org.


European Children and Youth Foundations Network (ECYN)

The European Children and Youth Foundations Network (ECYN) aims to build a strong, positive and sustainable future for children and youth in Europe, and elsewhere in the world. ECYN seeks to do this by supporting national organisations that work with children and young people and by identifying programs "that work," in order to strengthen their impact and expand their reach so that many more young people benefit from them.

ECYN partners have developed effective programs and approaches in a range of areas, such as Civic Education, Youth Participation, Youth Information, Voluntary Service, Youth Employment, International and Inter-Ethnic Cooperation, and Non-formal Education.

ECYN supports its members by providing opportunities for them to share their experiences in order to develop and implement international co-operation, to train people that work directly with the youth and the young people themselves, to advocate on behalf of the interests of children youth, and to spread information that makes a positive and lasting difference in young people’s lives.

For more information, please visit ECYN at www.ecyn.org.