National Youth Council

National Youth Council is a representative body made up of youth organizations and young people in a particular state or nation such as National Youth Council of Ireland. Many were formed after the second world war to attend the World Festival of Youth and later the World Assembly of Youth.

Many National Youth Council receive funding from the government in which they operate and are affiliated to a regional federation:

EuropeEuropean Youth Forum (YFJ)
AfricaPanafrican Youth Union (PAYU)
Latin AmericaForo Latin-America de Juventud (FLAJ)

Regional federations are part of the International Co-ordination Meeting of Youth Organizations (ICMYO) cooperate in the form of the Global Cooperation Coordination Committee (GCCC)

See also

It may also refer to other organisations:

  • Scouts Australia National Youth Council, the peak youth advisory body within Scouts Australia
  • National Youth Council of Singapore, an autonomous agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

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