International Federation of Liberal Youth
Encyclopedia
The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal
youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties
that are members of Liberal International
.
IFLRY continues the tradition of two predecessors. The first was the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY), founded in 1947. WFLRY was also a global organization but most members were active in Europe. This led in 1969 to the separate forming of the European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY).
WFLRY was dissolved in 1978, and EFLRY renamed itself IFLRY, the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth. In 2001 the organization was renamed into IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth.
Full members status is held to Liberal International and the European Youth Forum
(YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe
and European Union
areas and works closely with both these bodies.
Currently the presidency of IFLRY is held by Thomas Leys of L². The rest of the Bureau includes Jordi Villanueva (JNC, Catalonia), Secretary General; João Victor Guedes (Juventude Democratas, Brazil), Treasurer; and four vice-presidents: Naomi Ichihara Røkkum
(NUV, Norway), Mateusz Trybowski (YLC
, Canada), Mirna Mneimneh (Future Youth, Lebanon), Davor M. Kalin (:sl:Mlada liberalna demokracija, Slovenia) and regional bureau member Ivo Thijssen (LYMEC, Europe).
The Executive Committee is composed of one representative from each member organisation and the Bureau. It meets twice a year and takes all policy decisions within the framework of the General Assembly's resolutions.
The IFLRY Bureau consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and four Vice-Presidents. The Bureau has the responsibility for IFLRY's day to day management and is elected every two years. The IFLRY Bureau appoints an Executive Director who runs the IFLRY secretariat in London.
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
that are members of Liberal International
Liberal International
Liberal International is a political international federation for liberal parties. Its headquarters is located at 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HD within the National Liberal Club. It was founded in Oxford in 1947, and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal parties and for the...
.
IFLRY continues the tradition of two predecessors. The first was the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY), founded in 1947. WFLRY was also a global organization but most members were active in Europe. This led in 1969 to the separate forming of the European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY).
WFLRY was dissolved in 1978, and EFLRY renamed itself IFLRY, the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth. In 2001 the organization was renamed into IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth.
Full members status is held to Liberal International and the European Youth Forum
European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe...
(YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
and European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
areas and works closely with both these bodies.
Currently the presidency of IFLRY is held by Thomas Leys of L². The rest of the Bureau includes Jordi Villanueva (JNC, Catalonia), Secretary General; João Victor Guedes (Juventude Democratas, Brazil), Treasurer; and four vice-presidents: Naomi Ichihara Røkkum
Naomi Ichihara Røkkum
Naomi Ichihara Røkkum is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal party with a Norwegian father and Japanese mother. Røkkum is Vice President of the International Federation of Liberal Youth and elected to the Oslo City Council....
(NUV, Norway), Mateusz Trybowski (YLC
Young Liberals of Canada
The Young Liberals of Canada is the national youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. All members of the Liberal Party, who are aged 25 and under, are members of the Commission of the Young Liberals. The Young Liberals of Canada are the largest political youth organization in Canada...
, Canada), Mirna Mneimneh (Future Youth, Lebanon), Davor M. Kalin (:sl:Mlada liberalna demokracija, Slovenia) and regional bureau member Ivo Thijssen (LYMEC, Europe).
Structure
IFLRY's highest body is the General Assembly, which meets at least every second year. It adopts IFLRY's political platform, the Manifesto, and decides about IFLRY's activities. These are stated in a two-year Programme of Action. The General Assembly also decides on the federation's policies by adopting resolutions. Furthermore the General Assembly elects the Bureau and decides upon the budget.The Executive Committee is composed of one representative from each member organisation and the Bureau. It meets twice a year and takes all policy decisions within the framework of the General Assembly's resolutions.
The IFLRY Bureau consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and four Vice-Presidents. The Bureau has the responsibility for IFLRY's day to day management and is elected every two years. The IFLRY Bureau appoints an Executive Director who runs the IFLRY secretariat in London.
Member organizations
| Organization | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 3H Movement 3H Movement The 3H Movement is a liberal youth organization with more than a 2,000 members and volunteers that has been active since December 2006, when it was first founded under the name Liberalofis... |
 Turkey |
Candidate member |
| Azerbaijan Liberal Youth Association |  Azerbaijan |
Full member |
| Centre Party Youth (Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund, CUF) |  Sweden |
Full member |
| Circulo Liberal |  Uruguay |
Candidate member |
| Civic Youth Alliance |  Serbia |
Full member |
| Civil Forum Civil Forum Belarusian Liberal Youth Organization "Civil Forum" is the only Belarusian liberal youth organization and the only democratic youth organization with the legal status on national level... (Gramadyanski Forum) |
 Belarus |
Full member |
| Coalicion Juvenil Martiana |  Cuba |
Observer |
| Croatian People's Party Youth (Mladi Hrvatske Narodne Stranke, CPPY) |  Independent State of Croatia |
Full member |
| Democratic Alliance Youth |  South Africa |
Candidate member |
| DPP-Youth |  Republic of China |
Observer |
| El Ghad Liberal Youth Union |  Egypt |
Candidate member |
| Egyptian Union of Liberal Youth (EULY) | Egypt |
Candidate member |
| Estonian Centre Party Youth (Eesti Keskerakonna Noortekogu, YAECP) |  Estonia |
Full member |
| Federation of Liberal Students (Federation des Etudiants Liberaux, FEL) |  Belgium |
Full member |
| Federazione dei Giovani Liberali (FdGLI) |  Italy |
Full member |
| Femme Actuelle Liberale |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Candidate member |
| Finnish Centre Youth (Suomen Keskustanuoret, FCY) |  Finland |
Full member |
| Free Youth Front | Egypt |
Candidate member |
| Future Youth |  Lebanon |
Full member |
| Ghanese Liberal Student Association |  Ghana |
Candidate member |
| Gibraltar Liberal Youth (GLY) |  Gibraltar |
Full member |
| Independence Youth Union |  Palestinian territories |
Observer |
| Institute for Democracy and Leadership |  Sri Lanka |
Candidate member |
| Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya (Young Nationalists of Catalonia, JNC) |  Catalonia |
Full member |
| JuLis Austria |  Austria |
Full member |
| Juventud Liberal Radical Auténtica |  Paraguay |
Full member |
| Juventud Liberal de Honduras |  Honduras |
Full member |
| Juventud Libertaria |  Costa Rica |
Candidate member |
| Kabataang Liberal ng Pilipinas |  Philippines |
Full member |
| L² | Belgium |
Full member |
| Liberal Center Youth |  Lithuania |
Full member |
| Liberal Democratic Youth of Macedonia (Liberalno-Demokratska Mladina Macedonia, LiDeM) |  Republic of Macedonia |
Full member |
| Liberal Flemish Student League (Liberaal Vlaams Studentenverbond, LVSV) | Belgium |
Full member |
| Liberal Social Movement Liberal Social Movement (Portugal) The Liberal Social Movement is a political organisation willing to become a liberal party in Portugal.The Liberal Social Movement was founded in 2005 and has as objective to promote social liberalism in Portugal. The movement is a platform of individuals who believe that the old left/right... (Movimento Liberal Social, MLS) |
 Portugal |
Observer |
| Liberal Student Clubs (Cluburile Studenţeşti Liberale) |  Kingdom of Romania |
Full member |
| Liberal Youth |  United Kingdom |
Full member |
| Liberal Youth Assembly of the National Movement of Simeon the Second (LYA) |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Full member |
| Liberal Youth of Sweden (Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF) | Sweden |
Full member |
| Liberalet e Rinj te Kosoves | Serbia |
Full member |
| Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lietuvos Liberalus Jaunimas, LLJ) | Lithuania |
Full member |
| Mladejko dvijeni za prav i svobodi (YMRF) | Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Full member |
| Mladi Liberali |  Slovakia |
Candidate member |
| National Liberal Party Youth | Lebanon |
Candidate member |
| National Liberal Youth (Tineretul Naţional Liberal, TNL) | Kingdom of Romania |
Full member |
| New Generation |  Hungary |
Full member |
| Norwegian Liberal Students (Norges Liberale Studentforbund, NLSF) |  Norway |
Full member |
| Juventude Democratas |  Brazil |
Full member |
| Political Institute for Freedom (Instituto Politico para la Libertad) |  Peru |
Candidate member |
| Radical Democratic Youth Federation (RDYF) | Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Full member |
| Radical Youth of 1994 Radikal Ungdom Radikal Ungdom af 1994 , is the official youth organization of the Danish political party Det Radikale Venstre. The organization was founded on 30 April 1994 after the former youth organization Radikal Ungdom was dissolved because of a case of fraud with funding from the Danish Youth Council... (Radikal Ungdom af 1994, RU) |
 Denmark |
Full member |
| Rassemblement des Jeunes | Côte d'Ivoire |
Full member |
| Rina Liberal Demokrate |  Albania |
Full member |
| Samband Ungra Framsóknarmanna |  Iceland |
Full member |
| Shinui Shinui Shinui is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical free market liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a split and collapse; in 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for... |
 Israel |
Full member |
| South African Liberal Students' Association South African Liberal Students' Association The South African Liberal Students' Association exists to unify liberal student organisations across South African campuses. SALSA is the ideological descendent of the South African Liberal Association , the first non-racial political organisation in South Africa , gathering many of its liberal... |
South Africa |
Full member |
| Swedish Youth Svensk Ungdom rf. Svensk Ungdom is a political youth organization in Finland. It is the youth wing of the Swedish People's Party of Finland. The organisation claims 4,500 members. It was founded in 1943.... (Svensk Ungdom, SU) |
Finland |
Full member |
| Taiwan Youth Democratic Union | Republic of China |
Candidate member |
| Unión Colombiana de Jóvenes Demócratas |  Colombia |
Full member |
| Union des Jeunesses Travaillistes et Libérales |  Senegal |
Full member |
| Venstres Ungdom Venstres Ungdom Venstres Ungdom is the youth wing of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre. The ideology of Venstre is centre-right... |
Denmark |
Full member |
| Yabloko Youth |  Russia |
Observer |
| Young Australian Democrats |  Australia |
Observer |
| Young Centre Young Centre The Young Centre is a Polish liberal youth political organization that was established in Poznań 2001. It is a member of IFLRY and LYMEC.... (Stowarzyszenie Mlode Centrum, MC) |
 Poland |
Full member |
| Young Democrats Jonge Democraten The Young Democrats is the social-liberal youth organisation of the Netherlands, founded in 1984. With over 5000 members it's the largest non-Christian political youth organisation of the Netherlands... (Jonge Democraten, JD) |
 Netherlands |
Full member |
| Young Democrats of America Young Democrats of America The Young Democrats of America , founded in 1932, is the official youth arm of the Democratic Party of the United States, although it severed official ties with the Democratic National Committee following passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and became an independent 527 group... (YDA) |
 United States |
Full member |
| Young Democrats of Singapore |  Singapore |
Full member |
| Young Liberal Democracy Young Liberal Democracy Young Liberal Democracy is the youth party of Slovene political party entitled Liberal Democracy of Slovenia. MLD is a national liberal youth organisation.The members of mLD started with work on 1st February 1991... (Mladi Liberalna Demokracija, MLD) |
 Slovenia |
Full member |
| Young Liberals Young Liberals (Germany) The Young Liberals , are a political youth organization in Germany. It is the financially and organisationally independent youth wing of the Free Democratic Party . The JuLis have about 11,500 members, making it the third largest youth organisation in Germany.-Political Profile:The current policy... (Junge Liberale, JuLis) |
 Germany |
Full member |
| Young Liberals of Andorra (Joventut Liberal d'Andorra, LDRS) |  Andorra |
Candidate member |
| Young Liberals of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mladi Liberali Bosne i Hercegovine, MLBiH) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Full member |
| Young Liberals of Canada Young Liberals of Canada The Young Liberals of Canada is the national youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. All members of the Liberal Party, who are aged 25 and under, are members of the Commission of the Young Liberals. The Young Liberals of Canada are the largest political youth organization in Canada... |
 Canada |
Full member |
| Young Liberals of Norway (Norges Unge Venstre, NUV) | Norway |
Full member |
| Young Liberals of Serbia | Serbia |
Full member |
| Young MR (Jeunes MR) | Belgium |
Candidate member |
| Young Radicals of the Left Young Radicals of the Left The Young Radicals of the Left , are the youth organisation of the french social-liberal Radical Party of the Left... (Jeunes Radicaux de Gauche, JRG) |
 Early Modern France |
Full member |
| Young Republicans |  Georgia (country) |
Candidate member |
| Young Liberals (Switzerland) Young Liberals (Switzerland) The Young Liberals of Switzerland , abbreviated to YLS, is the youth wing of FDP.The Liberals. It was founded in 1928 and, with more than 4,000 members aged between 15 and 35, it is the second-biggest youth party in... (Jungfreisinnige Schweiz, JFS / Jeunes Libéraux Radicaux Suisses, JLRS) |
 Switzerland |
Full member |
| Young VLD (Jong VLD) | Belgium |
Full member |
| Youth Initiative |  Nepal |
Full member |
| Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy The Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy , officially abbreviated as JOVD, is one of the oldest political youth organisations in the Netherlands. It is a liberal organisation for people aged between fourteen and thirty one... (Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid en Democratie, JOVD) |
Netherlands |
Full member |
See also
- LiberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
- Liberalism worldwideLiberalism worldwideThis article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
- List of liberal parties
- LYMEC, the European Liberal Youth, related to the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
External links
- International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) official site
- European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) official site