List of youth councils
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Youth councils
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| Name | Location | Founded | Ages | Notes |
| Ajax Youth Council | Ajax, Ontario, Canada | 2009 | 12-24 | For more info on the Ajax Youth Council visit http://www.AjaxYouthCouncil.tk |
| Espacio Iberoamericano de Juventud | Iberoamérica | 2008 | 15-35 | Nationals youth councils and internationals youth associations in Iberoamérica. WEB: http://www.juventudiberoamericana.org |
| French Local Youth Councils | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
1979 | 7-25 | Among 1800 local youth and children's councils exist in France. 500 are members of an umbrella born in 1991 and called Anacej (National Association of youth and children councils) |
| Started by the National Social Welfare Assembly, the USYC was found to be funded by the CIA. It was disbanded in 1985.- | United States Youth Council United States Youth Council The United States Youth Council was a nonprofit coalition of organizations which served youth and young adults in the United States. It was founded in 1945 by the National Social Welfare Assembly as that organization's youth division, but became independent in the early 1960s... |
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... |
1945 | Started by the National Social Welfare Assembly, the USYC was found to be funded by the CIA. It was disbanded in 1985. |
| National Youth Council of Ireland National Youth Council of Ireland The National Youth Council of Ireland also known as the NYCI is a representative body for Irish youth organisations, a role that is recognised in the 2001 Youth Work Act... |
Dublin, Ireland | 1967 | A national representative body for voluntary youth organisations. | |
| National Youth Council of Singapore National Youth Council of Singapore The National Youth Council of Singapore otherwise known as the National Youth Council is the nationally-sanctioned youth council in Singapore and a division of the People's Association. It was set up by the Singapore Government on 1 November 1989 as the national co-ordinating body for youth... |
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
1989 | 13 to 35 | The national coordinating body for youth affairs in Singapore |
| National Youth Council of the American Red Cross | 13 through adult | |||
| Northumberland Youth Advisory Council Northumberland Youth Advisory Council The Northumberland Youth Advisory Council, NYAC, is a government-related youth voice program in Northumberland County, Ontario. The council provides scholarships, sponsors youth philanthropy programs, and hosts an annual Youth Opportunities Expo... |
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| Maine Legislative Youth Advisory Council Maine Legislative Youth Advisory Council The Maine Legislative Youth Advisory Council advises the Legislature, legislative leadership and legislative committees on issues related to youth. Its statutory role as an ongoing “advisory... |
13 through adult | Has authority to introduce legislation | ||
| National Youth Commission National Youth Commission The National Youth Commission is a branch of the Executive Yuan, Government of the Republic of China, with a responsibility for youth affairs.... |
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
1995 | 15-30 | Lead policy agency on youth development in the Philippines. NYC is under the Office of the President of the Philippines. Currently, Richard Alvin Nalupta is the chairman and CEO of NYC Philippines. It has two commissioner at large and three commissioner per region (Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao). The President of Sangguniang Kabataan National Federation is also ex-officio commissioner of NYC. Terms and qualification are based on RA 8044. They are also entitled as cabinet officials. |
| National Youth Parliament | Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
1995 | 15-30 | Policy Recommendatory and Advocatory Body of NYC in terms of policy implementation on youth development both national and local aspects. Zarah Kathleen Alih is currently and first Muslim president of the Youth Parliament since it was convened in 1995. It has already 6th Regular Session which ended every two year term. Delegation is through appointment by National Youth Commission per nomination of all youth organizations in the country. The incoming youth parliament will be held this coming October 2008 at Davao City :) |
| Sangguniang Kabataan Sangguniang Kabataan The Sangguniang Kabataan is the governing body in every chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan . Each barangay in the Philippines is mandated by law to have its own chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, aging from 15 to 18 years old who resides in their respective barangays for at least 6months... |
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
1991 | 15-17 | Serves as local youth council in the country. It has a chairman and members of the council whom to be elected by registered voters in the barangay Barangay A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward... . Each chairman are entitled to become part as members of the Federation which will serve as member (ex-officio) in the local legislative bodies except for the National Federation. It has indirect supervision by NYC Philippines. Formerly known as Kabataang Barangay (KB) |