The International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International (IFM-SEI) is an international non-profit organisation based in Belgium that campaigns for children's rights. It is a fraternal organisation of

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations. ...

and works closely with

International Union of Socialist Youth The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization, founded in 1907, whose activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the S ...

(IUSY) and

Young European Socialists Young European Socialists (YES), formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY), is an association of social democratic youth organisations in Europe and the European Union. YES is the youth organisation of the Party ...

(formerly ECOSY). IFM-SEI is a full member of the

European Youth Forum The European Youth Forum (from french: Youth Forum Jeunesse, YFJ) is an international non-profit association and serves as a platform and advocacy group of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Euro ...

(YFJ) which operates within the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

and

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

area and works closely with both these bodies. In Latin-America it is a full member of the Foro Latin-America de Juventud ( FLAJ). It is also part of the

International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations 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. The networ ...

(ICMYO) which consists of worldwide active youth organisations and regional youth platforms coordinating their activities towards the UN and its agencies. It has member organisations all over the world and is strongest in Europe and South America. Many of its member organisations work with children and young people of all ages through activities, groups and camping. IFM-SEI members are children and youth self-organisations, family organisations and other organisations who are working for the benefit of children and young peoples. IFM-SEI organise campaigns, for example against child labour or child pornography, seminars, trainings, camps and other educational activities. Their activities are carried out by member organisation, and international seminars are held regularly in cooperation with other fraternal organisations. A recent activity was the Peace Camp with Israelis and Palestinians. The LGBT event of IFM is called Queer Easter.

President

Max Winter Max Winter (June 29, 1903 – July 26, 1996) was a Minneapolis businessman and sport executive who helped found the Minnesota Vikings. Biography Winter was born in Ostrava, Austria-Hungary (modern day Czechia). He emigrated with his family and ...

from Rote Falken, (1925) * Anton Tesarek from Rote Falken, (1955–1959) * Hans Matzenauer from Rote Falken, (1967–1980) * Eric Nielsen from DUI leg og virke, (1980–1983) * Piet Kempenaars from (1983–1985) * Eric Nilsson from Unga Örnar, (1985) * Jerry Svensson from Unga Örnar, (1985–1995) * Jessi Sörensen from DUI leg og virke, (1995–2001) * Östen Lövgren from Unga Örnar, (2001–2005) * Ted Birch from Unga Örnar,(2005–2007) * Tim Scholz from SJD - Die Falken (2007–2013) * Ana Maria Almario from Acacia Fundacion (2013–2016) * Sylvia Siqueira Campos from Mirim (2016–2018) * Christina Schauer from Kinderfreunde Rote Falken, (2018–2022)

Secretaries General

* Kurt Biak from (Voluntary) (1931) *

Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...

from (first full-time) (1966–1972) * Ilpo Rossi from Nuoret Kotkat, (1972–1976) * Ulric Andersen from Unga Örnar, (1976–1979) * Jacqui Cottyn from (1979–1995) * Odette Lambert from (1995–2001) * Uwe Ostendorff from SJD - Die Falken (2001–2007) * Tamsin Pearce from

Woodcraft Folk Woodcraft Folk is a UK-based educational Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, movement for children and young people. Founded in 1925 and grown by volunteers, it has been a registered charity since 1965 Registered Charity since 2013. and a ...

, (2007–2013) * Christine Sudbrock from (2013–2016) * Carly Walker-Dawson from

, (2016–2020) * Ruba Hilal from Independence Youth Union, (2020–present)

Current Presidium

The Presidium is made up of the Secretary-General, President and two Presidium members from each region (Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe and Asia) to make a total of 12 members. Regional Representatives have one seat reserved for a woman and one seat reserved for a person under 30. The last elections were held in 2016. * Ruba Hilal (Secretary General) from Independence Youth Union, * Christina Schauer (President) from Kinderfreunde Rote Falken, * Ellen Lindsey Awuku (Vice President) Association des Pionniers de Mali, * Babacar Mahamadou Toure (Africa Presidium Member) Pionniers du Mali, * Samvida Pandya (Asia Presidium Member) Antar Bharti, * Nishaben Vasava (Asia) Antar Bharati * Wilhelmenia Seppä-Ojanperä (Europe Presidium Member) Nuoret Kotkat, * Cesar Rivero (Latin America Presidium Member)

Los Cachorros ''Los Cachorros'' (''The Cubs'') is a 1973 Mexican film drama directed by Jorge Fons and written by Fons, Eduardo Lujan, José Emilio Pacheco based upon the novel ''The Cubs and Other Stories'' by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. Plot It tel ...

* Deborah McCahon (Control Commission) Woodcraft Folk

Republics and Camps of the IFM-SEI

There were four children's republics held by the international before

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

: * 1933 First Republic: Oostduinkerke,. * 1935 Second Republic: Verneuil-l'Étang,. 900 children from Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, UK and Switzerland. * 1937 Third Republic: Brighton,. Theme:

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

, 2,000 participants from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Britain, Spain and Tunisia. * 1939 Fourth Republic: Wandre,. Theme:

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

and

Peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, 1,600 participants, from Belgium, France, UK, Switzerland, Tunisia and refugee children from Spain. Since the end of World War II the IFM-SEI organises international camps as well as encouraging bi- and multi-lateral camps between members. The following is a list of official IFM-SEI camps held since 1945: * 1946 Brighton, * 1951 Döbriach, * 1952 Füssen, * 1955 Oslo, * 1956 Stockholm, * 1958 Vienna, * 1961 Deurne, * 1965 Reinwarzhofen, * 1967 Scunthorpe, * 1971 Lahti, * 1974 Döbriach, * 1977 Oslo, * 1981 Walsrode, * 1985 Döbriach, * 1988 Imatra, * 1991 Norrköping, * 1994 Reinwarzhofen, * 1997 Zanka, * 2000 Döbriach, . Theme:

Children's Rights Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

. 1000 participants. * 2006 Kent. Theme:

Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenniu ...

. 5000 participants. * 2010 Döbriach, and Jedovnice,. Theme: Train 4 Change. 1000 participants. * 2016 Reinwarzhofen,. Theme: Welcome to Another World. * 2022 Northamptonshire, . Theme: Common Ground – International Friendship and Solidarity. Originally planned for 2020 it was postponed due to the Covid epidemic.

Member organisations

Member and candidate organisations are listed here:

Africa

# Girls Excel # Youth Advocates Ghana # Oyoun Masr Association # Pionniers du Mali # Action Enfance Senegal # Mouvement National des Pionniers Senegalais # Union Youth Saguiet el-Hamra and Rio de Oro # Patsimederu Trust

Asia

# Antar Bharati # KKSP Foundation # Youth Organization of Bhutan (exile in Nepal)

Europe

# Armenian Youth Federation (ARF-YO) # Kinderfreunde / Rote Falken # SYB - The Falcons Belarus, Belarus (in exile in Lithuania) # Faucons Rouges # Rode Valken, RVPA # Pionýr # DUI - Leg og Virke # Nuorten Kotkain Keskusliitto # Georgian Falcons # Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands-Die Falken # Hungarian Childfriends # Arciragazzi # Lietuvos Sakaliuku sajunga #

Framfylkingen Framfylkingen is the children's and families' organisation of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen (LO)), the activities of which include popular education and socialist education. Earlier it was closely associated ...

Fenix Fenix, Fénix (Spanish and Portuguese) and Fênix (Brazilian Portuguese) all mean Phoenix (mythology), phoenix and may refer to: Business * Fenix Automotive, a British supercar manufacturer founded by Lee Noble in 2009 * Fénix Directo, a Spanish ...

# Slovenian Falcons # Esplais Catalans # Kinderfreunde / Rote Falken #

Middle East

Hashomer Hatzair Hashomer Hatzair ( he, הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, , ''The Young Guard'') is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the group ...

# HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed # Ajyal # Independence Youth Union # Independent Youth Forum # Seeds Association for Development and Culture 'Bothoor' # Association for Social Democracy

Latin America

# Organizacion Nueva Generacion # Manque Chile # Agrupacion Integridad Absoluta # Movimiento Infantil Luis Alfonso Velásquez Flores (MILAVF) # Los Cachorros # Club infantil CHAP "Mayo 23" # Mundo Nuevo # Juventud País Solidario (JPS)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International 01 Children's rights organizations Socialist education International nongovernmental youth organizations Youth-led organizations Youth organisations based in Belgium Youth wings of social democratic parties Youth organizations established in 1922 1922 establishments in Europe Youth movements