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About Us

IYNF is one of Europe’s leading youth organisations, committed to shaping a just and sustainable future through non-formal education. Since 1975, we have been building a community of individuals and organisations through educational training, exchanges, and networking.

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Projects

Our projects focus on key societal issues and engage youth through value-based non-formal education. IYNF aims to support young people to become multipliers by enhancing their competencies, sharing perspectives, and creating practical solutions.

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Get involved with IYNF and the Naturefriends network. It is a rewarding opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the youth and NGO sector and contribute to a just and sustainable future while volunteering and working with like-minded people.

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IYNF News

  • A Trip Down Memory Lane: IYNF’s 2025 Recap 

    IYNF’s 2025 Recap  A Trip Down Memory Lane: IYNF’s 2025 Recap With the 2025 year coming to an end, it is time to reflect on some of the things we did over the past 12 months. One big part of our year was our “Embrace the Best in You!” activity…

  • Screens, Streams & Summits -The first ESC Journey in Wildalpen

    Screens, Streams & Summits  Screens, Streams & Summits -The first ESC Journey in Wildalpen Hi! I’m Juli, and I recently had my first activity with IYNF as a European Solidarity Corps volunteer in Wildalpen, a village in the Austrian Alps.    Some of the highlights for me were the creative workshops…

  • Campfires, Kayaks & Cosmos – An IYNF ESC Anniversary Adventure 

    Campfires, Kayaks & Cosmos  Campfires, Kayaks & Cosmos – An IYNF ESC Anniversary Adventure “Happy 50th Year Anniversary!” is a greeting that we would normally associate with something getting old and lost in time, but this doesn’t apply to IYNF. This week of celebration showed how fresh this organization still…

  • Baku and the Climate Agenda: Reflections on COP29

    Reflections on COP29 Baku and the Climate Agenda: Reflections on COP29 Walking into the COP29 venue-the Olympic Stadium in Baku-early in the morning, I paused to take it all in. The first rays of sunlight lit up the city’s skyline, and overhead, birds flew gracefully, cutting through the crisp air.…

  • The many facets of a trip to Srebrenica

    The many facets of a  trip to Srebrenica The many facets of a trip to Srebrenica As has been the case in the last few years, this August as well the Italian Naturefriends travelled to the Ekometa village, located near Srebrenica (Bosnia-Herzegovina), to help with household and maintenance works and…

  • Trail Maintenance and SDGs

    Trail Maintanance and SDGs What do trail maintenance on an endangered glacier and a workshop about the Sustainable Development Goals have in common? Between July 17th and 21st Enrico, our Esc volunteer, participated in the activities “Umweltbergwoche” and “Action Camp”, promoted by Naturfreundejugend Österreich (NFÖ) and Naturefriends International (NFI), staying…

  • “What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?”

    “What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?” “What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?” All the way from Azerbaijan, Nazila recounts her experiences as she participated in all four of our international activities for 2023, and especially what happened during her workshop in Cecina,…

  • Intersectionality: Can’t we just call it human rights? 

    Intersectionality Intersectionality: Can’t we just call it human rights? A participant in all four of our international activities of this year, Sara Salgado shares her experience with facilitating a workshop on intersectionality during our most recent activity in Italy in September.  Imagine yourself walking down a park during a late-autumn…

  • What is it like to facilitate a workshop during a festival on sustainability? – “IYNF Festival on Socio-Ecological Transformation”

    What is it like to facilitate? What is it like to facilitate a workshop during a festival on sustainability? – “IYNF Festival on Socio-Ecological Transformation” Nazarena Plumb was a participant in our most recent activity “IYFN Festival on Socio-Ecological Transformation” and she decided to write a few of her impressions…

  • Looking back on the 2022 cycle: “Let’s Get Outta Here – Outdoor Education as the Path to Mental Health

    Looking back on the 2022 cycle “Let’s Get Outta Here – Outdoor Education as the Path to Mental Health” The year of mental health  This article will look back on this year´s cycle. In 2022 IYNF tackled one of the most important topics in our current times, the support of…

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FAQ

Curious about who we are, what we do, or how you can take part? Here you’ll find answers to some of the most common questions about International Young Naturefriends and our activities.