Jordan Youth Innovation Forum

Who is (JYIF)? JORDAN Youth Innovation Forum (JYIF) is national youth culture organization registered by the Ministry of Culture as national forum under the number (275 F) by the law of Social Organizations and Forums number 33 for year 1966 Established on 23.08.2007. Mission Statement: Increase the youth active participation in the development process, through ensuring the chances of participation in the local and international meetings, and emphasize the youth initiative to develop the society and integrate in it. On the other hand spread the cooperation and peace spirit between the Jordanian youths and the rest of the world youths for a better future. History: The group was founded in 2004, and that does not mean that our activity started then, we participated in many of youth meeting locally or internationally through our active members. The group started with few participants but since the beginning the participation was from all over the Kingdome governorates to achieve the cultural diversity and the desire to reach all the governorates, with priority for the female participation to support and empower the woman participation in all fields. All the organization activities leads us to the democratic concepts through training and active participation, and ensure, organization that holds the youth projects which provided with the technical and financial support, were the youth them self's run it. The organization obtains it values from the Jordanian deep-rooted traditions and norms, with faith in creativity and sustainable development by using the newest technology and communication methods. Our work is the citizen ship in all it great meanings, by involving all the society levels in this process. Who we work for? We are the youth's share the youths between (13-30) years old, males or females, from all the Jordanian slices without exceptions, from those whom got mental, movements, materiality, or cultural challenges. In fact they got the priority to participate even they are motivated to participate, focusing on the interest not on the fitness, to strengthening the concept of the civil participation and voluntary work in the society. Why we work? • Reinforce the voluntary work concept • Reinforce the youth leadership concept in our local society • Reinforce the civilized connection with the world youths • Increase the youths participation in the civic society organization • Empower the youths with skills, personal and organizational abilities in the youth field How we work? Our organization works today with a modern vision toward developing the local societies, through understanding the, information technology, communication, and interacts with the developing process by adapting methodologies had been certified internationally and praised by a specialized organizations, Through the knowledge and expertise exchanges. The organization has a special Network & programs for the volunteering youths, they provided with the chance to volunteer in the civil society organizations and programs, with cooperation with trainers and leaders in the youth and voluntary field, which gives the youth the ability to improve their citizenship, through a national organizations their activities extended all over the Kingdome governorates, to create a special network communicate through liaison people all over the governorates and universities. The organization works to improve the youth leadership skills so they can stand up with their pioneer rule, and the initiative to develop the society through a training programs and knowledge exchange meetings, between the organization and its partners in the international networks and the regional meetings, the organization is a active member, founder, and board member in four networks spreads all over world. Youth are our biggest strength!!! Why (JYIF)? Deeply far from centralization, focusing on the people in the governorates, ruler areas, less privileged people and conservators communities. Transparency, equal opportunity, under the umbrella of all different all equal, with high attention to democratic decision making. It is all about Youth for Youth, empowering and building ways for the coming future. Youth for culture heritage saving and sustain tradition for better diversity. It is Youth in Jordan for all the world cooperation and understanding. Our Strength: • 1500 volunteer, throw Volunteers network all over JORDAN. • Youth Leaders for Youth all over the world. • 7 Board members from Jordanian young people. • Diverse background of the target group. Facts and numbers: • More than 1500 volunteer for change and sustainable development; • More than 300 youth participated in programs abroad; • 63 Euromed project; • 100% Youth for Youth; • 80% of participation is females; • 75% of the participants are from the governorates; • 20% of participation is from the special need individuals, mentally, physically, sensory; • Membership in four regional and international youth networks; • We run our activities in seventy years old house and we work for the coming seventy years; • Third place in the youth leaders competition about Jordan youth serving the community; Networks Membership: • Euromed Youth Network for youth initiative and Dialogue. • Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation. • Mosamed Euromed Youth Network. • Innovative Strategies and Opportunities for Less Favored Areas I.S.O.L.A • Euromed Youth Network for Trafficking Prevention