European Christian Political Youth Network

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The European Christian Political Youth Network is an organisation that brings Christian, politically active young people from all over Europe together. ECPYN aims to equip these young people, to reinforce Christian politics in Europe. The ECPYN is tied to the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM).

Establishing

The European Christian Political Youth Network was established in July 2004 in Kortenberg (Belgium) by PerspectivE, Youth of the Christian Union (Netherlands) and other European Christian political youth organisations, such as the Christian Peoples Alliance Youth (United Kingdom). The founding of ECPYN was one of the results of the International Summer School. Young people from all over Europe participated in this summer school.

Summerschool

Since the first International Summer School in Kortenberg in 2004 it became an annually returning event. During the summer school there are speakers, workshops and excursions concerning a specific political issue or theme. In 2005 it took place in Lunteren (Netherlands), 2006 in Birstonas (Lithuania), 2007 in Würzburg (Germany) in 2008 in Chişinău (Moldova), in 2009 in Risan, (Montenegro)and in 2010 in Ohrid, Macedonia. In 2011 the summer school will be in Paris, France.

Other activities

Besides of the summer school, ECPYN organises different other activities, like regional conferences in different parts of Europe and youth programs on ECPM conferences. Examples of these are the regional conference in Tbilisi (Georgia) in October 2010 and the Winter school in Lviv, Ukraine, in January 2011.

Board

Since July 2010 the ECPYN board consist out of 5 members: Rǎzvan Burleanu from Romania (president), Nutsa Shavladze from Georgia, Auke Minnema from the Netherlands, Denys Dhiver from France, and Vladimir Plamadeala from Moldova.

Memberorganisations

The following organisations are members of ECPYN:

• Christian Peoples Unity of Armenia (Armenia)
• Youth Movement of BPF "Young Revival" (Belarus)
• Christian Democratic Youth Council: BCD Youth (Belarus)
• Christian Democratic Youth Council: Young Front (Belarus)
• Young C'Axent (Belgium)
• Young CDF (Belgium)
• Young BKK (Bulgaria)
• Young EKD (Estonia)
• Youth Christian Democratic Movement (Georgia)
• Party of Bible-abiding Christians: Young Bible-abiding Christians (Germany)
• Party for Labour, Environment and Family: AUF-party (Germany)
• KDS Youth (Latvia)
• LKD Youth Section (Lithuania)
• New Generation PPCD (Moldova)
• PerspectieF (Netherlands)
• PiS Youth Forum (Poland)
• Areopagus Youth Forum (Romania)
• Areopagus Centre (Romania)
• Young EDU (Switzerland)
• Young EVP (Switzerland)
• Christian Peoples Alliance Youth (United Kingdom)

Observer member organisations

• Center for Leadership Development (Armenia)
• Youth Christian Social Union "Young Democrats" (Belarus)
• Young PSHDK (Kosovo)
• Christian Democratic Union of Youth (Ukraine)

Associated organisations

• ACDP Youth (South Africa)

External links

• ECPYN
• PerspectieF Internationaal
• ECPM