Different Faiths, Common Action.

Who are we?

European Interfaith Youth Network (EIYN) serves as a platform aimed at bringing together youth organizations and young individuals from all religions present in Eu-rope, advancing common action for peace. Launched in 2006, EIYN facilitates multi-religious cooperation and helps develop partnerships for multi-religious projects and pilot programs to confront some of our most urgent challenges in conjunction with other Religions for Peace youth networks in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Arms Down! Campaign

Religions for Peace Global Youth Network has advanced common action for disarmament toward shared security in a 2 year-long disarmament campaign – Arms Down! that was launched in November 2009. In Europe the campaign is realised under the theme ‘Disarmament for Development’. Until now, in the framework of the first phase of the campaign (November 2009 – December 2010), the EIYN coordinated 5 projects, implemented in different countries of Europe. There are series of Arms Down! events planned for 2011.

More on: http://disarmeurope.wordpress.com

Interfaith Advocacy

EIYN offers trainings providing European youth leaders with sensitization to accept the important role of advo-cacy on peace and interfaith issues, provid-ing with skills and experi-ence that will enable the young people to make a real impact & to

be more effective in their efforts in overcoming xeno-phobia and fighting for peace between faith and nations, fighting for religious freedom in Europe.

Ecology, climate change

The climate change and broader ecology is the important theme on our agenda for the years 2011-2012. Our planned activities focus on the EU’s budgetary priorities, the EU climate change commitments, and the future of global environmental health and the responsibility of youth as leaders, e m p o w e r i n g young people to take ownership over the shap-ing of policy objectives that will govern the future of our environment.

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Participants of the EIYN Summit organized in the framework of the Arms Down! Disarm for Development campaign in Paris, 25–27 June 2010

Participants of the inter-religious youth encoun-ter in Rovereto, 21–22 May 2008

Colletcting signatures for the Arms Down! peti-tion

RELIGIONS FOR PEACE—the world’s larg-est and most representative multi-religious co-alition—advances common action among the world’s religious communities for peace. Religions for Peace works to transform violent conflict, ad-vance human development, promote just and harmonious societies, and protect the earth. The global Religions for Peace network comprises a World Council of senior religious leaders from all regions of the world; six regional inter-religious bodies and more than eighty national ones; and the Global Women of Faith Network and Global Interfaith Youth Network.

Find out more at www.religionsforpeace.org or www.armsdown.net

Email us at: rfp.eiyn@googlemail.com

Members of the EIYN

European Interfaith Youth Network is composed of the European, national and international faith-based organi-zations, religious communities and non-religious organi-zations which facilitate inter-faith dialogue.

Association Internationale Soufie Alawiya• Baha’i youth• Buddha’s Light International Association, Young • Adult DivisionCoexister• Dharmalling• Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe (EYCE) • European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) • FIMCAP• Focolare• Forum of European Muslim Youth and Students • Organizations (FEMYSO) Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha• Jewish Association Czulent• Muslim Scouts of France• National Hindu Student Forum UK• Pax Christi International: Youth group• Pax Romana (JECI-MIEC European Coordina-• tion)Tibet House Acala and Sam Dzub Ling Founda-• tionWorld Student Christian Federation – Europe Re-• gion (WSCF-Europe)YNAID & Union Century 21•

Religions for Peace Global Youth Network harnesses the energy and commitment of religious youth leaders around the world to advance its mission of multi-religious cooperation for peace. We seek to advance our work of mobilizing the power of religious youth; building strategic partnerships with the United Nations, inter-governmental institutions, and civil society organizations; and imple-menting action programs through national and regional inter-religious youth networks.

The Global Youth Network is focused on multi-religious youth action by working to stop war, end poverty and pro-tect the earth.

Religions for Peace

European Interfaith Youth Network