Allianssi

STRUCTURE

non-governmental not-for-profit

MAIN PARTNERS AND FUNDING BODIES

Ministry of Education and Culture, other ministries

WEBSITE

www.alli.fi

The Finnish National Youth Council Allianssi is a national service and interest organisation within the field of youth work. It is a politically and religiously independent NGO with 137 national youth work and educational organisations as its members.

Its purpose is to promote the development of young people into responsible members of society and to encourage youth participation in decision-making processes. Allianssi is an advocacy organisation for young people, youth organisations and youth work as a whole. Allianssi also provides services for the youth field and represents it on many international platforms. Allianssi is the Finnish member of several European youth networks, for example the YFJ (European Youth Forum), EYCA (European Youth Card Association) and ERYICA.

Allianssi supports Koordinaatti in its work of coordinating youth information in Finland. The main activities of Allianssi in the field of youth information work are:

• promotion of youth mobility (both information and organising exchanges); • information and participation in international co-operation in the youth field; • collecting and distributing youth-related information (youth policy library); • making surveys and studies about young people and their opinions; • supporting youth organisations and youth workers on equality and inclusion matters; and • advocacy work for youth work (e.g. funding).