Impressions of YIP- The Essence The student run project, ‘Impressions of YIP- The Essence,’ is ready for purchase! The Essence is a limited edition publication, as there are only 700 printed copies in existence.  Each copy is 150 SEK, and all proceeds go to The International Youth Initiative Program. Shipping is included. There will be two opportunities for shipment: Monday, …

ShIFt was an amazing experience both for the individuals within YIP6, as well as for our whole group all together. This year we had 200 people joining us from all around the world, and it was a joy to see the yippies step into the hosting role.   The forum participant Charlotte Breed shared her INITIATIVE FORUM experience in this …

For those of you who have never before visited us here at the YIP campus, this is for you! Initiative Forum, takes place in Ytterjärna, Sweden, a rural community located 50km south of Stockholm. The Kulturcentrum Järna has a wonderful location on the Baltic coast, and is surrounded by biodynamic farms, forests and open meadows. Below are a few shots …

The YIP-International Internships were closed this year with two mornings of inspiring presentations by the participants, a magical interactive dance-performance by the Amsterdam-group, and a sparkling community dinner where our local community came to share a meal and look at the tables the participants had prepared with their internship books, pictures and objects they had brought back. Some of the …

We asked Rose Nekvapil, one of the founders of YIP, to write a few words for our newsletter. She had complete freedom in choosing what she wanted to bring, and this is her article: It has been wonderful to stand back and watch YIP move forward with a completely new carrying team. From the beginning, the idea was that YIP’s …

15 – 20 April 2014 Järna, Sweden [vimeo video_id=”82196860″ width=”635″ height=”357″ title=”No” byline=”No” portrait=”No” autoplay=”No” loop=”No” color=”ffffff”] Initiative Forum is an annual conference hosted by the Youth Initiative Program in Jarna Sweden. It is hosted by and for people who want to enact positive change in the world. It is a space for learning, inspiration, networking, and collaboration. Participants can …

We wish you all Happy Holidays and we look forward to working with you in 2014! Make sure you check out our YIP Mittens Auction Buy your holiday gift and support an organisation you love at the same time! Donate to YIP and win a pair of mittens! Bid for a pair of YIP mittens starting at SEK 350. See colours and …

Sandra and Melanie, both YIP alumni, co-founded an initiative some months ago: Fabula Collective vzw – New Myths New Forms (www.fabulacollective.org). Fabula Collective vzw is a multidisciplinary collective of four young women, who each have developed their own interests and field of work and are now living and working together in the thriving city of Gent (Belgium). Their common interest is the …

Classroom Alive – Sweden to Greece – is a 6-month walking studies across Europe. By stepping out of the brick and mortar classroom, the students has taken up their individual questions and brought them into relationship with the diverse realities of the people and places they meet along the route. www.classroomalive.com Classroom Alive was founded by three YIP Alumni, and it has since it’s start …

As YIP transitions from an initiative to an organisation, the YIP6 team decided to implement a new organisational structure called Holacracy to facilitate this transition. Holacracy is a social technology that distributes authority within organisations through a series of circles and sub-circles, each of which has specific roles and accountabilities. One of the main strengths of Holacracy is that it …