The inclusion of young people in the work done by CIOFF® was an initiative that born in the early 90s and represented a novelty in international organizations like CIOFF®.
CIOFF® Youth is composed by young people – between 15-28 years old – who are working in the frame of CIOFF® National Sections. The main objectives of CIOFF® Youth are the cooperation with CIOFF® in the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) through cultural activities and projects implemented by the youth in international folk festivals, exchange activities with regional communities in schools, retirements houses, and public places; diffusion of Intangible heritages to children and young people in a regional, national or international level.
Most of our activities are developed within the frame of CIOFF® Festivals and others organized independently within specific events. Diffussion of ICH through social media is one of our strengths, to spread the word about traditional culture to the new generations.
Contact info: cioff.ycc@gmail.com
Meet the National Youth Commissions
- Argentina:
Karen Badariotti
cioffjuvenilargentina@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Austria:
Manuel Bartl
manuel.bartl@twin.at - Bolivia:
Martín Quiroz
cioffjoven2411@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Bosnia & Herzegovina:
Ana Maric
ana.maric123.am24@gmail.com - Brazil:
João Pedro
cioffjovembr@gmail.com - Canada:
Marina Lamontagne
mlamontagne@folklorama.ca - Chile:
Jorge Parra
cioffjovenchile@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Colombia:
Nicolas Andres Andrade
cioffjuvcol@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Costa Rica:
Juan José Espinoza
juan.e.venegas012@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Croatia:
Manuela Kelava
cioffcroatiayouth@gmail.com
Instagram - Cuba:
Elaine Vargas
vazquezelaine5@gmail.com - Ecuador:
Cinthya Gonzaga
cioff.juvenil.ecuador@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - El Salvador:
Alejandra Reyes
reyesalejandra553@gmail.com| - Estonia:
Kertu-Liis Onnis
cioff-youth-estonia@folkloorinoukogu.ee
Facebook | Instagram - France:
Geoffroy Decorsier / Mehdi Henri
cioffjeunefrance@gmail.com - Germany:
Maria Poetschke
poetschke_Maria@web.de - Greece
Konstantinos Tolis
grcioffyouth@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Guatemala:
Cecilia Morales
solymar.morales@gmail.com - Indonesia:
Citra Natasya
citranatasya@hotmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Italy:
Giulia Ciuffa
giuciuffa@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Mexico:
Carolina Maíz
cioffjuvenilmx@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Panamá:
Víctor Montenegro
vmms1012@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Paraguay:
Maria Paz Gauto
ympazgauto@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Perú:
Stimy Saavedra
cioffjovenperu@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Portugal:
Joanna Santos
cioff.jovem@cioff-portugal.pt - Puerto Rico:
Adimary Ramos
adimary.ramos@gmail.com - Romania:
Denis Bizau
cioff.tineret@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - Serbia:
Katarina Čović
katarinacovic@yahoo.com - Slovenia:
Matic Tavcar
predsednik@drustvo-ozara.si - Spain:
Gonzalo Badajos
comitejoven.esp@cioff.es
Facebook | Instagram - Switzerland:
Arthur Antille
cioffjeunessuisse@gmail.com - Turkey:
Arman Erdogan
armangorhan@gmail.com
Facebook | Instagram - USA:
Jenna Young
jenna_y@live.com