ACTIVE
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ACTIVE - sobriety, friendship and peace (formerly EGTYF, European Good Templar Youth Federation) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation gathering European youth temperance
organisations. ACTIVE is member of the Youth Forum Jeunesse
and cooperates with IOGT International.
The main aim of Active is peace and tolerance in the world. Active considers alcohol
and other drugs
one of the main reasons for violence
and conflicts in today's world and therefore members of Active promote a drug-free lifestyle by their own abstinence
--to prove that having fun, making friends, and being free is possible without getting addicted and without any risk of hurting somebody or being hurt.
Active provides the space for self-realisation, for making new contacts, for exchange projects, education and for being active on political level in order to make a difference. Active is a support for each national organisation in reaching the main common goal--peace and human dignity.
Every year 2-4 seminars are held:
A summer camp takes place in one of the member organizations' country every summer, the congress every other summer. Every year a winter camp is organized by either Juvente Switzerland or Juvente Germany.
Where and when'
In 1990 IGTYF and IOGT merge to one organization: IOGT International. EGTYF (European Good Templar Youth Federation) is created.
At the congress 2006 in Basel, Switzerland "EGTYF" changed its name into Active - sobriety, friendship and peace.
Former boards
ACTIVE Board 2008-2010
ACTIVE Board 2006-2008
EGTYF board 2004-2006
EGTYF board 2002-2004
ACTIVE/ EGTYF Presidents
EGTYF Office Managers 1992-today:
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
organisations. ACTIVE is member of the Youth Forum Jeunesse
European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe...
and cooperates with IOGT International.
The main aim of Active is peace and tolerance in the world. Active considers alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
and other drugs
Psychoactive drug
A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior...
one of the main reasons for violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
and conflicts in today's world and therefore members of Active promote a drug-free lifestyle by their own abstinence
Abstinence
Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical...
--to prove that having fun, making friends, and being free is possible without getting addicted and without any risk of hurting somebody or being hurt.
Active provides the space for self-realisation, for making new contacts, for exchange projects, education and for being active on political level in order to make a difference. Active is a support for each national organisation in reaching the main common goal--peace and human dignity.
Activities
Political work on local, national and European level, training courses and social activities are the main activities of ACTIVE. It builds on international meetings, study sessions and workshops in order to foster intercultural learning and mutual understanding as well as to educate its members in terms of democracy, human rights or alcohol and other drugs. ACTIVE recognizes that mutual understanding creates the foundation of equality and peace.Every year 2-4 seminars are held:
- Spring 2007: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started"
- Winter 2006: "Designers of society - Designers of Future"
- Automn 2006: "Democracy - space for engagement"
A summer camp takes place in one of the member organizations' country every summer, the congress every other summer. Every year a winter camp is organized by either Juvente Switzerland or Juvente Germany.
Where and when'
- Congress 2012: Iceland
- Summer camp 2011: Route, Latvia
- Congress 2010: Experience 2010, Norway, Fredrikstad
- Summer camp 2008: Summer camp 2008, Sweden
- Summer camp 2007: Wild Space, Bulgaria, Semkovo
- Congress 2006: Jump, Switzerland, Basel-Münchenstein
- Summer camp 2005: Nemo, Germany, Altthymen
- Congress 2004: Cassiopeia, Slovak Republic, Bystra
- Summer camp 2003: Merkurijs, Lithuania
- Extraordinary Congress 2002: England, Eastbourne
- Congress 2002: Mosquito, Norway, Botnhamn
- Summer camp 2001: Estonia, Ahijärve
- Congress 2000: The Camp, Switzerland, Fiesch
- Summer camp 1999: Slovakia, High Tatra
- Congress 1998: Sweden, Östersund
- Summer camp 1997: Latvia
- Congress 1996: Faroe Islands, Tórshavn
- Congress 1994: Germany, Berlin
- Congress 1992: Finland, Turku
- Founding Congress 1990: Danmark, Copenhagen
Member organisations
In 2006, Active has 31 member organisations:- AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
: Free Youths of Albania (FYA) - BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
: Atmosphere "F" - Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
: LINK - BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
: Free Youth Bulgaria - CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
: Juvente - Klub Mladih - EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
: Juvente Estonia - Faroe IslandsFaroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
: Ungtemplarasamband Føroya (UTF) - FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
: UNF Finland, Sinuli ry. - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
: Juvente Deutschland, Kinder im Mittelpunkt - IcelandIcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
: IOGT Junior Island, Islenskir Ungtemplarar, Ungmennaregla IOGT - ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, GGPF - LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
: JAF - LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
: Baltu Ainiai - NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
: IOGT Junior, Juvente Norway - Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, REACT Macedonia - RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
IOGT Youth Federation - Slovak Republic: NOM
- SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
: Together Against Drugs - SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
: Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund (NSF), UNF Sweden - SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
: Kinder im Mittelpunkt, Juvente Switzerland - TransnistriaTransnistriaTransnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
/MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
: World Window - UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
: Better - Youth Temperance Movement, Ukraine
- England and WalesEngland and WalesEngland and Wales is a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom...
: IOGT Youth Council of (associated member)
ACTIVE Board 2010-2012
- President: Andrea Lavesson
- Vice President: Madlena Tsvetkova,
- Treasurer: Vasilka Lalveska
- Secretary: Stian Seland
- Board member: Ida Bernas
- Board member: Volodymyr Kreydenko
- Board member: Azalea Vilic
- Board member: Jahan Persson
- Board member: Max Vollmer
History
In 1962 the International Good Templar Youth Federation (IGTYF) was founded.In 1990 IGTYF and IOGT merge to one organization: IOGT International. EGTYF (European Good Templar Youth Federation) is created.
At the congress 2006 in Basel, Switzerland "EGTYF" changed its name into Active - sobriety, friendship and peace.
Former boards
ACTIVE Board 2008-2010
- President: Linn Landmark IOGT Junior Norway
- Vice President: Kristiina Leepa, Juvente Estonia
- Treasurer: Madlena Tzvetkova, Free Youth Bulgaria
- Secretary: Maja Stojanovska
- Board member: Glevin Derviski
- Board member: Gabriella Frenzén
- Board member: Emilia Sandgren
- Board member: Matus Kovacik
- Board member: Olaf Jobmann, Juvente Germany
ACTIVE Board 2006-2008
- President: Linn Landmark IOGT Junior Norway
- Vice President: Emil Österlund, UNF Sweden
- Treasurer: Kadri Vanem, Juvente Germany
- Secretary: Madlena Tzvetkova, Free Youth Bulgaria
- Board member: Hege Sørvig, Juvente Norway
- Board member: Jan Jobmann, Juvente Germany
- Board member: Ljupco Jovanovski, REACT Macedonia
- Board member: Minja Nuspahic, LINK Bosnia and Herezegovina
- Board member: Kristiina Leepa, Juvente Estonia
EGTYF board 2004-2006
- President: Hege Sørvig, Juvente Norway
- Vice President: Jan Jobmann, Juvente Germany
- Treasurer: Kadri Vanem, Juvente Estonia
- Secretary: Josy Häusermann, Juvente Switzerland
- Board member: Hanna Rönnmark, UNF Sweden
- Board member: Caroline Spångberg, NSF Sweden
- Board member: Andrii Tvardiievych, Better Ukraine
- Board member: Pål Jostein Didriksen, IOGT Junior Norway
- Board member: Aira Taparauskaite, Baltu Ainai Lithuainia
EGTYF board 2002-2004
- President: Åsa Hagelstedt, UNF Sweden
- Vice President: Pål Jostein Didriksen, IOGT Junior Norway
- Treasurer: Beata Dubenova, NOM Slovakia
- Secretary: Elke Richter, Juvente Germany
- Board member: Fabiano Deana, GGPF Italy
- Board member: Aira Taparauskaite, Baltu Ainai Lithuainia
- Board member: Ghanna Dovbak, Better Ukraine
- Board member: Johan, UNF Sweden
- Board member: Nils Johan Svalastog Garnes, Juvente Norway (2002 only)
- Editor: Ermanno Passalenti, GGPF Italy
ACTIVE/ EGTYF Presidents
- 2010-2012: Andrea Lavesson
- 2006-2010: Linn Landmark, IOGT Junior, Norway
- 2004-2006: Hege Sørvig, Juvente, Norway
- 1998-2004: Åsa Hagelstedt, UNF, Sweden
- 1996-1998: Alex Klee, Juvente, Switzerland
- 1994-1996: Jørgen Kaurin Fossum, Juvente, Norway
- 1990-1994: Birgitta Eriksson, UNF, Sweden
EGTYF Office Managers 1992-today:
- Jørgen Kaurin Fossum, Jørund Skurdal, Helge Stahl, Geir Nybraaten, Sten Magne Berglund (all based in Oslo/N)
- Fredrik Persson (based in Örebro/S)
- Kristina Sperkova (based in Örebro/ S)