YFU Around the Globe
YFU is comprised of a global network of over 60 partner offices and organizations that support more than 4,000 exchange students annually. Each partner organization shares a common mission and vision for the future and is fully autonomous. YFU partners embrace their interdependence and work together through the International Secretariat.
The YFU International Secretariat is an autonomous entity that:
- monitors the implementation of YFU International Basic Standards in YFU national organizations worldwide,
- facilitates communications among YFU national organizations, including mediation between national organizations upon request,
- collects and processes worldwide data about YFU programs and participants,
- plans and coordinates YFU International Conferences,
- facilitates new country or new program development,
- builds international systems aimed at increasing the capacity of National Offices to produce higher quality programmatic results
- develops processes and electronic structures for collecting and sharing tools, best practices and links
- facilitates YFU partners in working together to improve delivery of YFU programs
- implements and promotes tools enhancing international collaboration
YFU Partners Around the World
All Youth For Understanding organizations subscribe to a common set of standards that facilitate harmony in the implementation of a common mission in the context of each country's culture.
The following is a listing of YFU offices and partners including links to their web sites.
- COUNTRYCITYOFFICE/PARTNER
- Buenos AiresYouth For Understanding
- HornsbyYouth For Understanding
- ViennaYouth For Understanding
- MinskYouth For Understanding
- Leuven (Dutch)Youth For Understanding
- Liege (French)Youth For Understanding
- Rio de JaneiroYouth For Understanding
- SofiaYouth For Understanding
- Cambridge, OntarioYouth For Understanding
- Youth For Understanding
- BeijingYFU-Greater China
- BogotaYouth For Understanding
- PrahaYouth For Understanding
- TommerupYouth For Understanding
- QuitoYouth For Understanding
- YFU Egypt
- TallinnYFU-Estonia
- HelsinkiSuomen Youth For Understanding
- AubervilliersYFU France Echanges Internationaux
- Saint-BrieucCivi-Ling
- TbilisiYouth For Understanding
- HamburgDeutsches Youth For Understanding Komitee
- AccraYouth For Understanding
- VolosYouth For Understanding
- BudapestYouth For Understanding
- New DelhiYouth For Understanding
- JakartaGaido Educational Programs and Advisory
- NaplesYouth For Understanding
- TokyoYFU Zaidan (YFU Japan Foundation)
- AlmatyYouth For Understanding
- SeoulYouth For Understanding
- RigaYFU-Latvia
- VilniusYouth For Understanding
- Mexico CityYouth For Understanding
- ChisinauYouth For Understanding
- UlaanbaatarYouth For Understanding
- VinkeveenYouth For Understanding
- OsloYouth For Understanding
- AsunciónYouth For Understanding
- Quezon CityYouth For Understanding
- PoznańYouth For Understanding
- BucharestYouth For Understanding
- MoscowYouth For Understanding
- BratislavaYouth For Understanding
- BellvilleYouth For Understanding RSA
- SantanderHomestay Spain
- MadridITEA
- StockholmYouth For Understanding
- BernYouth For Understanding
- NonthaburiLearning International Company
- AnkaraYouth For Understanding
- KievYouth For Understanding
- LanarkYouth For Understanding
- Malvern, EnglandEIL Intercultural Learning
- MontevideoYouth For Understanding
- CaracasYouth For Understanding
- Youth For Understanding - VES
