In August 2011, youth representatives of the national UNYAs (United Nations Youth Associations) from Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Romania and Switzerland, as well as representatives of the UNA Youth Sections (United Nations Assocation Youth Sections) from Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey met at the United Nations Office in Vienna to establish UNYANET, an international network for UN youth associations and sections worldwide.

In general, UNYANET has the aim to enhance the network by facilitating the process of developing projects, the exchange of knowledge, resources and experience and the development of a common identy among member associations. This shall be achieved, on one hand, by regular meetings of the member assocations, on the other hand by projects carried out by different working groups of UNYANET. Furthermore, UNYANET shall faciliate the cooperation between its member associations, the United Nations and other international organizations, institutions and supporters by providing a common contact point for various topics including cooperation requests, project proposals etc. Another important aim is to provide assistance to groups, willing to establish a UN-Youth Association in their country.

At the moment, UNYANET has 11 member associations, with altogether 57 local branches and approximately 14000 individual members. UNYANET currently assists in the establishment of 4 other UNYAs, working together with the United Nations Information Service Vienna (UNIS Vienna).

For requests or questions, please use the contact from or write a mail to info@unyanet.org