IOV World Youth online meeting

On May 5, 2023, the IOV Youth Community had its first meeting after the IOV Youth Assembly in Sarjah in March, where a new youth president was elected. Since the online meeting was attended by members from different countries of the world such as Puerto Rico, Canada, Italy, Brazil, India, Uzbekistan, Poland and Croatia, the […]

IOV Youth assembly Sharjah 2023

In the period of 9 – 11 March, the IOV Youth Assembly took place as part of the IOV World General Assembly in Sharjah (UAE). At the beginning of the assembly, former president Anderson Pinheiro presented the work of IOV Youth over the past two years. Despite the difficult conditions of the corona, Anderson did […]

6th IOV World Youth Congress – Final document

Young Earth: “Charms, secrets and knowledge of nature” Between the 13th and 16th of February 2020, the VI IOV World Youth Congress took place in the city of Nova Petrópolis / RS – Brazil. The main objective of the meeting was to bring together young people from all continents (affiliated or not to IOV-Mundial) to […]

6th IOV World Youth Congress

2020, February 13th to16th, in the city of Nova Petrópolis – Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil This invitation is dedicated to all the young people already included in the IOV members and also to those who want to approach this International Organization by becoming a new IOV member. The organization committee in Brazil will […]

Fifth IOV World Youth Congress

Dear Friends from around the World, We are happy to inform you that the Fifth International Organization of Folk Art (IOV) World Youth Congress will take place from July 12 to 17, 2017 in Myslenice, Poland. Participants should arrive on July 12 and depart on July 17, 2017. The event is organized by International Folk […]

Report of the Fourth IOV World Youth Congress

Fourth IOV World Youth Congress: “The Role of Youth in Safeguarding and Transmitting the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Immigrant and Ethnic Communities in Diaspora Host City” The Fourth IOV World Youth Congress was held from July 29 to August 2, 2015 in Nova Petroplis, Brazil. It was organized by IOV Brazil and the City of […]

4th IOV World Youth: message by Carmen Padilla

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the Fourth IOV World Youth Congress. We would like to thank the leadership of Daniela Santos and the Brazil Team, Paulo Staudt, Gabrielle who have worked tirelessly in the preparations for this Congress. At the same time Paulo was also involved with the organization […]

IOV announces the Fourth IOV World Youth Congress

The Conference Theme is “The Role of Youth in Safeguarding and Transmitting the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Immigrant and Ethnic Communities in Diaspora.” If you are age 18 to 35, you are eligible to participate! What better place to discuss this topic that in Nova Petropolis, pills a city of 18,000 inhabitants in southern Brazil. […]

Bangladeshi Delegates at 1st IOV Youth Asia Congress

The first International Folk Art (IOV) Youth Asia Congress took place from January 20 to 26, 2014 at Curtin University Sarawak, Malaysia. The theme of the congress was “Tastes of Asia – A Cultural Journey: Asian Peace through Cultural Understanding.” Around 90 young delegates from 16 countries of Asia participated in the week-long congress. Badrul […]

A Report on the First Asia Regional Youth Congress

“A Taste of Asia,” was the theme of the first IOV Asia youth congress, which took place in Sarawak, Malaysia this past February. The idea to organize youth at a regional level was conceived in the 3rd IOV Youth World Congress Sweden in 2012. Delegates in the congress saw a need for more youth to […]