The Hungarian Youth Council of Romania

 

THE HUNGARIAN YOUTH COUNCIL OF ROMANIA

 

The HYC is a NGO/non-profit, self-supporting organization in Romania, protecting and representing Hungarian youth.

 

The HYC includes several organizations which represent the interests of Hungarian youth in Romania, including: programming and management organizations, university and college student organizations, youth organizations from Hungarian historical churches, professional organizations representing Hungarian youth and other special activity areas. Occasionally the Youth Council will take a stand on current social and political questions.

 

The HYC was founded in 1995 as the representative organization of Hungarian youth in Romania. At the beginning it had representation in the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ). In July 2001, because of some political changes, the HYC broke away from the territorial authority of DAHR and assumed its present structure as a civil organization.

 

Members of the HYC can be any Hungarian youth organization in Romania which accepts the principles of the HYC. Full membership in this federation can be any territorial Hungarian youth organization and/or federation. Local, regional and other youth-oriented organizations have the right to participate in conferences.

 

 

THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

 

 

MISZSZ:

The Union of Hungarian Youth Organizations of Romania (UHYOR) is the federation of self-supporting Hungarian youth organizations in Romania. Its primary goal is to represent the interests and the protection of the rights of Hungarian youth in Romania within a democractic and civil society in Romania.

 

IKE:

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is an ecumenical Christian youth organization working in the Transylvanian region of Romania having a strong partnership with the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania. It consists of almost one hundred local youth communities.

 

 ODFIE:

The Dávid Ferenc Unitarian Youth Association (DFUYA) is the Unitarian youth organization in Romania. Its purpose is to bring young people together, to help them in their work of creating a future, establishing opportunities for faith and culture, and affirming and representing these ideas in society.

 

RMCSSZ:

The Hungarian Scout Association of Romania (HSAR) is a voluntary and politically neutral youth oriented religious organization, open to anyone regardless of race or religious affiliation.

 

IFINET:

The Union of Youth Information and Counseling Offices (UYICO) is a professional organization that currently represents six Youth Information and Counseling Offices in the Transylvanian region of Romania. The purpose of UYICO is to create an organized alliance of organizations that coordinate their goals, activities, and resources to support youth in gaining access to information and counseling services.

 

 

 

THE GOALS OF HYC

 

 

*to protect and represent the rights of Hungarian young people in Romania within the scope of youth organizations’ common interests

 

*growth of permanent and regular contact with:

- youth in Romania

- Hungarian organizations and institutions in Romania

- public organizations and institutions in Romania

- international youth associations

 

*support of Hungarian youth in Romania

 

* internal and public efforts to strengthen the HYC

 

The Hungarian Youth Council of Romania (HYC) organized a cycling tour in Szeklerland between the 23rd of July and the 1st of August to promote the issue of autonomy. The tour was associated with the Autonomy Today movement.

The itinerary of the cycling tour was as follows (names are in Hungarian, Romanian and in German): Tusnádfürdő / Băile Tuşnad – Székelyudvarhely / Odorheiu Secuiesc / Odorhellen – Székelykeresztúr / Cristuru Secuiesc – Marosvásárhely / Târgu-Mureş / Neumarkt – Szováta / Sovata – Gyergyószentmiklós / Gheorgheni / Niklasmarkt – Csíkszereda / Miercurea Ciuc – Kézdivásárhely / Târgu-Secuiesc / Szekler Neumarkt – Sepsiszentgyörgy / Sfântu-Gheorghe / Saint George – Barót / Baraolt – Székelyudvarhely / Odorheiu Secuiesc / Odorhellen. We started in Tusnádfürdő / Băile Tuşnad on Sunday July 23rd from the location of the Summer University and European Student Encounter.

The tour was designed to widely publicize the activities. Local, regional and national media were kept informed about the tour and followed the cyclists at various stages of the tour.

The territorial autonomy of Szeklerland and the cultural, personal autonomy of the Hungarians in Transylvania and the Partium area is of vital importance, and is a pledge to the future. With this pledge as a common goal, everyone was invited to participate at the “Ride On!” tour.

ARTICLES, NOTICES ABOUT THE “RIDE ON!” CYCLING TOUR