About Youth Network

About Youth Network

IFIA youth network, a brainchild of the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations, was created in June 1995.  Before launching this project, a comprehensive study was made.  A questionnaire was sent to all member associations; a survey was undertaken; a meeting of experts was held in Warsaw; discussions took place within the framework of IFIA General Assembly, as well as during two meetings of the Executive Committee.
 

Main Objective
 

To encourage national and local inventor associations to contribute to the promotion of creativity and inventiveness among girls and boys.

 
Main Activities 
 
National Invention Contests: IFIA encourages inventor associations and its other members to organize or participate in such events.
 

Awards
 
Diplomas, certificates, books, used stamps from all over the world, and a one-year free membership in IFIA, are offered on the request of IFIA members, in the framework of the national contests.  Similar awards are offered in the framework of regional and/or international contests or exhibitions.
 
From a Newsletter to a Web page.  Six (6) issues of a 4-page bi-annual newsletter, IFIA-YOUTH, were published from December 1995 to June 1999.  Since early 2000, it was decided to cease the publication of the newsletter and to develop, instead, a substantial Web presence on Youth, which now includes inter alia the relevant basic information previously published.  The role of this Web page remains, above all, that of a catalyst in support of IFIA-YOUTH main objective.