Activities

The primary activities of IANYS include:

1.  Collecting and disseminating information about National Youth Service (NYS) programs throughout the world;
2.  Providing assistance to countries and organizations interested in establishing NYS programs;
3.  Fostering the development of National Youth Service programs through exchanges and training of both staff members and young people in service;
4. Organizing Global Conferences on NYS;
5. Helping to arrange multi-National Youth Service teams;
6. Collaborating with the United Nations and other international bodies in activities of common interest;
7. Sharing information with NYS participants regarding progress in meeting human and environmental development goals and the role to be played by NYS participants in meeting these goals; and
8. Conducting NYS research, monitoring, and evaluation