FIMCAP

FIMCAP stands for «Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale» (French for “International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements“). FIMCAP is an international association of youth organisations for children, adolescents and young adults throughout the world and that as young people, youth organisations and youth work are confronted with different challenges. Founded in 1962 and is recognized as an official Catholic organisation by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. FIMCAP advocates for participation and inclusion of all children in church and society and aims to empower the child to know its rights, as defined by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). FIMCAP declares that it wants to create free and safe places for children to play, explore, discover and thereby strengthen their values, and to find answers to their needs, fight against physical and psychological violence against children, and abolish child labour worldwide. FIMCAP emphasises the responsibility to take care of all creation. FIMCAP calls for strong efforts at the individual and societal levels to stop climate change with its negative consequences. FIMCAP also would raise awareness about the problems already caused by climate change and calls for solidarity with those affected the most by it. FIMCAP is also a full member of the European Youth Forum.