Fimcap
Sign in to saveThe FIMCAP, which is short for '''Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d'Action Paroissiale''' (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizations. Its 34 member organizations are based in 29 countries. The FIMCAP was founded in 1962 and is recognised as an official Catholic organization by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. FIMCAP is also a full member of the European Youth Forum.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d'Action Paroissiale
- Organization.image
- File:Fimcap-logo.png
- Organization.size
- 250px
- Organization.abbreviation
- FIMCAP
- Organization.type
- INGO
- Organization.purpose
- International umbrella organization of catholic youth organizations
- Organization.headquarters
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Organization.membership
- 33 unions
- Organization.leader_title2
- Presidents
- Organization.leader_name2
- Tamara Vasquez González Alain Ishimwe
- Organization.leader_title3
- Praeses
- Organization.leader_name3
- Fr. Thierry
- Organization.leader_title4
- Secretary-General
- Organization.leader_name4
- Annelies Van Wolvelaer
- Organization.website
- www.fimcap.org
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Activities
- Thematic work and positions
- Structure
- Statutory bodies
- Eligibility and application for membership
- Continental branches and member organizations
- FIMCAP Europe
- Presidium of FIMCAP Europe
- Member organizations in Europe
- Member organizations in Africa
- Member organizations in Asia
- Member organizations in Latin America
- Former members
- General assemblies
- List of presidents
- World presidents of FIMCAP
- European presidents of FIMCAP
- Asian presidents of FIMCAP
- African presidents of FIMCAP
- Latin-American presidents of FIMCAP
- References
- External links
The FIMCAP, which is short for '''Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d'Action Paroissiale''' (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizations. Its 34 member organizations are based in 29 countries. The FIMCAP was founded in 1962 and is recognised as an official Catholic organization by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. FIMCAP is also a full member of the European Youth Forum.
== History == Already in 1959, French, Belgian and Dutch youth organizations had been working on the project of an international pooling, adopting a joint proposal in Lucerne in October 1959 during the National Presidents' Conference of European Movements affiliated to the International Catholic Youth Federation (ICYF). In 1960, the first delegate conference was held in Munich in the course of the 1960 Eucharistic Congress. On 7–8 October 1961 eleven youth associations officially founded FIMCAP in Munich. The foundation was proclaimed in public on Easter 1962. Since its recognition through the Holy See in 1976, the FIMCAP is an "International Catholic Organization" (ICO) and registered at the Council of Laity in Rome. Since 2006 the FIMCAP is being recognised as an International nongovernmental organization by the Belgian government.