A message from YIP:
Hello friends around the world,
Warm greetings from a Sweden in full bloom!
We would like to share that the applications for the 19th edition of YIP (International Youth Initiative Program) are now open.
YIP is an anthroposophically-inspired 10-month residential, holistic education program in societal entrepreneurship for 18–28 year-olds. Surrounded by the beautiful natural sceneries in Ytterjärna, Sweden, young people from different countries come to encounter not only each other and the world, but also themselves.
What is YIP?
YIP (Youth Initiative Program) aims to strengthen young people’s capacity to take personal and collective initiative in the face of current global realities and to find their authentic task in the world. Participants live and learn together to explore the current challenges of our time, grow their personal awareness as well as their ability to work together. They meet inspiring individuals who are working on the cutting edge of finding creative and future orientated solutions to the complexity of the difficulties we see in the world in the realm of governance and activism, food sovereignty and initiative and initiation and much, much more.
Participating in YIP19 might be of interest within your network or within your broader community. We would be very grateful if you can spread the word to your network or to anyone you feel may be interested. Here is a media package with posters, flyers and videos that you can access. We would really appreciate it if you can pass this on within your network through your newsletters or school bulletin boards.
We would also be very happy to offer a live presentation about the program online or in person. Please reach out to us if this would be of interest!
The final deadline to submit an application for YIP19 is the 15th of June, 2026.
For more information, please visit our website or email us
With warm greetings from the YIP Organising Team
Feature image: courtesy of YIP