News / Press
Application Now Online!

The Application Form for YIP 2012–2013 is now available, and it will remain open until 10 June 2012. We wish good luck to all who apply!
OASIS Södertälje

9 participants from the Youth Initiative Program in Järna playing an OASIS game to enable positive social change in Hovsjö Skolan in Södertälje....
Invitation for Initiative Forum 2012

What IF 40 young people host a forum where the challenges of our world today can be transformed into opportunities through shared understanding, inspiration, and collaboration?...
Chaordic Occupation

Last week was easily the most turbulent week I have experienced since my arrival at YIP. Funny enough it coincided with the course theme of `Chaordic Leadership`. What perfect timing for the situation which we were faced with!...
Reflections by Caleb

Words cannot describe something born out of a place so much greater than words can reach. Many poets and writers have tried to reach such places, the good ones going insane in the process....
Biographical counselling in YIP

Many young people today live a concentrated biography. In our globalised society, where all the challenges and atrocities of the world can be viewed at the press of a tab...
Solitude, freedom and community

23rd of October. The eighth week of YIP is almost coming to its end. What a week. The occupy movement is not sparing YIP, on the contrary, YIP is engaging strongly in this global awakening. ...
Seven Open Courses This Autumn

If you are interested in some of what YIP has to offer, you should consider taking part in an Open Course. Apply now!
Lucy Carver: "We will jump!"

– So I make this promise to the YIP organising team: while you may catch us if we fall, we will be absolutely certain to jump!...
YIP lunch: "Diet for a Clean Baltic"!

We our now proud to offer our students a "Diet for a Clean Baltic", with fresh local, organic & seasonal produce....
New YIP Staff

Welcoming and presenting new YIP staff: Pieter Ploeg, Sebastian Wittstock and Alexander Zeiher....
"I couldn´t have done SEE! COLOUR! without YIP and the YIP Alumni”

– Rembert Biemond: YIP’s help was one of the very key things that came my way. I could’t have done it without them....
