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Junior Chamber International, commonly referred to as JCI, is a non-profit international non-governmental organization of young people between and years old. It has members in about 127 countries, and regional or national organizations in most of them.
Activities
The local organizations are referred to as Local Organization (LO) with a local board, and it is at the local level that most activities take place: conferences, projects, local publications, etc. A LO will be member of a national organization or National Organization (NO) that is governed by a national board. The different NOs are members of Junior Chamber International (JCI).
The international organization publishes JCI World, a quarterly magazine, in six languages. It holds an annual conference, the JCI World Congress, in November of each year and regional annual meetings, the JCI Area Conferences.
Typically leadership positions in the organization are held only for one year; this goes for JCI local Presidents, for JCI National Presidents and also for the JCI World Presidents. Some members are given life membership of the organization and become "senators" and members of the JCI Senate. The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) program is organized annually by Junior Chamber International.
See also
- Active citizenship
- List of presidents of the Junior Chamber International
- Global citizenship
- United Nations