The European Youth Forum (EYF) is a European-wide non-profit organisation established formally in 1996 by National Youth Councils (NYC) and International Non-Governmental Youth Organisations (INGYO). It is the legal and political successor to the 'Council of European National Youth Committees' (CENYC) and to the 'European Coordination Bureau of International Youth Organisation' (ECB), and it incorporates also the 'Youth Forum of the European Union' (YFEC).The EYF is based in Brussels and has started to be operative in 1998. The EYF Statutes and Rules of procedure were adopted by its General Assembly on 19 November 2010 in Kiev.
The aim of the EYF is to promote and represent the interests of young people throughout Europe and towards European institutions. It is a consultative body for international institutions (European Union, Council of Europe, United Nations Organisation, etc.) on all issues relevant to young people and to youth organisations. In particular, it seeks to increase the participation of young people and youth organisations in society as well as in decision-making processes and it supports the exchange of ideas, mutual understanding and equal rights and opportunities among young people in Europe.
The European Youth Forum (EYF) is nowadays a forum that brings together 99 European Youth Councils and non-profit organisations representing 10 million of young people.