The 6th FEIF Young Leaders’ Event (FYLE) will return to Sweden, where it all began. Get ready for an exciting weekend with a focus on developing your skills in social interaction, decision-making and motivation. FYLE offers a fantastic opportunity to network, gain...
News from Youth Work
Annual Youthwork Meeting 2024
As can be seen from the photo, we aim to put the horse at the centre of everything we do… This is also true for this year’s annual meeting of Youth leaders, representing 11 FEIF member countries. Some time was spent on evaluating newly introduced changes in the FEIF...
Young Committee members 2024
Along with other candidates who were elected in the Delegates' Assembly 2024, three new young committee members will also start their 2-year position on FEIF committees: Jana Etzold (DE) will serve on the Leisure Riding committee, Marie Bruun Hansen (DK) on the Sport...
FEIF Youth Country of the Year Award for 2023
The FEIF Youth Country of the Year Award for 2023 went to Luxembourg. A small country by most measures, the national association for Luxembourg nevertheless managed to create a good range of inclusive, creative and imaginative activities for their children and teenage...
FEIF YouthCup 2024 – Invitation
The invitation to the 14th FEIF YOUTH CUP is now online! Place: Münsingen Switzerland, Solfaxi Stables Date: July 13-20, 2024 The FEIF YouthCup is arranged every second year and consists of a week of intense training with respected instructors of international...
FEIF Youth Committee meeting 2023
The focus of the FEIF Youthwork Committee was very much on looking back and evaluating past activities such as the 2023 FEIF Youth Camp, which took place in Finland, and looking forward to the next FEIF Youth Cup. We can now confirm that the Cup will take place from...
We need you! FEIF is looking for….
... interested and active young people, 18-26 (attention, new age group: 18 - 26) years old, to join the FEIF Committees of Breeding, Sport and Leisure Riding! The future of the Icelandic Horse world in your hands? FEIF offers committee membership, especially reserved...
FEIF Youth Camp 2023 in Finland
The final preparations for the FEIF YouthCamp are in full swing! 38 young people and their country leaders from 11 member countries will gather in Finland for a week of intense learning and play. The aim of the FEIF YouthCamp is to bring teenagers from across the...
19th FEIF Youth Camp 2023
Don't forget to register for the FEIF Youth Camp 2023! The 19th FEIF Youth Camp will take place in Finland, Ypäjä Equiine College from July 14-19, 2023. The FEIF Youth Camp is an international camp for young people who will TURN 14, 15, 16 or 17 years of age in the...
FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2022
The annual award for the most innovative ideas and successful initiatives in youthwork during the Year 2022 goes to .... SWEDEN! CONGRATULATIONS! As one of the highlights of the activities run by the young committee was a full programme of extra activities during the...
Combined sport judges and trainer/instructor seminar 2023
Invitation and details now available! If you are an international sport judge or a trainer/instructor listed on the FEIF matrix, then join us in Iceland for an exciting full weekend of events! High level competitions and shows with both great professionals and...
FEIF Youth Camp 2023
Together with the organisers, the FEIF Youth Committee is delighted to announce that the 2023 FEIF Youth Camp (for participants aged 13-17) will take place 14th – 17th July in the south of Finland. The Equine College near Ypäjä offers training for all sorts of horse...
Invitation to join FEIF as Young Committee Member
We are looking for interested and active young people, 18-26 years old, to join the either the FEIF Education Committee or the FEIF Youth Committee! Are you eager to work in a team and ready to take on some responsibility? Are you interested in expanding your network...
Tölt Tunes
During the Mid-European and the Nordic Championships Henning Drath held an appreciated and interesting seminar supported by FEIF Youth Work. The participants of the seminar learned why the music in an Icelandic horse competition is important and how you can improve...
Youth Master 2022
As the FEIF YouthCup 2022 had to be cancelled, the Dutch youth committtee organised a nice alternative - the Youth Master. Between the 28th and 31st of July the event took place in Wortel, Belgium at the beautiful stud of Frans Goetschalckx. The idea was to offer...
Youth Country 2021 and Hestfest 2021
The award ‘FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2021’ went to Great Britain. After two years of the restrictions the pandemic inflicted on so many horse activities within the FEIF member countries, the judges decided to make the award less on what had actually been...
FEIF Conference 2022
Almost 80 participants from 12 member countries met for the Conference 2022 in Oslo, Norway. As the Delegates’ Assembly was organised as online meeting in February 2022, this year’s conference included several panel discussions as well as the annual meetings of all...
Young Leader Seminar 2022
18 young adults from 8 different countries gathered for a full weekend of sharing experiences and team building. The meeting took place in the beautiful city Vienna and was hosted by the Austrian Association, ÖIV. The topic of the meeting was “Digital networking in...