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'''ACTIVE''' (formerly ''EGTYF, European Good Templar Youth Federation'') is a [[non-governmental organisation|non-governmental]] [[umbrella organisation]] gathering European youth [[temperance movement|temperance]] organisations. It has the status as the regional youth council of [[IOGT International]].

The main aim of Active is peace and tolerance in the world. They consider [[alcohol]] and other [[Psychoactive drug|drugs]] one of the main reasons of [[violence]] and conflicts among people and therefore members of Active promote a drug-free lifestyle by their own [[abstinence]] - to prove that having fun, making friends and being free is possible without alcohol and/or other drugs, as is commonly beliefved around the world today.

Active provides the space for self-realisation, for making new contacts, for exchange projects, education and much more and is a support for each national organisation in reaching the main common goal - peace and human dignity.

==Activities==
2-4 seminars pr year. Sare held per year, with a summer camp every summer. C, congress every other summer. W, and winter camps every year.

''Where and when''
*Congress 2006: ''Jump'', Switzerland, Basel-Münchenstein.
**Summer camp 2005: ''Nemo'', Germany, Altthümen.
*Congress 2004: ''Cassiopeia'', Slovak Republic, Bystra.
**Summer camp 2003: Lithuainia
*Congress 2002: ''Mosquito'', Norway, Botnhamn
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==External links==
*[http://www.egtyf.org/ Official EGTYF website]

[[Category:International organizations of Europe]]

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