Global umbrella organisation representing official national naturist societies
The International Naturist Federation (INF) or Fédération naturiste internationale (FNI) or Internationalen Naturisten Föderation (INF) is the global umbrella organisation representing official national naturist societies.
Membership
The INF is made up of representatives of national naturist organisations. The rules of the federation limit membership to one national society. To by-pass this rule, the French and English-speaking Canadian societies formed a partnership for the purpose of participating in the INF.
Some federations have independent youth organisations which are currently not affiliated to the INF directly. On European level, youth representatives (European Naturist Youth – ENY) have elected a Youth committee to speak towards the INF and the European Naturist Assembly (EuNat). Its task is to coordinate events and promote communication and exchange between young naturists.
The rules of INF provide for direct membership in the INF if there is no affiliated national naturist organisation in the country of residence.[1]
Monument commemorating the place (CHM Montalivet, France) where the International Naturist Federation (INF) was founded in 1953
Affiliated national organisations
The INF currently represents the following organisations:
Africa
South Africa – South African National Naturist Association [2]
The World Congress of the INF have been held in the following cities.[4] World Congresses were organized prior to the founding of the INF. At the 1953 World Congress the INF was officially created. All World Congresses after 1953 were organized by the INF.
^An Extraordinary General Assembly was held in November 1968 in Lyon/France due to the fact that several European federations had not attended the USA Congress.[6]
References
^STATUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL NATURIST FEDERATION (INF-FNI) ASSOCIATION, section 5. Retrieved 16 March 2024.