The '''Young Generation''' ({{lang-de|JungJunge Generation}}, JG) is the youth organisation of the [[South Tyrolean People's Party]] (SVP), a political party representing the [[German language|German-speaking]] and [[Ladin language|Ladin-speaking]] population of [[South Tyrol]], an Italian province separated from the [[Austrian-Hungarian Empire|Austrian]] territory and annexed to the [[Italian Monarchy]] in 1920 as consequence of the First World War and the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/20028552 Josef L. Kunz, Italian Rule in German South-Tyrol on www.jstore.org], visited 9 October 2010</ref>.
The Young GenreationGeneration has about 6,000 members and is therefore the largest political youth organisation in [[South Tyrol]] and is the community of all party members of the SVP at the age of 14 to 30. The JG has about 100 local groups spread over the whole territory. President of the organisation is Manuel Raffin, who was elected from the congress thogeter with his deputies in June 2010. The JG is the youth branch of the SVP and wants to be the spokesman of the young people within the party<ref>[http://www.stol.it/Artikel/Politik-im-Ueberblick/Lokal/Neue-JG-Bleiben-kritische-Stimme-innerhalb-der-SVP Article on www.stol.it about the new elected chairman], visited 8 October 2010</ref>.
The logo was restyled in spring 2010. The colours are black, white and red. The last two are the colours of the Tyrolean flag and represents the link of the youth organisation with the territory.
