Our Executive Committee members met in Berlin from the 8th to the 11th of March. The agenda was splited in two sessions during the weekend and included the analysis of the reports from our different working groups and fields plus decisions regarding the YMCA Europe Strategy Implementation Plan.
After years of good and effective work with YMCA Europe, YMCA Moldova officially requested full membership. The requirements that our Constitution states were fully accomplished and our Executive Committee officially accepted YMCA Moldova as the 38th Member Movement. Our working fellowship also includes another 8 cooperating movements across Europe.
YERT members Paul Smillie (Director for Movement Democracy at YMCA England), Adelheid F. Hvambsal (Secretary General YWCA-YMCA Norway), Viktor Serbulov (Secretary General YMCA Ukraine), Michal Szymanczak (Senior Executive Secretary YMCA Europe) and Juan Simoes (Secretary General YMCA Europe) met in Prague on March 5-6. Paul Smillie facilitated the meeting and inputs from members who could not take part at this meeting were also included in the agenda.