YMCA Camps in Europe – Towards Common Standards
Pre-Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, October 3.-6.2013.
YMCA EUROPE
Pre-Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, October 3.-6.2013.
Memories of the days spent in Prague during the Festival are still in our minds.
Hopefully they will stay for a long time and we will continue being inspired by the huge potential that such an event provides to each individual… and to each of our YMCAs.
In one of the summer camps of YMCA YWCA Iceland – Ölver, in autumn (not summer), somewhere remote in the Icelandic nature, a group of youth workers (not youth) came together to train themselves (not to camp). Thus, the atmosphere was full of surprises.
YMCA Europe and its YES group, including Change Agents are kindly inviting everyone in the age 18-30 for a unique seminar, which will take place in Gdynia/Gdansk, Poland, November 25-30, 2013.
From 20th until 22nd September the YMCA Europe Field Group Belarus met in Butuceni, Republic of Moldova. Twelve people from seven countries participated in the meeting.
Field Group Ukraine met 16 September in Odessa. 22 participants from six countries took part in the meeting. The main focus for the meeting was the issue of sustainability.
YMCA Europe´s Festival “LOVE 2 LIVE” had its closing ceremony last Friday August 9th. The participants agreed to spread the unique experience that they had lived in Prague among their YMCA members and friends. The stories that they have lived in Prague will reach thousands more when they return home.
What do you get when a group of people from YMCAs all over Europe come together in Berlin, the capital of Germany for a 5 day seminar on youth policy in the European Union.
A highly talented and knowledgeable group of people from YMCAs all over Europe learning and listening from one another to better themselves and their YMCAs on the subject of youth policy and youth politics in the European Union.
It gives me great pleasure to greet all of you, thousands of young Europeans, gathered in Prague for the YMCA Love 2 Live festival. You are looking ahead a week filled by activity and meetings with your friends across the continent. It is my hope and belief that these meetings and new friendships will enrich your lives, even beyond this week. I hope this week will strengthen you with an understanding of how we all, no matter where we come from, can live peacefully side by side, with compassion and empathy for others.