YES Seminar 2012

The YMCA in Czech Republic organized a 6-days partnership-building activity with more than 35 young people from 20 different countries. Countries taking place in the activity were from the EU as well as its partner countries, Southeastern Europe and Eastern Europe. The activity took place in May 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012 – “ROOTS AND LEAVES”

More than 130 participants representing 29 National Movements gathered at Hotel Globus in Prague as delegates at YMCA Europe´s 2012 General Assembly. Under the title “Roots and Leaves” the programme included a mix of key note speeches, discussion groups, devotions, presentations and elections for every place on the Executive Committee.

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YMCA RUSSIA. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, NETWORKING AND … THE VOLGA

Less than one week was enough to see the reality and impact of several YMCAs in Russia. Juan Simoes, YE Secretary General and Michal Szymanczak, Senior Executive Secretary visited Ivanovo and Yaroslavl from April 27th to May 3rd following an intense and diverse agenda of meetings prepared by our friends at YMCA Russia with a special contribution from Misha Guskov, Development Secretary at that National Movement.

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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET IN BERLIN

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.

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YMCA MOLDOVA NEW FULL MEMBER OF YMCA EUROPE

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.

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YMCA EUROPE RESOURCE TEAM (YERT). ANNUAL MEETING IN PRAGUE

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.

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