Category Archives: News

June 10 – 16 Peace Work Institute (PWI) Session 2 within YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project took place in Yerevan (Armenia). The first session of the series was in October last year (Istanbul, Turkey), and the final one is scheduled in December this year to be held in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg (France).

Recent events with an international dimension took place at the Setubal and Coimbra local YMCAs in Portugal.

As of July of this year, Milada Pajgrtová became the new General Secretary of the YMCA in the Czech Republic.

YMCA England is pleased to announce the appointment of Denise Hatton as its National Secretary and CEO.

We are delighted to inform that Peter Posner has been created n Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen´s Birthday Honours List.

At the End of May YMCA European Championship was held in Malmö, Sweden. 600 participants from seven european countries played about 80 matches in Basketball, Handboll and Volleyball. Over 100 matches were played in Tabletennis.

DEN DOLDER, 24 May 2013 – Hans Klopper (54) from Leersum has been appointed General-Secretaryof the YMCA of The Netherlands starting August 1st., 2013. Klopper succeeds Cees Bremmer who will enjoy his well-deserved retirement starting July 1st..

The George Williams Youth Association, known internationally as the YMCA in kosovo applied for a small grant from the UNDP in Kosovo. Youth from Gjakova spent the afternoon planting 20 pine trees in two high schools.

Dear Friends, thank you for your interest in our current situation in Prague. The staff is safe and based on prognoses the worst is already behind us. The Festival area has not been affected at all.