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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.

Starting in September 2012, the International YMCA University of Applied Sciences, Kassel, Germany is offering a B.A. programme in Human Development and Leadership (HumLead) online.

The World Alliance of YMCAs is pleased to offer the new book: Global Citizenship and Social Movements – A YMCA Perspective.

26-28 January 2012 in Volozhin, Belarus there was a unique meeting of 18 key leaders from Belarus, Russia, the Ukraine and representatives of YMCA Europe who have given the birth to a new network of European YMCA trainers – “Y NoT”.

Welcome to the YMCA Europe 2012 General Assembly that under the title “Roots and Leaves” will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, May 16th – 20th 2012.

YMCA Europe thanks EED Germany (www.eed.de) for continued support and excellent partnership within our Roots for Reconciliation initiative. The first phase of the project was implemented during 2007 – 2010…

This YMCA European Mission Conference aims to inspire and energize the Christian emphasis of YMCAs across Europe. We hope to bring together Christians from all corners of Europe to network, share their experiences, pray and worship to gain inspiration and to discover new resources for highlighting Christian work within their YMCAs.