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Dear friend,

May the peace and blessings of Christmas be yours, and may the coming year be filled with happiness !

On behalf of YMCA Europe´s Executive Committee and Staff Team.

Warmest regards,

YMCA Europe is delighted to announce that Michal Szymanczak, actual Senior Executive Secretary at YMCA Europe, has been appointed as Senior Executive Secretary for Movement Strengthening at the World Alliance of YMCAs, effective January 1st 2015.

Last November 15th YMCA Helsinki and the National Council of YMCAs in Finland celebrated their 125th anniversary.

Representing 26 YMCA movements in Europe, a total of 38 persons met in London at YMCA Europe´s 3rd National General Secretaries Forum from the 24th to the 26th of November 2014.

The European Commission recently published its call for proposals for grant applications under the Erasmus-Plus programme in 2015.

We are delighted to introduce one more NEWSLETTER with information about our recent events and developments.

Once it was the Wall that transformed Europe… But its Fall 25 years ago also meant deep changes in Europe.

Almost one month ago we were leaving Voloshin in Belarus, where YMCA Europe´s 8th Catch the Vision Seminar took place.

YMCA Slovakia is happy to announce that YMCA in Slovakia has been recently recognized
by the Slovak court of Justice as the original movement of YMCA since 1945 and a rightful owner of the YMCA building in Bratislava on 23 October 2014.

August – October 2014 was a key period for the implementation of the Tandem Grant Tool initiatives within YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project.