Category: EYCE Press Releases
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EYCE Press Release: EYCE ExCo meets in Berlin, Germany
From the 10th – 13th of July 2013 the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe (EYCE) met for their regular meeting in Berlin, Germany. The ExCo also took the opportunity to meet with donor organisations and potential partners located in Berlin, as well as with EYCE’s National Correspondent in Germany and…
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EYCE Press Release: EYCE Launches Be Eco Heroes! Project
In February 2013 EYCE published “A Manual for EYCE Member Organisations to Become More Sustainable” which is considered as a first step of the project Be Eco Heroes! By this venture, EYCE calls for its member organisations to self-evaluate its impacts on the environment, set achievable goals and bring about positive changes in their actions.…
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Is there a hope after Rio+20?
The panel discussion „What hope after Rio+20? Contribution of various stakeholders to a sustainable future” took place on the 17th of October 2012 at Maison du Protestantisme in Brussels and was organised in the framework of EYCE Campaign to Promote Ecological Justice, which aims at promoting ecological justice and sustainable ways of life. The aim…
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EYCE links the Campaign to Promote Ecological Justice with global actions
An EYCE representative participated on a meeting of World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change which came together to plan and synergize next steps in climate change advocacy. The meeting hosted by the Institute of Theology and Ecology of the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari, Greece took place from 1st to…
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Young people gather to overcome poverty!
From the 2nd to the 9th of September, 2012 more than twenty-five young people from various beliefs and from across Europe and further abroad gathered in Paris, France to discuss issues of social justice and how religious communities can contribute to increasing social justice in Europe. At the end of the training course, a Jubilee…
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EYCE Press Release: EYCE General Secretary takes part in High-Level Religious Leaders meeting at the European Commission.
Yesterday, on the 12th of July 2012, the EYCE General Secretary Kristine Jansone represented the voice of young Christians at the annual High-Level Religious Leaders meeting, which took place at the European Commission. Upon the invitation of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, the meeting brought together more than twenty senior representatives from…