General Meeting

The General Meeting is the main decision making body of Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe. It is being assembled every second year. The General Meeting decides upon the future work and shape of EYCE. The General Meeting has the following competences: accepting or expulsing members; electing the Executive Committee and Internal Auditors, discussing and receiving the reports presented by EYCE’s working bodies, approving the budget and fees for the next two years, establishing working groups and deciding on EYCE’s thematic work.

45th General Meeting 2023

The next General Meeting of EYCE will take place from 24 to 27 August 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland. The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of our organisation, where delegates of our Member Organisations meet to discuss and decide about EYCE’s future priorities. Thanks to the Polish Ecumenical Council’s Youth Commission we will be hosted in Poland. Provisional Agenda  The agenda of the upcoming General Meeting will  include fundamental issues such as:  Elections of […] Read on →

44th General Meeting 2022

The next General Meeting of EYCE will take place from 3 to 6 November 2022 in Oslo, Norway. The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of our organisation, where delegates of our Member Organisations meet to discuss and decide about EYCE’s future priorities. It is convened every second year but the previous General Meeting 2021 has decided that at least an attempt should be made to organise a face-to-face meeting this year. Thanks to the Church […] Read on →

43rd General Meeting 2021

Dear Member Organisations of EYCE! The next General Meeting of EYCE will take place from 22 to 26 September 2021. The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of our organisation, where delegates of our Member Organisations meet to discuss and decide about EYCE’s future priorities. It is convened every second year. Caused to COVID-regulations in Norway this General Meeting will take place online via zoom. Provisional Agenda The agenda of the upcoming General Meeting […] Read on →

42nd General Meeting 2019

The next General Meeting of EYCE will take place from 16 to 20 October 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of our organisation, where delegates of our Member Organisations meet to discuss and decide about EYCE’s future priorities. It is convened every second year. Read on →

41st General Meeting 2017

Delegates and guests of 41st General Meeting of EYCE

The 41st General Meeting of EYCE, which was held in Malaga, Spain 14th-17th September 2017, was a again a great example how youth participation and ecumenical movement can change lives. It was also an important occasion to plan the activities and strategic approach of EYCE further towards it’s 50th anniversary and beyond that. Read on →

40th General Meeting 2015

On the afternoon of Sunday the 25th of this month, the 40th General Meeting was officially closed by the newly-elected Chairperson Lisa Schneider. Sixteen years after the 30th GM was held in Villa Hvittorp, Finland, the EYCE returned to the venue of Kirkkonummi, Finland. Seventeen Delegates from twelve Member Organisations were present and worked hard on developing the vision, programme framework and budget for the upcoming two years. The new Vision states the following: EYCE being the only pan-european […] Read on →

39th General Meeting 2013

The 39th General Meeting of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe took place from 14th – 20th October 2013 in Brno, Czech Republic and brought together more than 20 young people as delegates, guests and stewards to the General Meeting. The General Meeting was hosted by Czechoslovak Hussite Church and EYCE’s Czech member organisation, the Youth Committee of Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic. EYCE is deeply grateful for the support, care and […] Read on →

38th General Meeting 2011

EYCE starts a new working cycle after the 38th General Meeting “My strongest impression from the General Meeting was to see the commitment and enthusiasm of the Member Organisations to the work of EYCE“, said newly elected Chairperson of EYCE Catharina Covolo. The 38th General Meeting of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe took place from 17th – 23rd of October 2011 in Höchst (Odenwald), Germany, and brought together more than 40 young people as […] Read on →

37th General Meeting 2009

From 4th to 10th of May 2009, 37th EYCE General Meeting took place in Ķekava, Latvia. It gathered EYCE member Organisations’ delagates and guests from EYCE’s partner organisations – WCC and WSCF Europe. Due to recent changes in Council’s life the GM was held significantly earlier than it is according to ususal practice. Nevertheless the GM was successful and brought new ideas and commitments. The delegates of the Member Organisations reviewed the work of the […] Read on →

36th General Meeting 2007

More than forty EYCE Member Organisations’ delegates, partners, national and international guests gathered together from the 22nd to the 28th of October for the 36th General Meeting in Prali, Italy. The meeting in Prali brought significant changes to the life of EYCE. The delegates of EYCE Member organisations reviewed the work undertaken by the Council in the last two years, and shaped EYCE’s policies and priorities for the next two: a renewed commitment and deeper […] Read on →

35th General Meeting 2005

The 35th Anniversary General Meeting of EYCE was held in Turku, Finland from 24th – 30th October 2005. More than 40 delegates and guests came together to discuss and decide on the future thematic focuses of EYCE, to elect a new Executive Committee and to further develop together EYCE’s identity and its role in ecumenical youth work in Europe. The Executive Committee, the Treasurer and the General Secretary presented their reports and stimulated a discussion […] Read on →