YMCA Generation Next Summer School of 2026 took place in Dresden, Germany from August 22 to 24 through cooperation with YMCA Germany, Frauenkirche Dresden Foundation, HP and Microsoft. The three-day event brought together 20 Generation Next Scholarship recipients from Armenia and Georgia to provide an opportunity to connect, exchange experience, reflect on the program and […]
On August 20-21 of 2026, YMCA Generation Next underwent an evaluation workshop as part of the project’s external evaluation process to determine the merit, worth, and value of the initiative and identify recommendations for its future implementation. The first day commenced with an opening session at the iconic Frauenkirche in Dresden by welcoming participants, going […]
The YMCA has historically assumed working in and with conflicts as central to its service delivery. Committed to our roots and legacy the YMCA Europe pursues peace and reconciliation as a strategic priority.
The Roots for Peace programme, ongoing since 2007, remains a best practice in this line. In the framework of this initiative the Peace Work Institute scheme was piloted during 2012 – 2015 and approvingly evaluated by an externally facilitated outcome assessment process.
This evidence-based evaluation highly recommends the YMCA Europe to repeat the series of the Peace Work Institute for the next generation of the YMCA pan-European peace-cohort.
