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Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs

The 19th General Assembly and 3rd Youth Assembly

7 - 11 September 2015

(Youth Orientation Sessions on 6 September 2015)

Daejeon, Korea

Bulletin 1 - Announcement of the 19th GA/3rd YA & General Infomation
(Updated on 9 Oct 2014)

 

 

We are glad to announce that the 19th General Assembly of Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs has been scheduled to be held during 7 – 11, September 2015 at Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, South Korea. Participants are expected to arrive in Seoul, Incheon Airport, on Monday 7 September before noon and depart on Friday 11 September 2015 after lunch.

 

General Assemblies are held at the beginning of each quadrennial of APAY. The Assembly gives the opportunity to the leaders of the YMCAs of our region to meet together in order to stimulate and renew YMCA leadership, to plan collectively for common actions for the YMCAs at the local, national and regional level in responding to the challenges of our present day.

 

Youth Orientation Sessions shall take place before the General Assembly for the APAY Youth Reps, Change Agents and Youth participants. These sessions shall start from 2.30 pm Sunday 6 September 2015.

The theme of the General Assembly is

 

“Anchored on our Rock: Building a Sustainable Future”

 

Registration for the General Assembly shall be open from 1st January 2015 and close on 31st July 2015. YMCA leaders lay, professionals and youths of our region are invited to participate at the 19th General Assembly. There will be special discounted registration fee as early bird registrations; this will be applicable only for those you register with payment within 30th March 2015.

For the first time this General Assembly will be participated by the youth leaders along with the lay & professional leaders and the youths shall be playing a lead role in conducting various sessions of the General Assembly.

The details of the registration procedures indicating the cost of participation shall be dispatched to all national YMCA movements of our region within the month of December 2014.

The General Assembly shall comprise of Youth Orientation Programs, Strategic Dialogues, Workgroup Sessions, Council Meetings, Youth Empowerment Programs, Exposures and a host of other programs, like special program for the spouses, etc. The Council Meetings will deal with the constitutional matters of APAY, including the election of the office bearers and board members for the next quadrennial.

We expect that there will be around 400 participants including about 150 youths from various national movements at the 19th General Assembly.

Are you joining them? Please watch out for more information in this matter dispatched from APAY from time to time. All such information shall also be available in our website.

 

Meet you in Daejeon, Korea, 2015 !