21st General Assembly Planning Committee Met in Chennai, India

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Last Updated (Wednesday, 01 February 2023 15:48)

“Journeying Together as a Resilient Community: Transforming Lives through Vision 2030”

The in-person GA Planning Committee Meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Chennai, India, from January 6-9, 2023. The YMCA Madras hosted the meeting. The following members of the GA Planning Committee attended in person:

Mr. Babu Gomes, Bangladesh
Chairperson of the Planning Committee
Prof. Chen Chin Seng, Taiwan
President, APAY
Mr. Bertram Devadas, India
NGS, Host NCY of India
Mr. R.S Shettian
Treasurer of the NCY of India to the APC
Mr. Vincent George,
President, Host YMCA Madras
Mr. Asir Pandian, India
GS, Host Madras YMCA, Chennai
Mr. Peter Malone
Former vice president of APAY
Ms. Nguyen My Hanh, Vietnam
Executive director, Vietnam YMCA
Mr. Wang Yu En, Taiwan
Practitioner of Education, Nantou YMCA
Mr. Nam Boo Won,
General Secretary, APAY
Ms. Sunita Suna,
Executive Secretary, APAY& Related Secretary of the 21st GA
Ms. Cristina Miranda
Executive Secretary, APAY

Justice J.B. Koshy (Retd.), President, NCY of India, joined on the 8th of January.
Stephanie Cheung, Chair of YPLD, joined Online briefly. Other members Ms. Nagako Okado, and Dr. Hahn Meerha, couldn’t attend the meeting.

The main Agenda of the GA Planning Committee were as follows:


The outcome of the GA in-person Planning Committee Meeting:

There will be 3 events: 

I. 5th Youth Assembly from September 13-15, 2023 in the YMCA International Youth Centre, Chennai

II. 1st Gender Equity Forum from September 13-15, 2023 in the YWCA International Guest House, Chennai

III. 21st General Assembly of APAY from September 15-20, 2023 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel Chennai

The Executive Committee Meeting will be held on the 15th of September 2023 and the Council Meeting will be held of the 18th September 2023.

Total number of delegates, participants of the 21st GA

About 450 YMCA members, delegates including the local members from the host YMCA in India, YA participants and GEF participants.

21st GA Registration and Participation fees:

Mandatory Registration Fee:
US$150
Participation Fee:

US$250 (Register By 30 April 2023)

US$280 (Register From 1 May to until the deadline of 31 July 2023)

Mandatory Green Fee:
US$15

Road Map to the 21st General Assembly

▸ January 2023 an official announcement on the 21st GA with registration details will be sent to the national movements

▸ 17th January: APAY Election timeline will be decided

▸ 14th April: An Online Executive Committee Meeting will be held

▸ March, May, August: Online GA Planning Committee meetings will take place

▸ 13-15 September Youth Assembly and Gender Equity Forum will be organized

▸ 15-20 September 21st General Assembly will be held

▸ 1 - 5 December: Leaders Quadrennial Roundtable will take place


5th Youth Assembly and the 1st Gender Equity Forum will be organized by the concerned staff of APAY and the respective committee members. A preliminary program was presented during the planning committee meeting. These two are parallel events, hence there will be a joint session of YA and the GEF. The YA will be hosted by the YMCA Madras. There was also decision to invite about men to the GEF and encourage the national movements to send both men and women to the forum. The participants of these two events will continue to join the 21st GA from September 15-20, 2023.

Thematic Workshops and Exposure Programs

Apart from the business sessions of the 21st GA, here will be 9 thematic workshops combined with the Exposure Program based on the 4 pillars of Vision 2030 and QPP(Quadrennial Program Plan of APAY). They are:

  1. Community Wellbeing
  2. Meaningful Work
  3. Sustainable Planet
  4. Just World
  5. DRM(Disaster Risk Management)
  6. Gender Justice
  7. Youth empowerment
  8. Justice and peace
  9. Good Governance.

Logo of the 21st GA

The logo is finalized and will be launched in January.

Visit to the facilities

The members visited the facilities at the Hyatt Regency, YMCA International Youth Centre and the YWCA International Guest House, where the 3 events are planned.



Fellowship with board members of YMCA Madras

At the end of the meeting, the YMCA Madras also hosted a fellowship gathering with dinner. The planning committee members had an opportunity to meet and interact with the board members of the YMCA Madras.


APAY is very much thankful to the NCY of India and especially to the YMCA Madras for their care and hospitality and for being a wonderful host of the in-person planning committee meeting. We look forward to the 21st GA in Chennai hosted by the NCY of India and YMCA Madras!


By Sunita Suna, Executive Secretary & Related Secretary of the 21st GA