The Balkan Project as the coordinated long-term process of the development YMCAs the Balkan area was initiated in 2000. The period 2012-2014 is the next important stage of it. The countries where the YMCA exists are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Romania and Serbia. All of them create one focus area. The project in its main part is funded by the Swiss HorYzon - a structural part of the Swiss YMCA. Since 2012 remarkable support comes from Y's Men Denmark.
In 2012 the Balkan Project has become an integral part of the Implementation Plan of YMCA Europe Programme Department. For this reason the development of Balkan YMCAs is influenced by pan-European priorities: Inclusive Christianity, Peace and Reconciliation and Healthy Life. The external evaluation ordered by the HorYzon helped to introduce some important elements to the Project policy 2012-14.



Dear Friends, you are warmly invited to register to the 13th European YMCA/YWCA Staff Conference in Stuttgart, Germany.
Have you heard of YMCA Europe before? Would you like to experience YMCA Europe in its condensed form? Would you like to have your say?
The project plan of YMCA Backi Petrovac looks bigger for 2012
3rd European YMCA-VOIEVOD Championship & YMCA-Festival of Moldova 2012
Full repport from the General Assembly
European YMCA Volleyball Championships, July 6 - 9, 2012 in Siegen/Germany
Third EVS project in YMCA Romania with volunteers from Ukraine, Austria, Spain and Turkey.
A new training offer has been published in SALTO's European Training Calendar.
Y NoT: European YMCA network of trainers
We are pleased to inform you that YMCA B.PETROVAC in Serbia,
Basketball for Pace and action on producing a infomercial clip
Every year on 5th of december, the Baia Mare community celebrates International Volunteer`s Day
On 15th Dec the YMCA of Montenegro was registered nationally with the Ministry of Internal Affairs as Non-Government Organization.
During the European YMCA Youth Workers Camp from 7th to 14th of August 2010 in Michelstadt, Germany, a network for the exchange of youth work experiences in the European YMCA has been started.
The video from Inter Regional Programme Fair is available.
Every saturday, YMCA Backy Petrovec is organizing creativity workshops for children from