STATUTORYINFORMATION STAFFANDOFFICERSMEETINGS

The WSCF-Europe leadership team met regularly to review the progress of the work and plan the future programmatic and organisational work for the months to come. In 2018 and 2019, the European Regional Committee (ERC) and staff members held three in-person meetings in Palermo - Italy (May 2018), Bad Malente - Germany (May 2019) and Copenhagen - Denmark (October 2019).

The highlights of the agendas of all these meetings included: providing updates on the ongoing work on movement-building and movement-strengthening; brainstorming on relevant developments and strategic direction; planning upcoming activities and campaigns; designing and implementing effective and targeted tools for communication with member movements and partners; reporting on finances and developing sustainable fundraising methods; developing new strategic partnerships, networking and representing WSCF-Europe at partner events; providing updates from WSCF Global, in particular about the preparations for the 2020 General Assembly in Berlin

The team also used these opportunities to reconnect with the local Senior Friends and members of the movements in the countries the meetings were organised We were inspired and encouraged by our dear friend and pastor Peter Ciaccio and his hard work for the local community and church in Palermo. Hearing the stories of how the current students' engagement and ecumenical life looked like back in the '90s, when Peter was an active member in the Federation, was both interesting and inspiring.

Local cultural trips in Bad Malente and Copenhagen further strengthened fellowship and team spirit among the leadership board We are deeply thankful to YMCA and YWCA Denmark for their warm hospitality during our stay in Copenhagen, and special gratitude to our members and friends in Germany for providing a friendly venue and taking care of our meals.

We greatly appreciate the annual support received from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission to organise these working meetings of the leadership team, without which our work would be much harder to deliver