After a delay of two years, EuroCourse can finally take place! EuroCourse is a training course for young leaders from European FIMCAP member organisations. The target group are youth leaders (18-25 years old) who are active as leaders of a local group or as trainers on local or regional level. EuroCourse will take place in Belgium from 9 to 16 …
World Camp dance
The FIMCAP World Camp will take place in July 2022 in Botswana. Our host, Chiro Botswana, developed a song and dance especially for the World Camp. You can watch and practice the dance here. The message from Chiro Botswana: “It’s infused with the Setswana rhythm and tradition dance at the beginning that is accompanied by ululations. That’s how Batswana (natives …
The World Camp coordinators
The next FIMCAP World Camp will take place in July 2022 in Botswana. For all the preparations we can count on an amazing team from Chiro Botswana and on two amazing coordinators: Tina & Maria! Watch this video to find out what Tina and Maria are doing exactly. Tina is from Chiro Flanders and Maria is from ZAK Malta. Both …
The EU Youth Dialogue
We received the good news that FIMCAP is officially selected to take part in the 9th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue (EUYD). Member of the policy pool of FIMCAP Europe were involved in previous cycles and it is a recognition of their hard work that we have been selected again. The 9th EUYD cycle will focus on “engaging together …
Chiro for All
Our Belgian member organisation, Chiro Flanders, launched Chiro for All. This is a fund that offers financial support to projects that are meaningful to children and young people. The fund is open to everyone. The main criteria is that the project should strengthen youth work and have a positive impact on children and youth. A project can receive maximum 5.000 …
FIMCAP Day 2021
This year, we will have a week-long celebration of FIMCAP Day which will start on Nov. 15-20. During this week of celebrations, we will give FIMCAP Day a more spiritual and reflective meaning and approach. Due to all the changes we have been through, as a society, with the pandemic, we learn to value more the people around us, the …
World Camp launch
Chiro Botswana will officially launch the ‘Botswana 2022’ FIMCAP World Camp on the 30th October 2021. Preparations for this amazing event are at an advanced stage and all is promising that the day will be super fun. The proceedings will kickstart with the celebration of the liturgy at 08:30hrs (Botswana time) and then proceed with the release of the World …
The financial committee is looking for new members!
The current financial committee consists of 3 members: Geril from Chiro Philippines, Ernest from CYO Ghana and Tina from Chiro Flanders. They are looking for 2 extra members to strengthen the committee. The financial committee advises the FIMCAP presidium on financial matters and explores new funding opportunities. A financial background or degree is not required to join the financial committee, …
New European presidium
On the 17th of April FIMCAP Europe organised an online EuroConference. The European member organisations looked back at the past 3 years and evaluated the work that had been done. Most important point on the agenda was the election of a new European presidium for the next 3 years. There were 4 candidates for 3 positions, which made it a …
FIMCAP theme 2023-2025
On which theme should FIMCAP focus in the next years? Take this opportunity to put forward your ideas! On our General Assembly in October 2022 a new theme will be presented. This theme will be the focus of the next 3 years. The Intercontinental Bureau (ICB) is collecting ideas and suggestions for this theme. Do you have a theme in …