The seven member networks of Easy Net met for a review of Easy Net activities. The meeting took place at the Asia Pacific Alliance of YMCAs Office in Hong Kong on August 29 th . The representatives of the following networks were present for the meeting: Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY), Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS), International Young Christian Student (IYCS), International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) and World Student Christian Federation Asia Pacific (WSCF-AP), The World Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA) apologised for not being able to present in the meeting.
The main agenda of the meeting was to review the ongoing activities and set up the future direction and action plans of Easy Net. The Core Team (CT) members upheld the significance of the Easy Net to work together in the current context. The collective affirmation was to continue to promote the grassroots ecumenism through a deeper understanding of the realities as well as a common desire to confront the challenges facing the youth and students.
The CT members felt the need to address the following three thematic areas in the coming years: 1. Eco- justice 2. Peace Education- Interfaith perspectives 3. Protection of youth (quality education, job protection, disable concerns) In order to strengthen the grassroots ecumenism the members came up with plans to carry out the activities in 3 different levels: A. Common Project/ Programmes/ Activities of Easy Net B. Invite and engage the network in each organizational programmes/ activities C. Continue the ongoing Network through the CT members. One of the major discussions of the meeting was to own the Easy Net activities by the networks. Hence the decision was to initiate and coordinate the common programmes of Easy Net by the networks itself. Each thematic area will be focused for 2 years, and the thematic area for 2015-2016 is Eco-Justice. According to the programme planning there will be 2 ToTs on Eco-Justice in regional level and 2 ToTs in national level, intend to train around 80 youth and students in AP region between 2015-2016.