Welcome to the page dedicated to the 2027 Emmaus Europe General Assembly.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina for our next General Assembly! Join us from 26^th – 30^th April 2027 for this key moment in the Movement’s history.

On this page, you’ll find all the information you need to sign up and take part. You can also click on the buttons below to find out more about the assembly!

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NOTIFICATION TO ATTEND

Programme and documents

Practical information

Rates and payments

PARTICIPATION

The registration form is available online here. Registrations are open until 28^th February 2027 at the latest.

The assembly is open to all groups, whether they are full members or trial members of Emmaus Europe. To begin with, participation is limited to two people per group. Each completed form is valid for one person; if several people are attending, you will need to fill out the form separately for each person you wish to register.

If you would like to sign up additional people, please complete the registration form. They will automatically be added to the waiting list until registration is closed.

However, if the third person that you would like to register is a companion or a person supported by the group, their registration will be automatically accepted, without having to join the waiting list.

Please use the online registration form if possible. If it is too complicated, you can always fill in this form and return it by email to  sarajevo2027@emmaus-europe.org.

PARTICIPATION RATES

There are several rates detailed below. These rates cover the cost of your stay in Sarajevo (accommodation, meals, visits, holding the assembly).

The standard participation rate for the assembly is €450 per participant. The real cost of one person attending is actually around €550 for the week. Thanks to the annual subscriptions paid by the groups, we are able to offer you a discounted rate. Many thanks to you all!

• Standard rate: €450
• Solidarity rate: €550
• Reduced rate: €350
• Youth rate (under 30): €100 off the selected rate

If your group can afford it, it is possible to select the solidarity rate to contribute towards the participation of a representative from another group that is struggling financially.

On site, no additional fees will be requested. However, travel costs to Sarajevo must be covered by the groups.

More information about the rates and payment methods can be found here.

VOTING RIGHTS

Only full member groups have voting rights. To be able to vote, these groups must be up to date with their subscription payments since the previous General Assembly, in other words for the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

As part of the registration process, you can pay any outstanding subscriptions.

In order to vote, the Chairperson of your group must complete and return the MANDATE/PROXY document below.

MANDATE/PROXY

Please send us the completed document by 28^th February 2027.

To find out how to fill out this document, please refer to the diagram and instructions below.

• For groups that will be with us in Sarajevo: when registering online, upload the completed voting mandate for the ordinary general assembly and the extraordinary general assembly. The document should nominate one of the delegation members as the person who can vote.
• For groups that cannot attend: Please complete the proxy section of the document. Your vote will be cast by another group on your behalf. You can either nominate a group directly or check the “Blank Proxy” box so that the Chair of Emmaus Europe can allocate the proxies to ensure a quorum is reached.

Each group may cast a maximum of two votes by proxy in addition to its own vote.

GETTING THERE

We recommend that you arrive on 26^th April and leave on 30^th April. Shuttle buses will be arranged on those days between Sarajevo airport and our meeting venue.

Please send us details of your travel arrangements as soon as possible via the form or by email. We will then be able to welcome you under the best possible conditions and arrange the shuttle service.

Important information: Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a member of the European Union or the Schengen Area. If you hold an identification document from a member country of the Schengen Area or the European Union, you can travel without a visa.

⚠️  For nationals of another country, please check the entry requirements before making your travel arrangements.

More information about this can be found on this page.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about the General Assembly, its organisation or your participation, you can contact us by email or telephone using the contact details below:

• sarajevo2027@emmaus-europe.org
• +33 6 28 72 26 07
• +33 6 82 37 18 13

As an Emmaus group or national organisation, you can join forces with Emmaus Europe to call for a European budget that supports the employment of vulnerable people, help for employment access organisations, and proper provision for migrants. 

It is vital that the situation in your country is highlighted in order to achieve this aim. We are inviting you to contact your ministers and national MEPs between now and next summer to call for a budget that protects your work and the people that you support. We have drafted two email templates to help you. You are welcome to adjust them to your issues and your group’s circumstances in order to give the message a greater impact. 

The Emmaus Europe Chair has already raised the awareness of the budget’s rapporteur, a Romanian MEP from the EPP group. So, it’s over to you now!  

EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR THE GROUPS

EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR THE NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The European budget at a glance

The 2021-2027 EU budget is coming to an end.  

The European Commission published a proposed budget for the next seven years in July 2025. As part of this process, over the next few months the Member States (via their ministers) and the MEPs will have to take a decision on the main proposed policy areas. 

The EU has multi-year budgets. These budgets cover five to seven years. The budget provides funding for projects to combat poverty, migrant inclusion, and increased border surveillance. It is a crucial advocacy issue for Emmaus Europe. 

The next step is for the European Parliament and the European Council (comprising ministers from the Member States) to take a decision on this proposal. Therefore, we will be contacting them with our assertions. 

Our focus area

The European Commission has suggested combining most of the programmes and bringing them together in a “mega-fund” for each Member State – the National-Regional Partnership Plan (NRPP). Each Member State would have to prepare and submit to the Commission a breakdown of how the funds would be allocated.  

Unlike the EU’s previous budget, the Member States will have much more room for manoeuvre in how they allocate European funding. The NRPP is supposed to cover social, economic and territorial cohesion, security, prosperity, fisheries and agriculture. It covers a vast array of public policies, enabling the States to easily fund the frantic race to boost defence capability to the detriment of social inclusion policies. 

What are the issues at stake for Emmaus Europe and its member groups?

The Emmaus Europe member groups are directly affected by the 2028-2034 budget. This budget sets out the EU’s priorities for the coming years. If the adopted budget does not clearly earmark funding for social inclusion, anti-poverty and migrant provision policies, the effects will be very stark at the country level. All the more so given that the current balance of European political power gives greater prominence to border control than to policies to help the most vulnerable people. 

However, the European Commission recently pledged to eradicate poverty by 2050 in its Anti-Poverty Strategy published in May. However, the funding needed to achieve this goal is yet to be released. The Commission is openly laying this responsibility at the Member States’ door, as they have to put in place national anti-poverty strategies. 

Please let Emmaus Europe know if you use the suggested email templates. Please contact Lily Manrique to find out who should be the recipient of your email.

Europe – a vital decision-making level for Emmaus’ work

European policy plays a pivotal role in the daily lives of each of us, directly influencing aspects such as labour rights, efforts to address precarity, health, production and environmental issues. For example, European law governs workers’ rights across Europe and migration policy, and directly affects our collection, sorting, reuse and recycling work, which are fundamental aspects of the Emmaus groups’ efforts.

Emmaus proposals for a Europe that regains hope

It is vital that the  MEPs understand the urgent need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the most deprived people, go further on climate issues, and support the work of our groups. To this end, Emmaus Europe has drawn up a number of proposals for the EU 2024-2029 legislative mandate in order to create a Europe of renewed hope:

General proposals Detailed proposals

The Emmaus Europe team is at your disposal to help you set up specific actions on some of these proposals if you would like to do so.

Contact: eve.poulteau@emmaus-europe.org

The idea behind the posters is to open people’s minds to a discussion about the issue, and they should be displayed in our public areas so as to deconstruct people’s fears about receiving migrants. The posters are therefore available in the languages of the European countries in which Emmaus groups are located.  

You can use the posters as a gateway to more in-depth discussions with your customers and other contacts, or to invite politicians to discuss Emmaus’ approach to migration and reception policies. This invitation could be supplemented by including Emmaus International’s publication “First global report on our fight against poverty”.

At the European level, this campaign is in keeping with the discussions started between the Member States on the European Council and with the European Parliament on the new Migration and Asylum Pact. This pact sets the policy directions for these issues for the coming years.

Our team is available if you want to undertake advocacy work or arrange a meeting with your customers and/or elected representatives: eve.poulteau@emmaus-europe.org

We still have a number of posters in stock, so let us know if you want them sent out by post:
contact@emmaus-europe.org

The posters are also available to download in different formats for each language:
a web format, a standard print format suitable for an office printer, and a professional printer’s format.