Friends World Committee for Consulation – Europe & Middle East Section (FWCC EMES) is the collective body for Quaker meetings in Europe and the Middle East. All individual members of yearly meetings and groups affiliated with EMES are members of FWCC. The European Section of FWCC was recognised in 1938, at the second World Consultative Committee meeting held in Vallekilde, Denmark. The name was changed to Europe & Middle East Section (EMES) in 1992.

EMES normally meets once a year for our Annual Meeting in late spring/early summer. Representatives at the Annual Meeting conduct the business of the Section and the Annual Meeting is the decision-making body of the Section.

The Section has several committees and groups for specific purposes:

• EMES Ministry and Outreach Programme
• European Quaker Peace & Service Consultation – representatives of peace and service committees from yearly meetings and groups
• the Am’ari Play Centre in Ramallah was a project managed between 1974 and 2019.
• A Spiritual Growth Fund to promote the development of Quaker Communities in Europe and the Middle East, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT).

https://fwccemes.org/