Transcript Alliance Workplan - The Church of England

Nairobi 2011
Consultations
 South America - October 3 – 7 Sao Paolo - Subjects - Climate change and others to be consulted on
- Disaster and emergencies
 Pacific - Considering later October - Fiji
 South and South East Asia
- Considering 2nd week November in Calcutta,
Lahore or Sri Lanka
- Major themes - Peace and reconciliation,
migrants and refugees, food security
(consulting)
Disasters and emergencies
Website
 End May - basic pages complete and sample mapping
in each diocese
 End June 10 per cent dioceses mapped (80)
 End November 30 per cent diocese mapped (approx
290)
Development
 Economic empowerment
- Roadmap to Anglican Bank – south to south learning
working exercise, launch in July, focussing on:
relevance to regions
savings/micro-loans/community banks
extending existing church financial services
- Civic rights/financial literacy information campaign
to be launched at one of the autumn consultations targeting household financial decision makers
- Access to markets - Develop and circulate policy paper
- Mapping - Resources and mapping on website
2. Development
 Peace and reconciliation
- Develop policy paper and outcomes for one of
autumn conferences, drawing especially from
experiences in Africa and South Asia, and including
proposals for south-south learning.
- Event in UK summer 2012 with Coventry Cathedral –
50th anniversary of reconciliation centre for younger
people from post conflict communities.
- Focus on position of women in post-conflict society,
especially dealing with gender-based violence.
3. Development
 Governance
Aim: to improve governance through empowerment of
local communities to exercise their rights.
- Select key countries to study extent and impact of
poor governance, and evolve strategy for voter
empowerment in run-up to elections.
- Use findings to produce best practice guide and
replicate.
Start date: Fixed through consultation with partners who
are prepared to take this forward.
Advocacy
 Policy areas - Global strategy for 2011 focuses on:
 Access to finance
 Food security (commodities)
 Financing for provision of services
 (participatory budgeting)
Research to identify key policy instruments – target date end June.
In conjunction with NGO partners.
Advocacy - 2
 Programme: Aim to raise awareness in
church/wider community. Influencing of opinion
formers to whom church has access.
 Calendar of lobbying over summer to early autumn
G20/developing countries. Local and regional level.
 Resources on website for summer/early autumn
 Event with Archbishop of Canterbury late
October/early November
Advocacy - 3
 2012 Campaign - Focus on climate change,
programme to be developed in conjunction with South
and Central America and Caribbean and Pacific region
to take forward at consultation in Sao Paolo in
October.
Emergency Relief
Key issue for Alliance
• Short term
- Alliance to build strategic relations with international
humanitarian and faith-based partners.
- AA to develop proposal for south-south learning looking
at effectiveness of international response and church
contribution in selected emergencies, including conflict –
to develop early warning system for conflict.
- Links for website relief pages.
- Take forward policy and procedures in line with
consultation input: NB ethos statement
Emergency Relief - 2
• Medium/longer term
- Identify and support capacity building of expertise
of church in emergency response – use of church
facilities for shelter, counselling, health support for
people disabled in emergencies.
- Develop contextually relevant toolkits for
preparedness and response.
Emergency Relief - 3
• Timetable
Links with international community and other partners
during the summer.
Input from partners with expertise on revised note – and
e-consultation.
Take revised policy and procedure note to south and
south east Asia conference.
Start south-to-south learning from autumn.
Extra spending items in next financial year.
Theological resources
 Taking forward lessons from field visit - volunteers
needed to develop resources for website.
 Role of priest/training - take forward via consultation
with theological principals.
 Alliance prayer and song - from Pacific worship.
Thank you!
Your continuing support
will be crucial to deliver
this programme