ACT Alliance is a global alliance of churches and related organisations focusing on long-term development and humanitarian assistance. The alliance has a membership of more than 100 organisations, working with about 30,000 members of staff and volunteers, in 140 countries, with a combined budget in excess of US$1,600,000,000.

History

The ACT Development (Acting by Churches Together for Development) alliance focusing on long-term development was formed in February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya with 55 organisations. ACT Development was closely associated with ACT International, an alliance of organisations working on humanitarian aid. The two alliances were planning to become a single alliance in early 2010, with a combined membership of 165 organisations. The assembly of ACT Development agreed in May 2009 that the alliance would unify with the ACT International alliance which works on humanitarian assistance, to form the ACT Alliance.

The membership of the alliance is defined by an relation to the World Council of Churches

World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...

 and the Lutheran World Federation

Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish city of Lund in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1947 to coordinate the activities of the...

 combined with a mandate to work on humanitarian assistance and/or development issues.

National and Regional Forums

The member organisations of the alliance are encouraged to coordinate their work together on a national and regional level by meeting in forums.

External links

ACT Alliance is a global alliance of churches and related organisations focusing on long-term development and humanitarian assistance. The alliance has a membership of more than 100 organisations, working with about 30,000 members of staff and volunteers, in 140 countries, with a combined budget in excess of US$1,600,000,000.

History

The ACT Development (Acting by Churches Together for Development) alliance focusing on long-term development was formed in February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya with 55 organisations. ACT Development was closely associated with ACT International, an alliance of organisations working on humanitarian aid. The two alliances were planning to become a single alliance in early 2010, with a combined membership of 165 organisations. The assembly of ACT Development agreed in May 2009 that the alliance would unify with the ACT International alliance which works on humanitarian assistance, to form the ACT Alliance.

The membership of the alliance is defined by an relation to the World Council of Churches

World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...

 and the Lutheran World Federation

Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish city of Lund in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1947 to coordinate the activities of the...

 combined with a mandate to work on humanitarian assistance and/or development issues.

National and Regional Forums

The member organisations of the alliance are encouraged to coordinate their work together on a national and regional level by meeting in forums.

External links

ACT Alliance is a global alliance of churches and related organisations focusing on long-term development and humanitarian assistance. The alliance has a membership of more than 100 organisations, working with about 30,000 members of staff and volunteers, in 140 countries, with a combined budget in excess of US$1,600,000,000.

History

The ACT Development (Acting by Churches Together for Development) alliance focusing on long-term development was formed in February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya with 55 organisations. ACT Development was closely associated with ACT International, an alliance of organisations working on humanitarian aid. The two alliances were planning to become a single alliance in early 2010, with a combined membership of 165 organisations. The assembly of ACT Development agreed in May 2009 that the alliance would unify with the ACT International alliance which works on humanitarian assistance, to form the ACT Alliance.

The membership of the alliance is defined by an relation to the World Council of Churches

World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...

 and the Lutheran World Federation

Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish city of Lund in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1947 to coordinate the activities of the...

combined with a mandate to work on humanitarian assistance and/or development issues.

National and Regional Forums

The member organisations of the alliance are encouraged to coordinate their work together on a national and regional level by meeting in forums.

External links