Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva
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ACTION BY CHURCHES TOGETHER (ACT)<br />
Address<br />
Ecumenical Centre, 150 route de Ferney, P.O.<br />
Box 2100, 1211 <strong>Geneva</strong> 2<br />
Phone +41 (0)22 791 6033<br />
Fax +41 (0)22 791 6506<br />
Web http://www.act-intl.org<br />
E-Mail act@act-intl.org<br />
Category Dialogue<br />
MISSION STATEMENT<br />
Action by Churches Together (ACT) International is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and<br />
support communities in emergencies worldwide. Action by Churches Together (ACT) is strengthening the capacity of churches and<br />
other agencies to prepare for and respond to human suffering caused by weather related disasters, violent civil conflict, and complex<br />
emergency situations that demand an ever-growing broad spectrum of humanitarian assistance.<br />
Founding year 2001<br />
<strong>The</strong> objectives of ACT International are to coordinate:<br />
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES<br />
� Assistance to victims of both natural disasters and emergencies caused by war and civil conflict.<br />
� Assistance to needy populations across front lines, national borders and other ethnic, political or religious divides.<br />
� Assistance irrespective of race, gender, creed, nationality, ethnic origin or political persecution.<br />
ACT International founding members and ACT International are signatories to the "Code of Conduct" in disaster relief, which are the<br />
principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in disaster relief, and the Humanitarian Charter and<br />
Minimum Standards in Disaster Relief (SPHERE).<br />
<strong>The</strong> founding members of the Association are the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation.<br />
REMARKS<br />
ACT has a training calendar and database that tracks the efforts of its network in conducting complementary programs which build<br />
capacities in assessment, monitoring, early warning and preparedness, identifying and working with the most vulnerable disaster<br />
survivors, communications, systems of cooperation and collaboration among response groups, leadership in implementation or<br />
preparedness and implementing response programs. <strong>The</strong> database can be consulted online.<br />
However, the organization does not directly address the topic of religion and conflict and is rather humanitarian in its orientation.