Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva

HEKS-EPER, OEUVRE D’ENTRAIDE DES EGLISES
PROTESTANTES SUISSES (SWISS INTERCHURCH AID)
Address
HEKS, Zentralsekretariat, Stampfenbachstrasse
123, Postfach 332, 8035 Zürich
Phone 044/360 88 00
Fax
044/360 88 01
Web
www.eper.ch
E-Mail info@heks.ch
Category Dialogue
MISSION STATEMENT
HEKS-EPER is the Swiss interchurch aid of the protestant churches. Through its work, it aims at rising some signs of hope and to
translate Christian love into concrete acts.
Founding year 1946.
Its activities are determined by its mandates:
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
On the international level, these are "l'Entraide des Eglises et l'Aide à la reconstruction en Europe", "le Développement et la
Coopération en Afrique, Asie et Amérique latine" as well as "l'Aide d'urgence".
Within Switzerland, the mandates include "l'Aide aux réfugiés", "le Soutien aux personnes socialement défavorisées" and "le Travail
de relations publiques".
HEKS (in cooperation with SöF) offers an annual training for peace work and conflict resolution.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(2006). Heks Schwerpunkt-Policy: Friedensförderung und Konflikttransformation. Zurich/Lausanne, HEKS Ausland: 1-32.
Friedli, R. (2006). Die heimliche Rückkehr der Religion in die Politik. Zwischen Krieg und Frieden: Die Rolle der Kirchen in
Versöhnungsprozessen. Berne, HEKS-EPER.
Haller, G. (2006). Verantwortung der Religionsgemeinschaften für den Frieden. Zwischen Krieg und Frieden: Die Rolle der Kirchen in
Versöhnungsprozessen. Berne, HEKS-EPER.
REMARKS
Despite the fact that there is no such information on their website, HEKS-EPER has several relevant projects and takes part in the
“Decade to Overcome Violence”. The organization has also consciously reflected on its own role within conflicts and installed a
procedure to check all projects on their impact on the local conflict situation before implementing it.