The Values of Work

CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES
CONFERENCE DES EGLISES EUROPEENNES
KONFERENZ EUROPAEISCHER KIRCHEN

The Values of Work & Employment – Final Presentation

Group Report (Short Form)

1. Good Work Project

Now in Action: Good Work – New book soon to be published (Finland)

New Strategies Network – ECG

Open for new social partners – next meeting Finland 2002
European Network on Value of Work*

New Priority – Two pronged approach

Promote New dialogue at every level
Undertake dialogue with "Church as Employer" – CEC et al.

2. Work Book Project

Now in Action: Basic Relief Projects:

Small Scale employment projects:
Micro Credit / Credit Unions
· Local Participation addressing Long Term Unemployment and New Work ethic*

New Priority – Collect: Stories, Methodology, Analysis, Contacts

To create Interactive E:Book
High Profile European Launch – Secular Publisher – not too churchy!!!

3. Research Project

To address make new exploration of Welfare State and Value of Work and widening gap between Rich & Poor.
To establish European Church Consensus on the interconnected issues of:
human rights, human dignity, social justice, gender balance, civil society, New Anthroplogy
Then progress to Political Lobby.

4. Overall Orientation & Imperatives