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)
- Market Place dialogue (Germany)
- Local dialogue on Value of Work*
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
- Dialogue!
- Participate!
- Respect Dignity!
- Be Self Critical!