Faith Actors Advance Colombia’s Global Alliance Pledges
Colombian faith-based organisations rescue and distribute food to millions, enjoy trusted community access, generate actionable data, and operate replicable territorial models. However, they remain sidelined from national policy, monitoring systems, and predictable funding. In community halls, churches, and temples throughout Colombia, congregation volunteers keep records of the number of children arriving for daily meals, noting […]
Food Security and the Role of Religion: Lessons from Indonesia
In his address to the PaRD Annual Forum 2025, Prof. Dr. Phil. H. Kamaruddin Amin, Secretary General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, highlighted the vital intersection between food security and religion — emphasizing the ethical, social, and spiritual dimensions that underpin inclusive and sustainable food systems. Prof. Dr. Phil. […]
Fixing the Engine While Driving: Struggles, Successesand Learnings from Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
In a thought-provoking address, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Secretary General of ACT Alliance, explored why multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) remain essential — not just as mechanisms for collaboration, but as political and moral spaces where the struggle for trust, inclusion, and shared leadership plays out in real time. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Secretary General of ACT […]
Bridging Worlds in Times of Turmoil – Turning despair into hope, scarcity into sharing, fragmentation into collaboration, and greed into compassion.
In his opening remarks at the Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development 2025 in Istanbul, Khushwant Singh, the PaRD Head of Secretariat once again emphasized the role of religious actors and PaRD to act as bridges – between communities, traditions, constituencies, continents, and responsibilities. Khushwant Singh, Head of the PaRD Secretariat, highlighted that we […]
Webinar Presents Research on Strategic Religious Engagement for Environmental Action in Indonesia
From November 2024 to January 2025, PaRD led a formative research project to explore how strategic religious engagement can support environmental action in Indonesia. The project examined how faith-based organisations, civil society, government institutions, and development partners are engaging with issues of ecology, sustainability, and conservation and explored how faith actors can contribute to sustainability […]