PaRD Task Group meeting to discuss future governance structure of PaRD

As mandated at the Second PaRD Annual Meeting, a 5+5+1-Task Group consisting of each five representatives of members and partners as well as the PaRD secretariat met from January 31st to February 2nd, 2018 in Eltville, Germany to draft a suitable governance structure for PaRD taking into consideration the feedback received from members and partners.
KAICIID: A busy February in Vienna

Surrounding KAICIID’s fifth anniversary, the Vienna-based intergovernmental organization founded by Saudi Arabia, Austria and Spain with the Holy See as a founding Observer gathered key members and partners on three occasions.
World Economic Forum: The Power of Faith

Session at the Annual Meeting 2018
LWF: A faith-inspired resistance to violence

LWF General Secretary Junge visits indigenous community in Colombia
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence

Member organisations of the international Side by Side faith movement for gender justice participated in creative ways with the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence
The Ouagadougou Partnership held its sixth annual meeting

The meeting focused on “women’s empowerment and the contraception revolution” in Conakry from December 12th to 14th 2017 with religious actors as significant participants.
PaRD Second Annual Meeting: Faith in the Sustainable Development Goals

Reaffirming their commitment to continue and strengthen their cooperation, PaRD members and partners gathered in Wilton Park/Wiston House, UK for the 2nd PaRD Annual Meeting on November 12th to 15th 2017.
Equipping Youth as Interfaith Messengers of Peace

The Lutheran World Foundation (LWF) organised a “Peace Messenger Training” in Jerusalem with the objective of enabling participants to plan and facilitate local trainings for sharing skills and experience in their own communities
World AIDS Day 2017 – Action Alert from World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches calls for prayers and reflections for children and adolescents living with HIV on December 1st 2017.
Stockholm Civil Society Days 2017: Which positive effects can religious actors have on sustainable development?

This question was discussed at a workshop titled “Exploring holy and unholy alliances – why religion matters in combating shrinking civic space” on September 21st, 2017 in Stockholm.