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Father Piotr Mazurkiewicz, General Secretary of COMECE on the left, Rev. Rüdiger Noll, Director of the Church and Society Commission of CEC, in the middle, and László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion on the right amongst other participants.(Photo: European Union 2010)

Dialogue Seminar of the EU and the Churches in Europe on “Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Framework of the EU 2020 Strategy” co-organised by the Bureau of European Policy Advisors of the European Commission together with the Church & Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE).   -  12 July 2010

EU Commissoner Andor :  Churches are crucial partners in combating poverty

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Photo: A school in Sibiu, Romania, Europe viewed as "Diversity in Unity" (Kilian Dörr)

"Solidarity within society and solidarity between societies is humankind's chance for survival." - Jürgen Moltmann


The Church and Society Commission (CSC) is one of the commissions of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), which is an ecumenical fellowship of 124 churches and 40 associated organisations from all over Europe. CSC provides a platform for the CEC membership to reflect on socio-ethical issues ecumenically and to involve them in common action and advocacy in relation to the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations (in European matters). CSC operates as a forum for action, dialogue and ecumenical training in European affairs.

In the Charta Oecumenica of 2001, European churches committed themselves to support the integration of the European continent: “On the basis of our Christian faith, we work towards a humane, socially conscious Europe, in which human rights and the basic values of peace, justice, freedom, tolerance, participation and solidarity prevail”. 

 

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EU Commissoner Andor :  Churches are crucial partners in combating poverty - 12 July 2010
Dialogue Seminar of the EU and the Churches in Europe on
“Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Framework of the EU 2020 Strategy”

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8th Assembly of the Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) - 9-13 June 2010
Our daily bread - living in a time of climate change

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The CSC Plenary on its annual meeting which took place in Haguenau/Strasbourg from 28 May – 1 June 2010 adopted the education strategy for CSC.

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The first plenary of the newly-elected Church and Society Commission takes place in Haguenau near Strasbourg from 28 May to 1 June. 
Press Release 2 June 2010

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CSC, CPCE and COMECE submit their proposals for the first EU Strategy on Danube Region.

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"With two nuclear weapon states and four 'semi-nuclear weapon states', the EU is part of the nuclear weapons problem and should be more ambitious in nuclear disarmament," CSC argues in its public statement to the EU prior to the Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.  

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CSC opens a new on-line Human Rights Library
The aim of this project is to present the diversity of opinions on human rights within CEC member churches. The material found in the electronic library could serve as a resource material for your church to organise seminars, workshop or training in this field. Please send all your contributions to the human rights library to the CSC Human Rights Secretary on eki(at)cec-kek.be.  


March 2010:   Human Enhancement Discussion Document
‘Human Enhancement’ is about trying to make changes to minds and bodies – characteristics, abilities, emotions and capacities – beyond what we regard today as normal. Across a range of scientific disciplines, discoveries and developments nowadays make the idea of significantly modifying the human body no longer mere science fiction. The CSC offers a Discussion Document on Human Enhancement, prepared by its Working Group on Bioethics and Biotechnology.