ACT Alliance. The ACT Alliance governance and management structure shall enable the alliance to meet its overall objectives. The following are the specific responsibilities of the Governing Board, Executive Committee and Membership and Nominations Committee. As noted in the ACT By-Laws, the Governing Board has the overall responsibility for the governance of the ACT Alliance between general assemblies. It approves policies that affect the alliance. The Governing Board has the following responsibilities:
ACT Alliance. FCA is a founding member and one of the main stakeholders of ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together). Cooperation within the ACT Alliance has major strategic relevance for FCA in all the fields of humanitarian aid, development work and advocacy. ACT country and regional forums are the principle means of coordinating humanitarian , development and advocacy initiatives in the local context. FCA participates actively in their devel opment and, in this way, works towards a positive impact on the capacity of local actors. Additionally FCA especially though building joint approaches and policies and in supporting the work of the secretariat by investing in co operation through ACT Advisory G roups and Communities of Practice focusing especially on UN advocacy. FCA aims to exercise leadership in ACT humanitarian responses. Mutual learning withi n this frame with sister organisations is of significant importance. Lutheran World Federation (LWF) largest partner in implementing development and humanitarian aid programmes. FCA will cooperate with LWF country programmes ies. In addition, FCA continues to support selected former country programmes of LWF that have matured to being separate, national organisations with close connections to LWF . FCA continues to support addition, FCA works in cooperation with LWF on global advocacy on human rights issues. World Council of Churches (WCC) is, with its 349 members, the largest global fellowship of Christian churches. In the coming years WCC will work on issues relating to religion and programmes in relevant fields, such as relating to peace, human rights and inter -faith dialogue. WCC works together with ACT Alliance to cooperation with the WCC is the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Pa xxxxxxx and Israel (EAPPI), through which FCA sends human rights observers to Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories. FCA is a member of and works with several networks on advocacy issues. On a global level FCA is a member of t he Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance. FCA also works through regional networks. Among these, APRODEV, a platform for cooperation for European church -based development organisations works to influence decision -making processes in the European Union institutions in order to promote justice and peace, and the eradication of poverty. FCA participates actively in working groups on Policy A dvising, EC and International Funding for Development and Relief , Gender Reference Group, and in specific regional groups r...
