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ACT Alliance - Action by Churches Together

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	ACT Alliance - Action by Churches Together
Organization's acronym:	ACT Alliance
Former Name(s):	ACT International
Address:	42 Chemin du Pommier 1211 Geneve 2 ZAP Switzerland
Phone:	+41227916242
Email:	thorsten.goebel@actalliance.org
Web site:	www.actalliance.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	French English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Coorporate Accountability De-mining Debt Relief Development Disabled Persons Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Financing for Development Food HIV/AIDS Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Justice Least Developed Countries Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights Peace and Security Refugees Religion Safety Social Development Sustainable Development Trade and Development Volunteerism Water Women/gender Equality Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues External debt Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Trafficking in women and girls Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Population: International migration Morbidity and mortality Social Development: Aging Conflict Disabled persons Poverty Social policy Youth Statistics: Development indicators Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Desertification and Drought Education Energy Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Land management Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable Tourism
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Belgium Armenia Lao People's Democratic Republic Chad Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Sierra Leone Japan Mali Eswatini United Republic of Tanzania Ethiopia Somalia France Nigeria El Salvador Niger State of Palestine North Macedonia Cambodia Kyrgyzstan Kenya Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay Botswana Angola Tajikistan China United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Germany Thailand Lesotho Timor-Leste Denmark Eritrea Peru Dominican Republic Norway Ukraine Zimbabwe Myanmar United States of America Finland Sudan India Mauritius Argentina Mauritania Liberia Philippines Pakistan Uzbekistan Malawi Cameroon Serbia Ghana Indonesia Jamaica Madagascar Central African Republic Afghanistan Republic of Korea Zambia Senegal Bosnia and Herzegovina Russian Federation Egypt Ireland Rwanda Malaysia Romania Burkina Faso Iraq Haiti Namibia Lebanon New Zealand Iceland Sri Lanka Nicaragua Bangladesh Democratic Republic of the Congo Mozambique Guatemala Viet Nam Congo Costa Rica Fiji Chile Honduras Papua New Guinea Albania Croatia Canada Colombia Switzerland Israel Uganda Hungary Guinea Bissau Cuba Netherlands Nepal Brazil Australia South Africa Burundi Mexico Sweden
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The ACT Alliance and its members work together for positive and sustainable change in the lives of people affected by poverty and injustice through coordinated and effective humanitarian, development and advocacy work. According to the ACT Vision, the ACT Alliance works towards a world community where all God’s creation lives with dignity, justice, peace and full respect for human rights and the environment. The ACT Statement of Commitment emphasizes that ACT Alliance members are bound together by core values that are grounded in Christian faith, and that guide the humanitarian, development and advocacy activities of the Alliance.
Year established (YYYY):	2010
Year of registration (YYYY):	2002
Organizational structure:	The ACT Alliance was formed on 1 January 2010, bringing together ACT International, established in 1995, and ACT Development, in existence since 2007. Members of the ACT Alliance have a combined staff including volunteers of over 30,000 people, of which some 16,000 are paid. The combined total annual income of ACT Alliance members exceeded US$ 1.6 billion for the financial year 2008/2009, with about half of all ACT expenditures devoted to long-term development and about one-quarter to humanitarian assistance. The ACT Alliance holds a General Assembly every four years. The Governing Board is responsible for the governance of the Alliance between General Assemblies. It meets annually, has global representation, and includes permanent representatives from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC has general consultative status with ECOSOC since 2000 while LWF has special status since 1952.
Number and type of members:	The ACT Alliance comprises over 160 churches and church-related organizations from 75 countries, working in over 137 countries. The ACT Alliance Secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It supports the membership and governance through global coordination, collaboration and facilitation of special initiatives and thematic groups, policy development, and implementation of the ACT emergency response mechanisms.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	ICVA, SCHR, Interaction and HAP
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	ACT members fund ACT special initiatives and pay coordination fees for ACT emergency appeals

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