ACT Alliance

ACT Alliance
Formation27 February 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-27)[1]
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
General Secretary
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria
Websiteactalliance.org

ACT Alliance is a global alliance of more than 145 churches and related organisations[2] from over 120 countries created to provide humanitarian aid for poor and marginalized people. 76% of its member organisations are rooted on the global south, 22% in the global north and 2% have a global presence.[3]

Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, a national citizen from Brazil, is currently the General Secretary and Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen, General Secretary of DanChurchAid, is the current moderator of the organisation.[4]

History

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ACT Alliance was formed in 2010, merging two organisations: ACT International formed in 1995 to work on delivering humanitarian aid and ACT Development formed in 2007, towards a more coordinated approach to humanitarian assistance and development cooperation.[5] ACT Alliance was formed with a starting membership of 130 organisations.[6][7][8] The membership of the alliance is defined by a relation to the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation combined with a mandate to work on humanitarian assistance and/or development issues.[9]

Thematic work areas

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ACT Alliance provides humanitarian assistance when emergencies occur across the world and in 2015 responded to 43 emergencies worldwide.[10][11][12][13][14][15] The alliance engages in advocacy in a number of thematic areas including the post-2015 process which in September 2015 generated the Sustainable Development Goals,[16][17] issues of finance for development and development effectiveness, private sector accountability,[18] migration,[19][20] gender justice[21] and climate justice.[22][23][24][25] In countries with more than one ACT Alliance member organisation, members are encouraged to collaborate as national, and in some cases, regional, Forums. In 2016 ACT Alliance comprised 49 National Forums and 10 Regional Forums across the world.[26] The third General Assembly of the ACT Alliance affirmed its New Global Strategy for the period 2019–2026. The main programmatic areas include: Gender Justice, Climate Justice, Peace and Human Security, Migration and Displacement, and Humanitarian Response and Disaster Risk Reduction.

Positions

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ACT Alliance has a seat on the boards of the Sphere Project[27] and the International Council for Voluntary Agencies (ICVA),[28] and holds the position of vice-chair as a Principal of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR).[29] In his capacity as representing SCHR, ACT Alliance General Secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria is a Standing Invitee of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).[30] ACT Alliance is also a member of the CHS Alliance, with the ACT Alliance secretariat having achieved HAP certification in 2013. In 2017 ACT Alliance Secretariat was certified against CHS standards.[31][32]

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References

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  1. ^ "ACT Alliance Founding Documents". 2 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Members". actalliance.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. ^ "Members | ACT Alliance".
  4. ^ "Danish theologian elected moderator of ACT Alliance". actalliance.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  5. ^ "Launch of the ACT Alliance | World Council of Churches".
  6. ^ "Christian Post article on unification of the two ACT alliances". 30 May 2009., May 2009
  7. ^ "ENI article on unification of the two ACT alliances". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24., May 2009 (archived link)
  8. ^ "ACT International article on the unification of the two ACT alliances". Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2009., May 2009
  9. ^ "ACT Alliance website". Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  10. ^ "ACT Alliance Alert on Response to El Niño-caused Drought ..."
  11. ^ "ACT Alliance Alert: Monsoon rains cause death and damages ..."
  12. ^ "Reference at www.marketwired.com".
  13. ^ "ACT Alliance Appeal: Emergency response to Conflict Crisis ..."
  14. ^ "Reference at allafrica.com".
  15. ^ "ECHO, Act Alliance join hands to support Nepal quake survivors - The Himalayan Times - Nepal's No.1 English Daily Newspaper | Nepal News, Latest Politics, Business, World, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Life Style News".
  16. ^ "WCC event explores ways to advance SDGs to end extreme poverty".
  17. ^ "Sustainable Development Goals deal creates new momentum towards a better world - Christian Aid". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  18. ^ "Legally bind businesses to respect human rights, says ACT Alliance".
  19. ^ "Reference at www.hrw.org".
  20. ^ "EU-Afrika-Gipfel - Fluchtursachen besser bekämpfen".
  21. ^ "What we need to do to prevent sexual harassment and violence | Amy Sheppey | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 18 November 2015.
  22. ^ "#COP21: Nearly 1.8 Million People Demand Climate Action In Global Faith-Based Petitions - Blue and Green Tomorrow". 30 November 2015.
  23. ^ "UN climate chief dances with bishop on receiving petitions".
  24. ^ "Pope, faith leaders urge nations at climate summit to care for creation - Catholic News Service". August 2022. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016.
  25. ^ "Tutu says world must seize last chance at COP21 climate talks".
  26. ^ "ACT Forums | ACT Alliance".
  27. ^ "Reference at www.sphereproject.org".
  28. ^ "Governance | International Council of Voluntary Agencies".
  29. ^ "ABOUT — SCHR".
  30. ^ "The Inter-Agency Standing Committee | IASC".
  31. ^ "Our Members | CHS Alliance".
  32. ^ "ACT Alliance achieves HAP certification".
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