The World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI) holds its fourth world congress from 30 May to 7 June in Thessaloniki, Greece. The world forum of associations and accrediting organizations of theological schools from all over the world will discuss key issues of the future of ecumenical theological education in the 21st century under the theme "Theological education - A radical appraisal".

Through a week of advocacy and action for a just peace in Palestine and Israel, WCC member churches and related organizations will contribute to a common international witness for peace in early June 2008.

Preserving the world’s water resources and securing access to water for all is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In 2008, the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) will therefore bring together about 20 young people from all over the world in the first EWN Summer School on Water.

The consultation is part of a WCC study project on Poverty, wealth and ecological debt. It continues a process which was started at the WCC 8th Assembly in Harare in 1998 and became known as Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) since the 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre. Today, the issue of socio-economic justice is no less pressing.

A Workshop of the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) on faith-based advocacy and water for all.

Testimonies by young Christians from the Middle East on why many of them leave the region in search of a brighter future will inform the Public Hearing on Migration and the Changing Ecclesial Landscape to be held in Beirut, from 15 to 16 April. An ecumenical delegation headed by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will attend the hearing at the outset of a seven-day visit to the region focusing on migration as...

International human rights experts and activists from the Philippines will address the continuing problem of extrajudicial killings in a side event to the UN Human Rights Council's 7th session.

The 2008 meeting of the WCC central committee in Geneva is an occasion for celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council. Amongst the events, a festive ecumenical celebration will take place at Geneva's St. Pierre Cathedral on Sunday, 17 February, at 16:00.

Churches throughout the world commit themselves to "Pray without ceasing", as the Week of prayer for Christian unity celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008. In Geneva, the World Council of Churches together with the local churches and Christian communities marks the occasion with a celebration that highlights what prayer for church unity means both locally and in more troubled spots of the worlds.

This symposium sets out to initiate a collaborative discourse among younger theologians committed to Dalit emancipation in the Indian church and society at large. It provides a platform for emerging voices and a showcase for the resources of Dalit theology as a theology of life for all.

About sixty theologians, church leaders, social scientists and activists, mainly from Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean will gather in Runaway Bay, Jamaica, to explore responses to past and present forms of slavery.

The WCC will have an accredited ecumenical delegation of about 25 people from around the world participating in the UN's next major climate change conference being held in Bali, Indonesia, in December. This critical intergovernmental negotiating session will focus on a future climate policy framework for the time after 2012, when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires.

Some fifty church representatives, scientists, youth, indigenous people, people with disabilities and theologians are expected at a global consultation on genetics and new biotechnologies in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 2-6 December. Ethical and moral issues related to genetics and new biotechnologies facing the church and the ecumenical movement will be approached both from a global perspective and through an inventory of issues from...

Women from the WCC constituency and from Iran's Muslim majority as well as some Muslim women from outside Iran will begin a dialogue on the role of women in “Moving towards peace through religion” at a 25-28 November meeting in Tehran, and through preparatory discussions on the internet.