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WCC > Resources > Documents > Assembly > Porto Alegre, 2006 > 1. Statements & documents adopted > Institutional issues
Institutional issues
- Report of the Programme Guidelines Committee
- Directions and priorities for future WCC programmatic work
- Report of the Policy Reference Committee
- Policy guidelines for future relationships with member churches, non member churches and ecumenical organizations
- Report of the Finance Committee
- Guidelines on income strategy, working methods and staffing policies and other financial trends and issues
- Report of the Nominations Committee
- Report on pre-Assembly programme evaluation
- Constitution and Rules as adopted
- The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution has been amende by the 9th Assembly.
- Amendments to the constitution and rules (as adopted)
- Constitution & rules of the WCC (as submitted for approval to the Assembly)
- The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution and rules will be submitted to the Assembly for amendment.