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Statement by the Alternative Globalisation Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) Consultation on Linking Poverty, Wealth and Ecology: Africa Ecumenical Perspectives
07-09 November 2007, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Report by Marcelo Schneider from the AGAPE (Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth) consultation held in Dar Es Salaam, 5-9 November 2007.

We, African women of faith, church leaders, theologians and activists, enriched by contributions from our sisters from Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America, have gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 05-06 November 2007 to analyse the links between poverty, wealth and ecology in Africa, in deepening study and theological reflection on neoliberal economic globalisation, as part of the Alternative Globalisation addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) process.

Report by Marcelo Schneider from the AGAPE (Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth) consultation held in Dar Es Salaam, 5-9 November 2007.

The purpose of this paper is to spell out a framework for the proposed study and its envisaged outcomes for use of staff, researchers and the World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group on poverty, wealth and ecology. At the 9th General Assembly of the WCC held in Porto Alegre in 2006, it was proposed during the Ecumenical Conversation that had focused on "the scandal of poverty" that churches and partners in the ecumenical movement embark on such a study process to address the dearth of reflections and analysis on wealth and how wealth creation is related to poverty and ecology.

Este documento tiene por objeto establecer un marco para enfocar el proceso de la AGAPE en el estudio de la pobreza, la riqueza y la ecología (PRE). Pueden utilizarlo los investigadores sobre PRE, los organizadores de consultas y seminarios sobre el tema, los responsables de cuestiones relacionadas con la economía y la justicia en las iglesias y los interlocutores ecuménicos. Es esencial en este proceso el hecho de que no puede haber paz sin justicia económica. Es de esperar que este enfoque ponga también de manifiesto la violencia relacionada con la economía y, por lo tanto, contribuya a la Convocatoria Ecuménica Internacional por la Paz (CEIP). Se adjunta como anexo un calendario ecuménico sobre la ejecución de este proceso de estudio.

Address by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary. Chang Seong, Korea, 13 August 2007

Meeting of the World Council of Churches' (WCC)
Alternative Globalisation Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE)
Reference Group on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology (PWE):
Impact of Economic Globalization (P306)
25-26 June 2007
Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

Synthesis of Discussions

Address by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary, at Meeting with representatives of the Estonian Council of Churches, in Tallinn, Estonia, 1 June 2007.