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LWF-LAC Regional Gathering on Sustainability and Human & Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) “ That is why today we have hope, that is why we struggle with stubbornness:” -Responsible Stewardship-. Santa Cruz , Bolivia September 17-22, 2012. LWF 2012-2017 Strategy.
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LWF-LACRegional Gathering on Sustainability and Human & Institutional Capacity Development (HICD)“That is why today we have hope, that is why we struggle with stubbornness:” -Responsible Stewardship- Santa Cruz , Bolivia September 17-22, 2012
LWF Strategic Plan (2012-2017) Goal: Liberated by God’s grace, a communion in Christ living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world.
LWF Strategic Plan (2012-2017) • Priority Area 1: Communion strengthened in worship and ongoing theological discernment, ecumenical dialogue, and interfaith collaboration. • Priority Area 2: Member churches growing in capacity for holistic mission and deepening relationships with each other. • Priority Area 3: Effective and empowering diakonia addressing human suffering, injustice, and emergencies.
Structural implication of the LWF 2012-2017 Strategy for the Communion Office • Fromsix units (Offices for Communication Services, Finance, and HumanRersources, Departments for Theology and Studies, Mission and Development, and World Service) to fourdepartments (Department for Theology and Public Witness, DMD, DWS, and Planning and Operations) • Enhanced collaboration among the threepriority areas • Cross-cuttingprioritiesworkingwith all the departments. • Youth participation in place.
Programmatic Implication. Strategy Commitment for Priority Area 2 • LWF’s approach to capacity development: • that all member churches have assets and strength as well as capacities, • that existing assets, strength and capacities need further development, • that facilitation of spaces is essential for regional and global accompaniment of the member churches, to meet these needs.
Programmatic implication contd. Main Goals for Priority Area 2: • Increased Common Understanding of Holistic Mission: Proclamation, Diakonia and Advocacy. • Confidence for proclaiming the Gospel, serving people and creation and building relationships. • Embracing leadership cultures and governance practices that are participatory, empowering, transparent and accountable. • Active and equitable engagement of women and young people in church life and leadership.
Programmatic implication on Sustainability • Goal Motivate and nourishthereflectionprocess and theactionsthat derive fromthesustainableprojectiononthe LWF memberchurches in LatinAmerica and theCaribbean(Trusting in theFuture, 2007, page 4).
Programmatic implication on Sustainability • Main areas of accompaniment Thinking and building the church (eclesiology) Planning, monitoring and assessment (PME) Development of human and economicresources (InstitutionalCapacity)
Programmatic implication on Sustainability • Emphasis Increase communication and collaboration between network of referents Support variouscapacity building processes (HICD) Accompanymemberchurchesthat have recentlyinnitiated PEP processes Strengthen local processesdriven by organizational management regardinghumanresourcesretention in the memberchurches.
Programmatic implication for Human & Institutional Capacity Development (HICD). • Main areas of LWF accompaniment through Capacity Development include: • Identifying and facilitating better access to expertise and resources; • Linking churches with training and capacity development opportunities; • Linking new leaders to training and opportunities for reflection on Lutheran identity; • Enhancing communication and mutual sharing of information and knowledge; • Developing practical guides and training programs.
Programmatic implication for the HICD: Sharing Space with the Regional Gathering on Sustainability