Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service About us Berlin, 01.09.2013

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Bread for the World – Protestant Development ServiceAbout us

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Bread for the World –Protestant Development ServiceAbout us

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Justice for the PoorAbout us

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• A globally active development and relief agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany

• Projects in more than 90 countries all over the world• Our Objectives:

• help poor and marginalised people to improve their living conditions

• assist people in acute need• contribute to create the political and economical

prerequisites for overcoming poverty• support development related education and

partnership projects of the Protestant churches in Germany

• In Germany and Europe: Raise awareness for the correlation between our way of living and hunger and poverty in the developing countries

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Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service

Who we are

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Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service and Diakonia Germany form the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development.

Shared responsibility: campaign for the people suffering from poverty and injustice – in Germany and all over the world

Berlin Head Office -> proximity to parliament, government, ministries, associations and science institutions

Foundation of the new agency in 2012 Background: merger between the Social Service

Agency of the Protestant Church in Germany and the Church Development Service


Who we are

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Until 2012

Since 2012


Who we are

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National Duties International Duties

Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development


Who we are

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Organigram

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• Bread for the World: launched in 1959 as a fund-raiser of the Protestant Regional and Free Churches

• Background: Hardship in many parts of the world as well as gratitude for the relief received in the aftermath of World War II

• Initially conceived as a one-off campaign, it quickly became a permanent fixture under the auspices of the EKD Social Service Agency


Our Roots

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Protestant Development Service: founded in 1999 Background: Fusion of several church relief agencies

Services Overseas (DÜ): founded in 1960 Protestant Central Agency for Development Aid (EZE): founded in 1962 Church Development Service (KED): founded in 1968 Ecumenical Missionary World Service of the Protestant Mission (EMW-ÖMW) Committee for Development-Related Education and Journalism: founded in 1977

In 2003: Integration of the Ecumenical Study Institute (ÖSW): founded in 1972

Funding: largely with public and church funds


Our Roots

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Our work is rooted in the faith that bears witness to the world as God’s creation in the love that meets the Lord especially in ourdisenfranchised and poorest neighbour in the hope that in anticipation of a just world acts according to God’s will

Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service considers itself part of the global Christian community

Cooperation with churches and church agencies worldwide Participation in ecumenical networks


Our Values

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• Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service supports almost 1,400 projects in more than 90 countries all over the world.

• In Germany we fund about 500 development related educational projects.

Facts and FiguresProjects and Programmes

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Personnel Services

National Work

Projects and Programmes

• Expert Assignment• Volunteer Work• Scholarship Programmes

• Political Dialogue• Public Relations• Development Education Support

Development of Funding Policy Processing of Applications Project Monitoring


Our Work

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• Cooperation with local partner organisations• Project partners are

• Churches• Church-related organisations• Non-governmental organisations

• Promotion according to the principle of helping people to help themselves

• Assistance independent from caste, creed, religion or sex

PrinciplesProjects and Programmes

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•Food security•Education•Health•Water•Human Rights and Peace•Integrity of Creation•Gender Justice•Children and Young People

Programme PrioritiesProjects and Programmes

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• Strengthen small-scale agriculture• Promote environment-friendly and locally adapted

cultivation methods• Demand the right to food and a better trade

justice• Advocate an international regulation for the

management of land and natural resources

Food securityProjects and Programmes

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Education

• Promote education and training projects, especially in rural areas and slums

• Demand the right to education, in particular for ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged communities

• Support the partner organisations in their campaigns for educational reforms


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Health

• Support health programmes, especially in rural areas

• Projects to promote and (re)integrate disabled people

• Promote HIV/AIDS awareness training in schools and health facilities

• Campaign for the access to drugs of people infected with HIV


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Water

• Support projects to improve the drinking water supply, above all in rural areas

• Promote the development of systems adapted to a more economic and efficient use of water

• Commitment to a socially fair and sustainable water policy


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Human Rights and Peace

• Assistance to people who fell victim to state violence and arbitrary government

• Support of organisations that document human rights violations and provide legal assistance

• Promote the inter-religious dialogue and reconciliation of hostile ethnic groups

• Strengthen democracy and participation of civil society


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Integrity of Creation

• Support small farmers, landless and indigenous people in their struggle against the destruction of the environment and the overexploitation of nature

• Promote climate mitigation projects• Advocate a sustainable way of life and economic

activity


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Gender Justice

• Support initiatives that promote women and capacitate women in demanding their rights

• Question traditional role models• Promote projects that favour women and men

equally


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Children and Young People

• Promote projects that provide protection for and support (former) child labourers, street children and child soldiers

• Education and training programmes for children and young people

• Support food and health programmes that first and foremost favour children and young people


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Step by Step towards Success

Assessment

Application

Submit Project

Authorisation

Contract 1. Instalment Progress Report Audit

2. Instalment

Progress Report

Audit

3. InstalmentFinal ReportAudit


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Consultancy Services

• Consultancy and training for partner organisations

• Objective: Improve quality of work• Areas:

• Organisation development• Enhance self-help capacities • Diversification of financial resources• Outcome and impact orientation• Financial management

• Conduct:• Cooperation with local experts or

consultancy services• Implementation of seminars and trainings


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• Assist partner organisations on demand• Share their knowledge and experience• Help strengthening civil society• Demonstrate solidarity• Duration: 3 years• Prepare in courses and tutorials for their posts

ExpertsStaff Programme

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Volunteers

• Support partner organisations on demand• Contribute to projects• Gain valuable life experience• Duration: 12 months• Prepare in courses and seminars for their posts• Countries: Costa Rica, Cameroon, Cambodia,

China and Georgia

Staff Programme

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Scholarships

• Target groups: young professionals from developing countries (socially disadvantaged and staff members of partner organisations), theologians

• Vocational grant programme: funding professional and further education in the countries of the South

• Academic Grant Programme: scholarships for master courses or doctorates in Germany and overseas

• Protestant Academic Exchange: scholarships for theology studies in Germany and overseas

• Academic Programmes of the Regional Churches for students from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Staff Programme

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• Objectives:• Active involvement in shaping the political

framework for a sustainable development• Participation in political formation of will and

influence on decision-making processes• Giving the concerns of our partners a voice

• Development of statements and political strategies • Provision of specialist information• Dialogue with politicians in the national and

international arena• Cooperation in networks, alliances and committees• Civil society pressure groups at international

meetings

Political DialogueNational Work

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• Production of information material• Events• Advertisement• Fundraising• Communication with multipliers in the

regional associations, churches and parishes• Educational work and ecumenical learning• Media work• Internet

Public RelationsNational Work

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Development Education

• Target groups: parishes, schools, one world shops, partnership projects, political initiatives

• Goals:• Promote a societal paradigm shift• Impart knowledge on global contexts and

mutual dependencies• Show options for future action• Inspire willingness to assume

responsibilities

National Work

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Partnership Project Fund

• Promotion of smaller development projects of church partnership groups

• Examples:• Health projects• Educational measures• Acquirement of learning materials• Income-generating measures• Civil society activities

• Achievement of project goal in two years maximum

National Work

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Film Funding

• Funding of developmental relevant films from Germany, Europe and the developing countries

• Films should provide insights in local, regional and global context or depict ownership and power constellations

• Films should be suited for use in parishes, schools and adult education

• Responsible: Protestant Centre for Developmental Films (EZEF)

National Work

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1,3 %3,6 %

22,2 %

20,6 %

49,5 %

Source of Funds in 2012Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service

Public funds

Church funds

Other third-party funds

Donations and collections

Bequests, fines and other revenues

Financial income2,8 %

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2,9 %

2,5 %3,0 %

6,1 %

85,5 %

Use of Funds in 2012Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service

Project funding

Project support

Campaigns, educational work and advocacy

Advertising and public relations

Administration

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55th Fundraising Campaign

• Inauguration of the 55th Fundraising Campaign:1st Advent Sunday 2012

• Motto: Land to Live – Reason for Hope• Demands:

• Land must be equally distributed• Land must feed people• Land must be sustainably used

• Because land is a gift of God

Land to Live – Reason for Hope

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Angola Looking ahead55th Fundraising Campaign

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Co-operation and NetworkBread for the World – Protestant Development Service

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