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C O N T E N T S w c c e u r o p e Churches Ecumenical Organizations & Agencies DIRECTORY 2003 World Council of Churches Diakonia & Solidarity Europe Desk & Eastern Europe Office 150 rte de Ferney PO Box 2100 CH-1211 Geneva 2 Tel: +41 22 791 6210 / 791 6209 Fax: +41 22 788 0067 E-mail: [email protected] www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe C O N T E N T S World Council of Churches Europe Offices and Staff 3 Conference of European Churches Offices and Staff 5 International Church Organizations (Europe) 7 Church Representations to the European Institutions 10 WCC Europe Desk National and Partner Organizations (Europe) 11 WCC Europe Desk Related Agency Partners (Worldwide) 21 Other European Church-related Organizations and Networks 34 WCC Europe Desk Christian NGO Resource Centres 39 The lists detailed here are not exhaustive and are regularly updated. Updated versions of this document are available on: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe Please send comments, additions and corrections to the WCC Europe Desk. Full lists of WCC member churches and National Councils of Churches in Europe are available on request and are published annually in the WCC Yearbook. Updated September 2003 World Council of Churches – Diakonia & Solidarity Team Europe Desk 150 rte de Ferney PO Box 2100 CH-1211 Geneva 2 Tel: +41 22 791 6210 and 791 6209 Fax: +41 22 788 0067 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe 2 World Council of Churches Europe Offices and Staff (WCC staff with specific programmatic responsibilities for churches and partners in Europe) WCC Diakonia & Solidarity Team - Europe Desk Mr Alexander Belopopsky, Programme Executive for Europe 150, Route de Ferney P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 6210 / 791 61 11 Fax: +41 22 788 0067 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe Ms Silvia Eggli, Programme Assistant Tel: +41 22 791 6209/ 791 61 11 Fax: +41 22 788 0067 E-mail: [email protected] WCC Eastern Europe Office (CIS countries and Poland) Mr Miroslaw Matrenczyk, Programme Executive Mr Alexander Wasyluk, Programme Coordinator Ms Grazyna Nazaruk, Financial Assistant Ms Anna Oldakowska – Administrative Assistant (part-time) ul. Antoniuk Fabryczny 13 15-762 Bialystok Poland Tel: +48 85 653 6006 Fax: +48 85 654 3747 +48 85 654 2508 (direct M. Matrenczyk) - Mobile: +48 604 50 30 48 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe WCC Ecumenical Women’s Solidarity Fund Field Office – EWSF - (Former Yugoslavia) Ms Carolyn Boyd, Programme Coordinator Ms Smiljana Kraljevic, Programme Assistant Ms Danica Tomasovic, Accountant Ms Tamara Mihalic, Peace Consultant Ul. Svetog Roka 7 21 310 Omis Croatia Tel: + 385 21 862 599 Fax: + 385 21 757 085 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe/ewsf-e.html 3 WCC South-East Europe Ecumenical Partnership Programme Mr Plamen Sivov Consultant c/o The Pokrov Foundation 18 Vrabcha str. 1000 Sofia Bulgaria Tel./Fax: +359 2 987 1655 - Mobile: +359 88 880 11 03 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.balkanchurches.net WCC Ecumenical Theological Education Programme Prof. Fr. Vladimir Fedorov Consultant for Central and Eastern Europe P.O. Box 31 191002 St. Petersburg Russia Tel: +7 812 315 95 00 Fax: +7 812 164 66 95 E-mail: [email protected] WCC Church and Ecumenical Relations (all regions) WCC General Secretariat Office 150, Route de Ferney P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 61 11 Fax: +41 22 791 03 61 Mr Hubert Van Beek (Coordinator, including REO, NCC relations) Tel: +41 22 791 6202 E-mail: [email protected] Ms Teny Pirri-Simonian (incl. Roman Catholic, Orthodox Church, Christian World Communion Relations) Tel: +41 22 791 6204 E-mail: [email protected] ACT Action by Churches Together - WCC/LWF Emergency Coordinating Office 150, Route de Ferney P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 6033 Fax: +41 22 791 6506 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.act-intl.org Ms Leila Dzaferovic, Emergency Appeals Officer (Europe & Middle East) Tel: +41 22 791 6710 E-mail: [email protected] 4 Conference of European Churches Offices and Staff Conference of European Churches (CEC) – Geneva Office (Conférence des Eglises Européennes) (Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen) 150, Route de Ferney P. O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 61 11 Fax: +41 22 791 62 27 E-mail: [email protected] (general) Internet: www.cec-kek.org Rev. Dr Keith Clements General Secretary Tel: +41 22 791 6228 Administrative Assistant: Ms Françoise Maxian E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Ms Andrea Havez E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Luca Negro Secretary for Communication and Information Tel: +41 22 791 6485 Administrative Assistant: Ruth Ann Gill E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Prof. Viorel Ionita Study Secretary Tel: +41 22 791 6229 Administrative Assistant: Ms Elisabeth Stiefel E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mr Jean-Daniel Birmelé Secretary for Finance and Administration Tel: +41 22 791 6246 Administrative Assistant: Ms Irmela Köhler E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Dr Eva-Sibylle Vogel-Mfato Secretary for Inter-Church Service and Women’s Desk Tel: +41 22 791 62 34 Administrative Assistant: Ms Thérèse Pache E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 5 Conference of European Churches – Brussels Office Church and Society Commission Ecumenical Centre 174, rue Joseph II 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 230 17 32 Fax: +32 2 231 14 13 E-mail: [email protected] (general) Rev. Ruediger Noll, Director E-mail: [email protected] Dr Peter Pavlovic, Study Secretary E-mail: [email protected] Ms Donatella Rostagno, Executive Secretary (Human Rights) E-mail: [email protected] Ms Win Burton, Coordinator “Soul for Europe” Programme E-mail: [email protected] Ms Véronique Dessart, Administrative Assistant / Translator E-mail: [email protected] Ms Charlotte Vander Borght, Bookkeeper / Administrative Assistant E-mail: [email protected] Ms Lois Hough-Stewart, Administrative Assistant E-mail: [email protected] Conference of European Churches – Strasbourg Office Church and Society Commission 8, rue du Fossé des Treize 67000 Strasbourg France Tel: +33 3 88 15 27 60 Fax: +33 3 88 15 27 61 Rev. Richard Fischer, Executive Secretary E-mail: [email protected] Ms Marie-Madeleine Linck, Administrative Assistant E-mail: [email protected] 6 International Church Organizations (Europe) C.E.P.P.L.E. - Conférence des Eglises Protestantes des Pays Latins d’Europe Pastore Salvatore Ricciardi, Président M. Bernard Anterion, Secrétaire Général Via Malj Tabajani 4 24121 Bergamo Italy Tel: +39 35 232 159 European Baptist Federation Mr Ole Jörgensen, Denmark, President Mr Gregory Kommandant, Ukraine, Vice-President Dr Theodor Angelov, General Secretary 454 St. Bl. 19, A Sofia Bulgaria Tel: +359 2 96 22 079 Fax: +359 2 96 21 479 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ebf.org Leuenberg Church Fellowship Jebensstr. 3 10623 Berlin Germany Tel : +49 30 310 01 – 317 Fax: +49 30 310 01 – 200 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.leuenberg.net Lutheran World Federation 150, Route de Ferney P. O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Tel: +41 22 791 61 11 Fax: +41 2 798 86 16 Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko, General Secretary Tel: +41 22 791 Fax: +41 22 791 66 30 E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Dr Andreas Wöhle, Europe Area Secretary Tel: +41 22 791 62 60 Fax: +41 22 791 64 01 E-mail: Andreas.Wö[email protected] 7 Lutheran World Service Mr John Damerell, Coordinator for Program Implementation Tel: +41 22 791 6440 (office) Tel: +41 79 358 2540 (mobile) Fax: +41 22 791 6629 (office) E-mail: [email protected] (office) [email protected] (travelling) Nordic Ecumenical Council Rev. Gunnel Borgegård, Director: Linnégatan 1 753 32 Uppsala Sweden Tel: +46.18.16.95.11 Fax: +46.18.13.31.78 E-mail: [email protected] The Porvoo Churches Co-Chairmen: - The Most Revd Dr John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin The See House, 17 Temple Road Milltown, Dublin 6 Tel: +353 1 4977844 Fax: +353 1 4977849 Mobile: +353 86 8255674 Email: [email protected] - The Rt Revd Dr Ragnar Persenius, Bishop of Uppsala Box 1314, SE-751 43 Uppsala, Sweden Tel: +46 18 68 07 01 Fax: +46 18 12 87 62 E-mail: [email protected] Co-secretaries: Lutheran: The Revd Sven-Bernhard Fast Anglican: The Revd Dr Charles Hill World Alliance of Reformed Churches Rev. Setriakor Kobla Nyomi, General Secretary Ecumenical Centre 150, Route de Ferney 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 62 37 Fax: +41 22 791 65 05 E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Dr. Gottfried W. Locher WARC Europe Area Committee c/o Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches P.O. Box 36 3000 Berne 23 Switzerland Tel: +41 31 370 25 31 Fax: +41 31 370 25 09 E-mail: [email protected] 8 World Methodist Council Bishop Dr. Denis C. Dutton Geneva Secretary Ecumenical Centre 150, Route de Ferney 122 Geneva 2 Switzerland Tel: (Gen) +41 22 791 6111 - (Dir) 791 6057 Fax: (Gen) +41 22 791 03 61 - (Dir) 710 23 26 E-mail: [email protected] 9 Church Representations to the European Institutions The Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union Bishop Emmanuel of Reghion, Director 40, Place de Jamblinne de Meux 1030 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 734.89.87 / 732 44.22 Fax: +32 2 734.90.72 E-mail: [email protected] EKD-Office Brussels Rue Joseph II, 166 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +32 2 230 16 39 Fax: +32 2 280 01 08 E-mail: [email protected] Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions Bishop Dr.
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