EED delegation visits CCA Centre

Programme Review and Programme Direction

Two key deliberative sessions during the 15th CCA General Assembly are the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions.

The Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions will both be conducted in three groups relating to the CCA’s programme areas, namely, (i) General Secretariat (GS), (ii) Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF); and (iii) Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia (PD).

Assembly participants will have the option to join one of three groups for both the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions. For the sake of coherence, the assigned group will remain the same for both sessions.

General Secretariat

The General Secretariat oversees the coordination of programmatic, administrative, and financial activities of the organization. The GS comprises various departments such as church and ecumenical relations, relations with ecumenical partners, finance, administration, and communications, which provide crucial support and services for the implementation of programs and contribute to the overall functioning of the CCA.

Programmes: Relations with member churches and councils, ecumenical partners; advocacy at the United Nations; ecumenical responses to emerging issues in solidarity; income development and finance; and communications.

Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF)

Under the MU programme area, the CCA accompanies Asian churches to strengthen their mission and witness in multi-religious contexts, revitalise and nurture church unity and the Asian ecumenical movement, and develop contextual theological foundations.

Programmes: Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU); Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS); Asian women doing theology in the context of wider ecumenism; contextualisation of theology in Asia and ecumenical theological education.

The EF programme area focuses on nurturing and developing ecumenical leaders in Asia. The programme aims to enhance spiritual formation and theological understanding, enabling people to actively engage in ecumenical dialogue and collaboration.

Programmes: Ecumenical Enablers’ Training in Asia (EETA); Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI); Youth and Women Leadership Development; Ecumenical Spirituality and Nurturing of Contextual Liturgical Traditions; Asia Sunday

Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia and Advocacy (PD)

The BP programme area is dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and reconciliation in Asia’s diverse contexts. Through training, advocacy, and dialogue, the programme addresses the root causes of conflicts, empowers communities, and fosters sustainable peacebuilding initiatives.

Programmes: Pastoral Solidarity Visits; Churches in Action for Moving Beyond Conflict and Resolution; Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA); Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV); Eco-Justice for Sustainable Peace in the Oikos.

The PD programme area focuses on promoting justice, human rights, and social transformation in Asia. Through advocacy, capacity-building, and raising awareness, the programme addresses systemic injustice, empowers marginalised communities, and advocates for prophetic actions and meaningful change.

Programmes: Human Rights advocacy; Migration, Statelessness, and Trafficking in Persons; Asian Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network; Asian Advocacy Network on the Dignity and Rights of Children (AANDRoC); Ecumenical Solidarity Accompaniment and Diakonia in Asia (ESADA); Health and Healing; Good Governance; Action Together to Combat HIV and AIDS in Asia (ATCHAA).

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21 October 2003
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A German delegation from the Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED  Church Development Service) visited the CCA Centre on October 15. The eight-member delegation was received at the centre by Dr Ahn Jae Woong, the CCA general secretary and the executive staff. A dinner reception hosted in honour of the delegation was attended by church and civil society leaders in Hong Kong.

Dr Konrad von Bonin, chairperson of the EEDs Board of Directors, who led the delegation along with Ms. Margit Fleckenstein, paid rich tributes to the CCA for its work in Asia. He especially commented the CCAs initiatives in promoting inter-faith cooperation in the region.

Dr Ahn Jae Woong in his remarks said that people in Asia were always encouraged by EEDs concern, friendship and fellowship for the Asian people for the betterment of their life. 

Ms Margit Fleckenstein, president of the Synod of the Church of Baden and a member of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany also spoke on the occasion.

The other memebers of the delegation were, Dr Monika Gansbauer, Dr Katrin Fiedler, Mr Christian Sauer, Ms Anna Grafin von Bernstorff, Mr Heiner Knauss and Mr Christoph Wilkens. Ms Anja Maria Bugs, Cultural and Press Attache of the German Consulate in Hong Kong was also present.

Among the church and civil society leaders from Hong Kong who were present were Metropolitan Nikitas (Orthodox Church), Rev Eric So (Hong Kong Christian Council), Major Alfred Tsang (The Salvation Army), Mr Yip Kok Choong (Asia Pacific Alliance of YMCAs), Mr Basil Fernando (Asian Human Rights Commission) and Dr Rose Wu (Hong Kong Christian Institute).

The Bonn-based EED, an association of the Protestant Churches in Germany, has been supporting the development work of the churches, Christian organisations, and private agencies in different parts of the world, through, among others, funding and offering consultancy services. One of the main aims of the EED is the creation of a just society


Dr Ahn Jae Woong with Dr Konrad von Bonin, chairperson of the EED's board of directors. Orthodox Metropolitan for Hong Kong and South East Asia, Nikitas is also seen.