Policy documents on International work

In its work on social protection Church of Sweden has asked Prof Armando Barrientos and Prof David Hulme, Brooks World Poverty Institute, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK, to write this policy brief about ways in which social protection can be addressed in the post-2015 Development Agenda.

"If Europe wants to preserve the two-state solution, it must act without delay and take the lead. This groundbreaking report suggests how the EU could do so." From the foreword to the report written by Hans van den Broek, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and former EU Commissioner for External Relations.

In recent years social pensions, child benefits, public work programmes etc.have been introduced in country after country in the developing world. The effects are tangible: reduced malnutrition, particularly among children, higher school attendance and reduced ill-health.

A project of the Ecumenical Campaign for a Strong and Effective Arms Trade Treaty armstreatynow.org An initiative of the World Council of Churches

This briefing analyzes the agricultural research policies of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the extent to which they address the needs of marginalized smallholder farmers. Published in cooperation with APRODEV, five other APRODEV members and PELUM Association.

Position paper adopted by the commission for international mission and diaconia on 24 april 2012. Valid until december 2015.

Social protection as a means of combating poverty and hunger in developing countries. Position paper adopted by the commission for international mission and diaconia on 17 October 2011, revised on 11 April 2012.

Adopted by the Commission for international mission and diakonia 24 April 2008.

The federation of Swedish Farmers, Church of Sweden and Swedish Society for Nature Conservation explains how the agricultural policy of the EU could benefit both swedish farming and food security in developing countries.

More than enough food is produced today, but climate change and unsustainable production systems threaten to reduce the productive capacity of the world’s farmland. The author points to possible solutions.