By means of financial contributions, personnel involvement, scholarships and consultancy services EED supports the development work of churches, Christian organisations and the private sector. EED assists partner organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania, as well as in south-east Europe and the Caucasian republics. Partners are churches, ecumenical organisations and non-government organisations in over 80 countries of the world. In this worldwide partnership, EED is participating in establishing a fair society. It takes and promotes action to arouse and enhance people's willingness to stand up to overcome need, poverty, persecution and violence.

In Germany, EED communicates concerns of development cooperation into churches, society, politics and the business sector and supports education in parishes, schools and partnership projects.

EED's guiding principle "Peace through Justice" implies that future-oriented development should correspond with a culture of non-violent conflict transformation. Therefore, peace-building is an important field of action for EED. Through its international programmes, EED supports people who prevent the violent escalation of conflicts and support peace-building initiatives. It also seconds peace experts to its partner countries.

The "working unit peace and conflict" supports the peace-building efforts of local partners e.g. from Sudan with information and lobbying campaigns in Germany. In addition, it deals with conceptional questions of peace-orientated development cooperation.

The commitment of many different actors on various levels is necessary to develop the prerequisites for a just and long-lasting peace. Therefore, EED takes part in different networks, such as the Working Group on Development and Peace (FriEnt).

Further Information

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EED: Supporting Peace Engagement

Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich, Working Unit Peace and Conflict  (arbeitsstelle.frieden@eed.de)
Wolfgang Kaiser, Peace and Development, FriEnt (wolfgang.kaiser@eed.de)