IRD Activities

• Serve as a Credible and Legitimate European Platform for Interreligious Dialogue, Learning, Co-operation and Representation

  Members of ECRL will convene to discern the added value of inter-religious dialogue and co-operation - through annual meetings of the full council, with advisors and guests through sharing insight and knowledge between respective faith traditions, through consultations and conferences for a wider range of participants to address specific concerns, through establishing multi-religious justification for joint action, through statements, publications and other documents that are broadly disseminated and regarded as providing expert and representative multi-religious perspectives on key issues related to religion and society in Europe and beyond, and through multireligious delegations. ECRL as a platform of representation will specifically engage on this topic with pan-European institutions, mainly European Union, Council of Europe and Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe

• Operate as an Effective European Agent of Human Dignity, Peaceful Coexistence and Reconciliation

  ECRL emphasizes on multi-religious dialogue and cooperation through working to prevent violent conflicts, engaging in conflict resolution, and acting to eliminate proliferation of weapons and promoting disarmament, through promoting legislation and practices, education and advocacy, appropriate roles of religion in the public sphere, protection of religious and belief minorities, through religious teachings, confronting discrimination, building democratic cultures, and promoting equal legal and moral citizenship for all groups in society, through examining critically practices of our own religious communities, and promoting human dignity, including fighting violence against women and children, and supporting legislation and practices that empower women, through taking advocacy actions in solidarity with marginalized communities in the Third World, through continue campaigning against nuclear weapons, cluster munitions and for a global Arms Trade Treaty, through promoting the implementation of the Universal Code on Holy Sites, and through increasing religious leaders’ commitment to fighting HIV & Aids

• Help Build, Strengthen and Equip National and Regional Multi-Religious Mechanisms

  Build and develop inter-religious councils affiliated with RfP/ECRL through clarifying their status and participation in ECRL in its constitution and bylaws, through offering accompaniment and capacity building, through mobilizing resources for seed funding their structures and activities, and through including them in consultations and initiatives that go beyond national borders. Support European Women of Faith Network and European Interfaith Youth Network through mobilizing resources for their structures and activities, through the ECRL secretariat rendering administrative support as capacity allows and according to agreed-upon priorities, through including their representatives in ECRL consultations and delegations as deemed appropriate, and through considering operational agreements with EWFN and EIYN within areas of common concern and interest

• Harmonize and Strengthen the Religions for Peace Network in Europe

  Formalize relationship between national inter-religious councils and ECRL through standardized tripartite affiliation agreements RfP International – national IRC – ECRL, through establishing principles for linking ECRL members with their respective national RfP bodies. Harmonize the organizational relationships between different RfP bodies in Europe with emphasis on the relationship between ECRL and RfP-Europe.

Main Focus Countries of Activities

Albania - Hungary - Russian Federation - Andorra - Iceland - San Marino - Armenia - Ireland - Serbia - Austria - Italy - Slovakia - Azerbaijan - Kosovo - Slovenia - Belarus - Latvia - Spain - Belgium - Liechtenstein - Sweden - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania - Switzerland - Bulgaria - Luxembourg - Turkey - Croatia - Malta - Ukraine - Cyprus - Moldova - UK - Czechia - Monaco - Holy See - Denmark - Montenegro - Estonia - Netherlands - Finland - Norway - France - Poland - Georgia - Portugal - Germany - Macedonia - Greece - Romania - Albania - Hungary - Russian Federation - Andorra - Iceland - San Marino - Armenia - Ireland - Serbia - Austria - Italy - Slovakia - Azerbaijan - Kosovo - Slovenia - Belarus - Latvia - Spain - Belgium - Liechtenstein - Sweden - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania - Switzerland - Bulgaria - Luxembourg - Turkey - Croatia - Malta - Ukraine - Cyprus - Moldova - UK - Czechia - Monaco - Holy See - Denmark - Montenegro - Estonia - Netherlands - Finland - Norway - France - Poland - Georgia - Portugal - Germany - Macedonia - Greece - Romania - Albania - Hungary - Russian Federation - Andorra - Iceland - San Marino - Armenia - Ireland - Serbia - Austria - Italy - Slovakia - Azerbaijan - Kosovo - Slovenia - Belarus - Latvia - Spain - Belgium - Liechtenstein - Sweden - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania - Switzerland - Bulgaria - Luxembourg - Turkey - Croatia - Malta - Ukraine - Cyprus - Moldova - UK - Czechia - Monaco - Holy See - Denmark - Montenegro - Estonia - Netherlands - Finland - Norway - France - Poland - Georgia - Portugal - Germany - Macedonia - Greece - Romania - Albania - Hungary - Russian Federation - Andorra - Iceland - San Marino - Armenia - Ireland - Serbia - Austria - Italy - Slovakia - Azerbaijan - Kosovo - Slovenia - Belarus - Latvia - Spain - Belgium - Liechtenstein - Sweden - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania - Switzerland - Bulgaria - Luxembourg - Turkey - Croatia - Malta - Ukraine - Cyprus - Moldova - UK - Czechia - Monaco - Holy See - Denmark - Montenegro - Estonia - Netherlands - Finland - Norway - France - Poland - Georgia - Portugal - Germany - Macedonia - Greece - Romania