The Lutheran World Federation

Calendar 2006

Calendar 2006

DMD Department for Mission & Development
DTS Department for Theology & Studies
DWS Department for World Service
OCS Office for Communication Services
OEA Office for Ecumenical Affairs
OFA Office for Finance and Administration
OGS Office of the General Secretary
OIAHR Office for International Affairs & Human Rights

JANUARY

Date Unit Place Title

12-18

DTS

Berlin, Germany

International Consultation on Spiritualism as a Global Challenge to the Church

13-19

OEA

Moshi, Tanzania

Anglican-Lutheran International Commission

FEBRUARY

Date Unit Place Title

01-06

DTS

Warsaw, Poland

Global Meeting: The Authority of the Bible in the Life of the Church

06-10

DMD

Nairobi, Kenya

Africa Regional HIV/AIDS Workshop on Skills
and Capacity Enhancement

16-17

DWS

Uppsala, Sweden

DWS Strategic Planning Consultation with Nordic Agencies

MARCH

Date Unit Place Title

02-03

DWS

Stuttgart, Germany

DWS Strategic Planning Consultation with Related Agencies

09-11

OGS

Geneva, Switzerland

Executive Committee

13-17

DWS

Kigali, Rwanda

North, East and West Africa Regional Consultation

23-24

OFA

Geneva, Switzerland

Endowment Fund Board

APRIL

Date Unit Place Title

07-08

LFIR

Strasbourg, France

Board Meeting: Lutheran Foundation for Interconfessional Research (LFIR)

17-25

OCS/DMD

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Asia Regional Meeting: LWF Youth Leadership Training in Communication Program

17-22

DMD

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

"Stirring the Waters:" Asia Regional Consultation

24-25

DWS

Montreux, Switzerland

Annual Forum

24-27

OCS/DMD

San José, Costa Rica

Latin America & Caribbean Regional Meeting: LWF Youth Leadership Training in Communication Program

24-28

DMD

San José, Costa Rica

Latin America Church Leadership Conference

24.04-06.05

DMD

La Paz, Bolivia

Capacity Building Workshop

26-27

DWS

Montreux, Switzerland

Standing Committee for World Service

MAY

Date Unit Place Title

05

OFA

Geneva, Switzerland

Pension Fund Board

09-12

DMD

Bangkok, Thailand

Third Consultation: Mekong Mission Partners

15-20

DMD

Johannesburg,
South Africa

Pastoral and Leadership Seminars for Lutheran
Communion in Southern – LUCSA

22-26

DWS

Tuzla, Bosnia

DWS Regional Consultation

30.05-01.06

DMD

Montreux, Switzerland

Project Committee Meeting

JUNE

Date Unit Place Title

05-09

OEA

Strasbourg, France

Lutheran-Mennonite International Study
Commission

06-12

DMD

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi + 4: Follow-up of LWF HIV/AIDS Campaign

19-24

OCS/DMD

Kigali, Rwanda

Africa Regional Meeting: LWF Youth Leadership Training in Communication Program

13-19

DMD

Vienna, Austria

International Roundtable for Youth Leaders

27-30

DMD

Medan, Indonesia

Asia Regional "Seminar on Dialogue in Life"

JULY

Date Unit Place Title

01-07

OEA

Netherlands
(to be determined)

Lutheran-Reformed Joint Commission

03-07

DMD

Undetermined

Regional Core Group Meeting: "Sustainability in the Communion"

20-24

DMD

Bangkok, Thailand

Regional HIV/AIDS Coordinators’ Meeting

AUGUST

Date Unit Place Title

20-26

OCS/DMD

Chicago, USA

North America Regional Meeting: LWF Youth
Leadership Training in Communication Program

28.08-02.09

DMD

Chennai, India

Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Theological Education in Asia – ACTEAS

Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Coordination of Regional Expression in Asia – ACCREA

SEPTEMBER

Date Unit Place Title

02-03

DMD

Arusha, Tanzania

Women and Youth Strategic Meeting: Churches Say "NO" to Violence Against Women

04-09

DMD

Arusha, Tanzania

Consultation on Poverty and the Mission
of the Church in Africa

06-10

DMD

Sao Leopoldo, Brazil

Latin America Regional Meeting on Gender
and Power

18-23

DMD

St Petersburg, Russia

Sub-regional Capacity Building Workshop

23-27

DMD

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Roundtable Meetings

25-28

DMD

Nairobi, Kenya

Pastoral and Leadership Seminars for Lutheran
Communion in Central and Eastern Africa
– LUCCEA

Undetermined

DMD

Europe
(to be determined)

Europe Regional Follow-up Consultation
on LWF HIV/AIDS Campaign

OCTOBER

Date Unit Place Title

09-10

DMD

Slovak Republic
or Czech Republic
(to be determined)

European Sub-regional Consultation: Analysis
of Church-State Relationships in Transition

16-20

DMD

Undetermined

Regional Diakonia Network Meeting: Microcredits as a Tool for Development

NOVEMBER

Date Unit Place Title

01-04

DMD

Undetermined

Pastoral and Leadership Seminars
for Lutheran Communion in Western Africa
– LUCWA

02-09

OEA

Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission

13-17

DMD

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Capacity Building Workshop

17-18

DMD

Tallinn, Estonia

Regional Meeting: LWF Member Churches
in the Baltic States and Russia

20-24

DWS

Cambodia

Standing Committee for World Service

22-23 or 25-26 (to be
confirmed)

DWS

Bangladesh
(to be determined)

RDRS (Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service)
10th Partners Consultation

23-25

DMD

Greifswald, Germany

Preparatory Group: 2007 European
Church Leadership Consultation

DECEMBER

Date Unit Place Title

04-05

DWS

Geneva, Switzerland

Working Together

04-12 (to be confirmed)

OCS/DWS

San Salvador,
El Salvador

DWS Latin America and Caribbean
Regional Communication Training Workshop

Undetermined

OEA

Geneva, Switzerland
(to be confirmed)

LWF-ILC Meeting

UNDETERMINED

Date Unit Place Title

Undetermined

OGS/OIAHR

Nairobi, Kenya

Interfaith Youth Consultation "Africa’s Image Today"

Undetermined

OGS/OIAHR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

IFAPA (Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa)
Commission for Africa

Undetermined

OIAHR

Karasjok, Norway

Consultation on Indigenous Issues

Undetermined

OCS/DMD

Undetermined

European Regional Meeting: LWF Youth Leadership Training in Communication Program