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ECPM South East European Conference

ro-lgflagTuesday 26 August 2008 11:09 In a few weeks, on September 17, the ECPM South East European Conference will take place in Romania. The ECPM expects over 200 participants from all over Europe, although most attendants will come... full story

Christian Democratic People’s Party Moldova condemn Russian invasion

banner_ppcdTuesday 12 August 2008 11:10 Statement of the Christian Democratic People's Party on the situation in Georgia. The Christian Democratic People's Party expresses its deep concern regarding the military aggression undertaken by the Russian Federation against Georgia. full story

War in Georgia - Christian democratic appeal

georgia-areaMonday 11 August 2008 10:45 The situation in Georgia around the break away region of south Ossetia is escalating since 8 of August when Georgia was attacking the region as an answer to the violence of seperatists. The ... full story

Congress materials online and holiday greetings

logo ECPMWednesday 09 July 2008 15:57 Some Congress materials have been put online by the ECPM staff.

The summary of the presentation of Sander Luitwieler at the 4th ECPM Congress is now available. Other documents can also be found.... full story

Economic Diplomacy Seminar in Croatia: 10-24 August 2008

EDS-logoTuesday 08 July 2008 12:03 The Economic Diplomacy Seminar is now in its third year. After two successful years EDS is no longer an experiment but a reality shared by now over 100 participants, young leaders, and professional practitioners from the surrounding region and the world. Feedback for 2007 exceeded expectations with an additional 5 days, new speakers, new workshops, and a depth in relationships that has not previously been experienced. This is not just an exclusive vision now but something that many people share, are sharing with others, and developing together for the future. full story

ECPM South East European Conference

180px-Bran_CastleFriday 27 June 2008 15:37 On 17-19 September, the ECPM (European Christian Political Movement) in collaboration with the Ecumenical Prayer Group from the Romanian Parliament will organize the first South East European... full story

EU needs more transparency

EU vlagThursday 19 June 2008 15:18 At the end of last year the 'Lisbon treaty' was signed. It will replace the so called European Constitution the French and Dutch said no to in their referendums. Strikingly the treaty does not differ much from the constitution, but the average (Dutch) citizen does not know that.

According to Sander Luitwieler Europe shows in this entire process a poignant lack of efficiency, transparency and democracy. full story

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Valuable discussions and fantastic atmosphere during the 3rd Annual ECPM Congress

The ECPM Congress of 21 and 22 September combined valuable, in-depth discussions with a fantastic atmosphere! More than 70 participants attended during either Friday or Saturday in the Novotel Brussels Airport in Diegem. The theme of the Congress was: Focusing on the Family. A Christian-democrat view on family policy in Europe.

The Congress started with the announcement that 4 new parties have joined the ECPM. These parties are the Evangelical Peoples Party and the Federal Democratic Union from Switzerland, The People's Party of Montenegro and the Belarussian Christian Democrats. The new members received a warm welcome form the other members.

After the presentation of the new members the Congress continued with a video message of Andre Rouvoet, Dutch minister of Youth and Family, followed by a presentation of the report on the evolution of families by Lola Velarde, president of the Institute for Family policies.

In the afternoon, the Congress continued with speeches from Peter Ostman (vice-chairman CD Finland) Marius and Ileana Radu (PNTCD and Areopagus, Romania), Gevorg Babayan (chairman CPUA, Armenia). The closing speech was given by Leon Meijer (Dutch Christian Labor Union).

After that all guests were transported to the center of Brussels for dinner and a some sight seeing.

The next day Kris Vleugels (Chairman, C'axent, Belgium) gave a lecture about the consequences of a lack of family policy while rev Okoth Ortura introduced the attendants to the position of the family in Kenya.

After this, the attendants were divided in two groups in order to discuss some more about the solution for the current problems of the family in Europe (the outcomes will be published on this website soon). After lunch there was time for the member Congress where Dick van Dijk was chosen as a new executive board member and where the ECPM members accepted the changes in board structure and the future plans of the ECPM.

Pictures taken during the Congress can be viewed here

As organisers of the ECPM Congress we would like to thank all speakers and attendants who made this a very fruitful and blessed Congress.

Anne Marije Staat
Guido van Beusekom