The representatives of AIC within large international
organisations have a very important role because they
- Bring to organisations the evidence of associations
which are working on a daily basis with disadvantaged
people
- Contribute to a worldwide reflection on the questions
which preoccupy our society by bringing to it their
grass roots experience
- Pass on to AIC the thinking of international organisations
to direct its action and contribute to change in society
The themes to which AIC representatives contribute are:
the elderly, childhood, violence against women, social
cohesion, bioethics, development, volunteers. The breadth
of field of representation is very broad:
- As an NGO with: ECOSOC, UNESCO, the Council of Europe,
EAPN (the European Anti Poverty Network – a
network of associations fighting poverty and social
exclusion)
- As a CIO (Catholic International Organisation) with
different pontifical councils and groups of Catholic
organisations: (CICO – Conference of International
Catholic Organisations, CGIC, the International Catholic
Centre for UNESCO, the Latin-American Episcopal Council,
Cor Unum and CCPL, amongst others
Finally AIC collaborates closely with the other branches
of the Vincentian Family
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