Improving information on the work being performed by the Cec (Conference of the European Churches); continuing its reorganization; achieving a greater degree of internal synergy; collaborating with the Wcc (World Council of Churches); promoting the process leading to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3, Sibiu, 4-8 September 2007); and developing issues linked to gender and mission. These are the priorities that the general secretary Colin Williams has spelt out for the CEC, a network of 125 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic Churches of all the countries of Europe, plus 40 associated organizations. “We must continue to work with dedication and to tell the Churches of Europe what we are doing – says Williams six months after taking office, in an editorial published in the Cec monthly “Monitor”, which he cites as a privileged tool of communication, together with the website www.cec-kek.org. Williams also stressed the need to “continue the reorganization of the CEC, aim as its fusion with the Ccme (Commission of the Churches for Migrants in Europe)”, and “promote internal synergy”, an objective for which a central committee was recently established. He also underlined the need to “collaborate closely with the WCC to better coordinate the work in Europe and to continue preparations for EEA3.
