Jenrich, JörgSchirmer, MechthildSeitz, KlausSandner, Thomas2019-09-252019-09-252010-03-032009-08http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/174010"Currently the Diakonisches Werk (Social Service Agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany) and its campaign “Brot für die Welt” are working intensively with the Church Development Service (EED) in preparation for their merger to form the “Evangelisches Zentrum für Entwicklung und Diakonie” (Protestant Centre for Development and Social Service). This merger of the two agencies is a response to worldwide changes brought on by globalisation. These changes are presenting the church and its social service agencies with new challenges. In view of the global nature of social issues and cross-border interaction of ecological, economic and social problems, humanitarian aid, development aid and social work in Germany must be more closely integrated and coordinated. The working paper submitted here on basic social security, which evolved during our project “Global poverty – Strategies for social security/basic social security”, must also be viewed within this context. The project is one of the current platforms for the Church’s social services in Germany and the Ecumenical Social Service (OED) to share experience, learn from each other and – where possible – find a common position. It responds to the processes of exclusion through which more and more of the world’s people are being denied access to material resources and social participation.Against the background of experience to date in this field of work and encouraged by the on-going dialogue with our partner organisations, we hope this paper will provide guidelines for future work on basic social security within the context of development policy. No hard and fast positions will be taken here, and it is not intended to define a final concept for the future involvement in relation to social security of “Brot für die Welt”. This is because a very large number of questions and controversies, which will be clearly stated here, await further clarification. This working paper is to be interpreted as an invitation to discuss these issues further – and also as the beginning of a dialogue on the principles underlying the Church’s involvement in social security issues. Nowadays these principles can only be understood within the context of world society. The interdepartmental Global Poverty project group has produced this text under the leadership of Mechthild Schirmer. Many thanks to all those who have been involved in this paper. All readers are warmly invited to contribute by making suggestions and comments on how this working paper is to develop further.", Dr. Klaus Seitz, Preface, p. 6Pages: 19engWith permission of the license/copyright holderhuman securityjustice, socialsocial ethicssocial policysocial principlesPolitical ethicsGeneral theology/otherBook