The Humanitarian Collaboration Initiative
From Bishop-to-Bishop to Community-to-Community
GCEB seeks to identify humanitarian opportunities where collaboration among bishops and strategic partners can produce meaningful results.
Potential Initiatives
Opportunities for Meaningful Results
GCEB does not seek to duplicate organizations already doing excellent work.
Disaster response
Food security
Housing
Education
Youth opportunity
Community development
Senior support
Workforce development
Emergency relief
International humanitarian assistance
We seek to connect resources with need.
Strategic Partnerships
Beyond the Conference Table
GCEB recognizes that humanitarian challenges cannot be addressed by bishops or churches alone.
Appropriate strategic partnerships may include
- Humanitarian organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Corporations
- Foundations
- Universities
- Research institutions
- Community organizations
- Civic organizations
- International organizations
- Subject-matter experts
Partners may contribute
Research
Resources
Expertise
Technology
Funding
Logistics
Community access
Implementation capacity
The division of labor
GCEB provides the leadership table.
Strategic partners can help move ideas toward implementation.
Corporate Partnership
Business, Bishops & Humanitarian Impact
GCEB provides corporations with an opportunity to engage with a global network of bishops around meaningful humanitarian initiatives. Corporate engagement should be based upon shared community impact—not religious endorsement.
Corporate partners may support research, convenings, humanitarian initiatives, publications, technology, logistics, and community programs.