International Council on Pastoral Care and Counselling 
The 8th World - Congress of the ICPCC
August 7 - 14, 2007, Krzyzowa, Poland
activities of the ICPCC's respresentative bodies, especially the COUNCIL


pictures of the Dresden event here

brochure for the Pre-Congress PDF

lecture Dr. Pfaefflin / Dr. Stachowske "Reflecting Teams" ppt/pdf


Program of the Pre-Conference
for the delegates of the International Council
Council Empowerment Meeting

last update of programme version (March 2007) click here .pdf

International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling
The President Prof. Dr. Ursula Riedel-Pfäfflin

Siblings by Choice

Intercultural Empowerment
Facing Global Processes of Conflicts
by
Story Telling, Research and Cooperation

Venue:
Ev. Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Dresden, Germany

August 4-7, 2007

Goal:
To empower intentional networking and cooperation
between trainers, teachers and counsellors in care and counseling
of Eastern and Western, Northern and Southern Europe
in mutual learning processes
with professionals and NGOs
from Africa, Asia, India, South America, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America.
Development of organisational structures
for cooperation, training and research
in intercultural, interreligious, intergender and interethnic dialogue and competence.



Saturday, August 4th

11.00 - 13.00
Arrival in Dresden
Guests are met at the airport/train station

14.00 - 16.00
Meeting of Executive Board and Coordinating Committee
Leader:
Pres. Dr. Ursula Riedel-Pfäfflin and Bruce Rumbold
at venue EHS, Dresden (Prot. School of Social Work, Dresden)

16.30
Meeting of all council members and guests
Formal opening ceremony
Dr. Christoph Schneider-Harpprecht/ Dr. Ursula Riedel-Pfäfflin, Dr. Nalini Arles

Greeting of participants
Acknowledgement of new members
Greeting of special guests
Introduction to program and organisation of Meeting

18.00
Dinner with host families in Dresden

Sunday, August 5th

9.00
Meditation (P. Heidi Abe)
9.30
Introduction to Empowerment program Program "Siblings by Choice"

Dr. Ursula Riedel-Pfäfflin, Dr. Ruthard Stachowske
Story Telling, moregenerational biographical research and reflective group work as methods of intercultural conflict resolution - models of systemic and narrative work in theory and practice

10.00
Work in intercultural reflecting teams

13.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.30
Work in same reflecting teams
17.00 - 17.30
Plenary meeting

18.00
Worship Frauenkirche Dresden

19.30 dinner and arts


Monday, August 6th

8.30
Meditation ( P.Heidi Abe)
9.00
Lecture

Rev. Charles Waldgrave, Family Centre Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Research in Intercultural Counseling and Care as Empowerment in Conflict Resolution Processes

10.00 - 10.45
Discussion in reflecting teams and plenary

11.00
Reports on activities of ICPCC since 2004:
(Steven Voytovich, Bruce Rumbold)
President, Executive board Coordinating committee:
Regions/women Membership committee Treasurer Finance committee Congress Poland

13.00
Lunch

14.00 -17.00
Plenary:
Empowerment for future work
Dr.Ursula Riedel-Pfäfflin, David Ito, Rita v. Damme
Networking with other organisations/developments
Training programs
Teaching programs
Research programs
Leadership and council organisation
Cooperation in Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas, India with National Associations/Congresses
Activities in Poland
Planning of elections Presidency, executive board, coordinating committee
Council representatives Future consultations, conferences, congresses Finances

18.00
Dinner and cultural program Dresden

Tuesday, August 7th

9.00 - 11.00
Free time in Dresden, sightseeing, culture, shopping
11.00
Plenary meeting in EHS

11.30
Bus to Congress in Krzyzowa; Poland