The Quaker Council for European Affairs

 

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) was founded in 1979 to promote the values of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the European context. Our purpose is to express a Quaker vision in matters of peace, human rights, and economic justice. QCEA, based in Brussels, is an international, non-profit organisation under Belgian law.

QCEA sees the potential for Europe to become a peaceful, compassionate, open and just society, using its moral influence to encourage other countries and peoples towards the same goals. The members of QCEA look forward to Europe becoming a community of peoples who act towards individuals and other communities as they would have others act towards them. That is why human rights are central to all QCEA work. The council starts from the principle of respect for everyone, including those with whom it most strongly disagrees. QCEA therefore tries to ensure that the means it uses to achieve the desired ends are in harmony with those ends, demonstrating that the way is part of the destination.

http://www.quaker.org/qcea/