To promote democratic forms of communication which encourage dialogue and debate, enhance people’s creativity and solidarity, and respond to people’s needs. To contribute towards building a communications environment that is open to all and founded on respect for human dignity. To support processes that lead to the democratisation of the mass media including advocacy, reflection, policy development, and networking. To implement communication programmes and to support projects that lead to the empowerment of people, especially the dispossessed and marginalised, indigenous peoples, refugees, migrants, women, children and people with disabilities. World Association for Christian Communication