• ACT Alliance connects people and groups “on the ground” (community and religious groups, grassroots organisations, etc.) with policymakers and powerbrokers (governments, the UN, corporations, banks, etc.) to not only resolve conflicts, but also to build societies, institutions, policies, and relationships that are better able to sustain peace and justice. 
• ACT Alliance supports strengthening instruments for preventing violent conflicts, and joins and enables the participation of its members and churches in peacebuilding, conflict transformation and reconciliation initiatives (e.g., National Councils of Churches). This includes the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement of Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes, where churches can offer a platform to discuss a way out of violence on the basis of shared values, while playing an active role in influencing decision makers. 
• ACT Alliance promotes the involvement of women and youth in peace processes and peace negotiations to ensure that the needs and priorities of both women and men are included in peace processes and peace negotiations. 
• ACT Alliance builds capacity through peace education; addressing peace and rights-based programming, and issues of human security, (e.g., access to justice and overcoming impunity). 

ACT Alliance engages ecumenically and in close cooperation with churches and other faiths in advocacy for peace at national, regional and global
levels (e.g., UN Security Council), as well as with local communities, local governments, NGOs, regional and global networks and academic institutions.