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Creative arts to the fore at 4th BMW Foundation Young Leaders Forum
Earlier this year, my esteemed colleague Moukhtar Kocache engaged me to take on a small supportive role in a major project he was working on for the Peace and Social Justice Philanthropy Working Group. The …
Emerging Societies-Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: The wide road forward
This was my very first visit to Russia so the combination of the excitement of new places and my expectations regarding the meeting itself meant that I arrived at the conference venue in Peterhof, Russia …
Good news and bad from the public interest law front in China
There are not many CSOs in China with good luck in public interest suits. The environmental area is one where there is great success, but other types of suits frequently miss their mark because courts …
What to fund, how to fund or who is funding – which is most important for social justice philanthropy?
The Social Justice Philanthropy Conference, held on 1 March in London, looked at the implications of social justice for practice and policy, particularly in relation to foundations. Yet it seemed that in the course of …
African philanthropy on the move: celebrating the AGN Assembly
Over the last several months, I have had the pleasure of being part of the organizing team for the Second Biennial African Grantmakers Network (AGN) Assembly – What’s New? What’s Now? What’s Next: Growing African …
African Grantmakers Network Assembly: What’s new? Now? Different?
At the outset let me say that these blogging notes are my own impressions of key themes emerging from a fantastically rich African Grantmakers Network Assembly experience. I am not aspiring to cover the entire …
Just Giving Conference celebrates successes of social movements
Ice-cream, stamping dollar bills to keep corporate money out of the elections and capitalism were just some of the surprises of the first day of the Just Giving Conference, convened by EDGE Funders Alliance – …
Alliance magazine: Redefining development
The latest article published on the Alliance magazine website looks at development and the role foundations can play in redefining this. In his article from the Alliance website, Jay Naidoo, Chairperson of the Global Alliance …
Alliance magazine: An interview with Alexander Soros
In a recent interview with the editor of Alliance magazine, Alexander Soros says that he is looking to take risks with his recently launched foundation to support unpopular causes. Influenced greatly by his father George …
EFC Belfast: Where the big ship is sailing
What may in time prove to be a landmark conference in the history of European foundations has just ended. The European Foundation Centre raised its game and came of age, delivering a world-class conference on …
