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Mercator Salons 3 & 4 focus on money and happiness
The Mercator Salon is a series of events run by Stiftung Mercator in Beijing. Following the advent of the ‘Enlightenment in Dialogue’, held in 2011, the first two Mercator Salons took place in Beijing in 2012 …
The world of philanthropy – present and future
This discussion, which took place on 15 and 16 October in the Netherlands, was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation as a continuation of its Bellagio Initiative to look at ‘the future role of philanthropy and development …
Why is everyone talking about risk? Read the new issue of Alliance to find out
Everyone seems to be talking about risk: this is the focus of the June issue of Alliance, which has just been published. It was also a major theme emerging from the Bellagio Summit on the Future …
Trust, failure and risk: reflections from the Council on Foundations conference
Trust is important. Foundations must learn to trust the organizations they fund. Perhaps we need less measurement, fewer checks and balances, and more trust. These were some of the themes emerging from a session at …
Let’s mobilize philanthropy and development! Who is with us? And who is missing?
Module 2 of the Bellagio Initiative, ‘The Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Human Wellbeing’ concluded on a somewhat high note and a sense of some practicality for the future. The event …
Is ‘well-being’ the future of philanthropy and development? Report from Bellagio…
The first three-day session of a marathon two-week summit on ‘The Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Well-Being’ kicked off this week at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como. Convened by the …
