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Coverage from AFIELD Forum 2024, in Belgium, Brussels
The AFIELD Forum 2024: Systems Change by Artists was held from September 27 to 29, in Brussels, Belgium. It gathered an international cohort of artists, activists, thinkers, cultural workers, and social entrepreneurs around a set …
KoneKtor 2024: Dialogue, democracy and diversity
In a time marked by growing polarisation, divided communities, and increasing distrust, it is more crucial than ever to carefully assess these issues and find practical solutions. With ongoing threats to democracy and civil society, …
What Anglophones should know about philanthropy in Francophone Africa
While funding is challenging for many organisations, Francophone West Africa faces unique hurdles in establishing networks and partnerships with anglophone funding bodies in the Global North. In this webinar, panellists discussed the current philanthropic environment …
Taxation and philanthropy: close relatives or complete strangers?
If philanthropy is seen as a voluntary form of wealth redistribution, what is the logic of part-funding it with public money, which in effect is what tax concessions do? This kind of either/or approach, which …
Impact Minds: Beyond Frontiers 2024
Between the 9th and 12th of September 2024, over 600 stakeholders from various sectors gathered in Oaxaxa, Mexico for the third iteration of Latimpacto’s annual Impact Minds Conference. Centring the theme of ‘Beyond Frontiers’ the …
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust: Philanthropy For Better Cities Forum 2024
On 9th and 10th September 2024, The Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum (PBC) gathered stakeholders from various sectors to align on a shared vision of positive impact, and explored how philanthropic organisations can define and …
Walking the talk: how to apply the principles of systems change
Systems change approaches are popular among funders these days but there is still more talk than action. How can we change that? We invite you to join a conversation focused on putting the principles of …
Philanthropy and the common good
The atomisation of society, an economy based on competition and growing distrust of politics and of institutions in general: these are some of the factors that have led to a diminished commitment to the common …
5th African Philanthropy Conference 2024
The African Philanthropy Conference is a collaborative platform which aims to create and curate a progressive agenda for philanthropy and social investment on the continent. Hosted under the theme of ‘The New Frontiers for African …
Is the philanthropic world ready for new ways of funding?
The #ShiftThePower movement – launched in Johannesburg in 2016 – has changed the course of the conversation about both philanthropy and sustainable development. But in a field that is still evolving, how far is the …
