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Philanthropic Foundations Canada conference

Fiona Ellis 1 December 2009 For Subscribers

Event Philanthropic Foundations Canada 3rd Annual Conference Date 28-29 October 2009 Venue Calgary, Canada Title The Pulse of Philanthropy Canadians have a reputation for calmness. They seem to have handled the economic crisis better than …

International Centre for Democratic Transition conference

Sándor Köles 1 December 2009 For Subscribers

Event International Centre for Democratic Transition conference Date 14 October 2009 Venue Budapest, Hungary Title Civil Society after 20 Years – An Unfinished Business The International Centre for Democratic Transition’s third annual conference in Budapest …

International philanthropy conference in Ukraine

Caroline Hartnell 1 December 2009 For Subscribers

Business magazine Expert has been running CSR conferences for the last three years, but its first philanthropy conference was held in Kiev on 16 October. Growth of the philanthropy sector faces formidable obstacles in Ukraine. …

European Foundation Centre 20th anniversary conference and Grantmakers East Forum

Pavol Demes 1 December 2009 For Subscribers

Event European Foundation Centre 20th anniversary conference Date 9-10 November 2009 Venue Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin Event Grantmakers East Forum Date 10-12 November 2009 Venue Allianz Stiftungsforum, Berlin Title Scaling the next wall: doing …

5th Annual EVPA Conference

Andrew Milner 1 December 2009 For Subscribers

Event 5th Annual EVPA Conference – The Rise of Social Enterprise in Europe: a critical role for venture philanthropy Date 18 November Venue Amsterdam Organizer European Venture Philanthropy Association There are four things social enterprises …

Conference on ‘Valuing impact’

Caroline Hartnell 1 September 2009 For Subscribers

Event  Conference on ‘Valuing impact: building an association of non-profit analysts’ When  19 May Where  London, UK Organizers  New Philanthropy Capital and the Bertelsmann Foundation ‘My name is Martin Brookes and I’m a non-profit analyst. …

Grantmakers Without Borders Conference 2009

Kathy Bonnifield 1 September 2009 For Subscribers

Event Grantmakers Without Borders Conference Date 8-10 June Venue Washington DC, USA Title Global Giving Now: Meeting The Challenge, Seizing The Opportunity As I stood in an elevator with others on our way to the …

Skoll World Forum 2009

Caroline Hartnell 1 June 2009 For Subscribers

This year’s Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship was nothing if not inspiring. The record attendance – 785 delegates from 65 countries and six continents despite the downturn – was surely evidence of the level …

2009 Council on Foundations conference

Sean Stannard-Stockton 1 June 2009 For Subscribers

When I attended the Council on Foundations conference two years ago as one of the first bloggers to be issued media credentials, my presence was clearly an oddity. At this year’s conference, it seemed that …

2009 Perspectives on Impact Evaluation Conference

Natalia Kiryttopoulou 1 June 2009 For Subscribers

This year’s Perspective on Impact Evaluation Conference had the title ‘Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness’ and gathered 700 policymakers, practitioners, sponsors and other stakeholders in evaluation and in development. Almost everyone who is someone in …