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Putting science back in the bottle?
‘Science and the Citizen’ was the theme of this year’s EFC conference. ‘Foundations can and must play a role in ensuring that citizens understand the ramifications of scientific advancement,’ says the conference programme. ‘Public involvement …
Beyond networks?
The value of networks was a recurring theme at the fifth networking meeting of the Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI), which brought together 91 participants from 23 different countries – the highest attendance ever. How do …
INSP – Foundations striving for organizational effectiveness
Defining goals and related resources, and determining if goals are reached – INSP is one of several initiatives that are attempting to tackle these and other issues of organizational effectiveness. Three of these featured at …
Finance for a sustainable world
The INAISE annual meeting at the new, environmentally friendly headquarters of Banque Populaire du Haut Rhin,[1] drew over 100 social bankers, advocates, policymakers, practitioners and other interested parties from around the world. What they had …
‘The right thing to do irrespective of trends in foreign funding’
Isn’t it unfair that poor nations, poor organizations and poor people should be asked to contribute more to their own development? Isn’t the developed world shirking its responsibilities by promoting such activity? These were some …
Supporting the minnow that funds the big, the bad and the ugly
When sifting through pages of notes to write up a conference, it’s often difficult to know where to start. Opening the WINGS meeting in Sydney in March, Barry Gaberman (Ford Foundation), Chair of the WINGS …
Moroccan civil society opens up to the world
A civil society conference in Morocco in February brought together 60 associations and foundations from Jordan, Palestine, Tunisia and Morocco as well as from the US, the UK, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. …
INSP – From the dysfunctional to the strategic?
Event First Plenary Meeting of INSP Date 20-22 March Venue Heidelberg, Germany ‘Much of the way philanthropy does its business is dysfunctional. We are like gamblers playing the two-dollar slots in Vegas. We sit straight …
Corporate social responsibility on EU agenda
The EU conference on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Brussels on 27-28 November was a first-of-its kind dialogue. It drew almost a thousand delegates from trades unions, NGOs, the socially responsible investment (SRI) community, consultants …
Embracing corporate citizenship post September 11
In November last year, over 900 delegates journeyed from various parts of the world to Seattle, despite it being a matter of weeks after the dreadful events of September 11. That fateful day, and its …
