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Impact Minds, Standing Together: the value of meetings to advance in collaboration
Something extraordinary happened on August 29 and 30 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We gathered over 500 participants from 27 countries and 200+ speakers for Latimpacto’s second annual conference, Impact Minds: Standing Together. Latimpacto is a young network …
African Philanthropy Conference 2023
The African Philanthropy Conference is an annual gathering of the continent’s philanthropic institutions and stakeholders. Since its inception, the conference has provided an opportunity for academics, practitioners, philanthropic leaders, donors, think tanks and government officials, …
Conference Report: 4th Annual African Philanthropy Conference
This year’s 4th Annual African Philanthropy Conference in Saly, Senegal in August 2023, was hosted by TrustAfrica, African Philanthropy Forum (APF), Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investments (CAPSI), African Philanthropy Network (APN), East African …
Next Frontiers: Unlocking resources in this time of crisis and possibility
Joseph Rowntree Foundation returned for a second year of the funding, philanthropy and investment conference called Next Frontiers – Unlocking resources in this time of crisis and possibility. With 60 speakers and 1000 +attendees (in person and virtual) the …
Dismantling old ways and beckoning a new age of wealth transfer
Last year’s inaugural Next Frontiers conference set the tone for a radical approach to exploring investment and philanthropy. This year’s edition went a step further, with key developments that may well have ushered in a …
The next decade of systems change philanthropy
There is growing recognition that effective systems change work requires developing strategies alongside partners in the communities it seeks to serve, rather than instrumentalising them. But how and to what extent are systems change funders …
AVPN 2023: Empowering Asian Solutions for Global Challenges
AVPN Global Conference 2023 brought together leaders from Asia and beyond, to collectively envision an impact future that is inclusive, equitable and sustainable. Importantly, this convening was an opportunity to build the trust between social …
Global challenges, Asian Solutions
Transformational collaboration, Asian leadership, empowered communities, urgent action: AVPN CEO Naina Batra offered these four rallying cries in her opening remarks of this year’s conference in Kuala Lumpur. These themes or some combination were to …
Philanthropy Transformation Initiative
From climate change and inequality to unchecked Artificial Intelligence and pandemic risks, we face a global polycrisis that poses existential threats to humanity. Yet, there is hope as generosity and citizen action grow globally. The …
IEFG Together: All systems go
The International Education Funders Group (IEFG) is an affinity network of foundations and donor-advised funds that support basic education in low- and middle-income countries. The 2023 International Education Funders Group conference ‘IEFG Together: All systems …
