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NEF – Dieter Berg is NEF’s new chair
The NEF General Assembly in Rome in May welcomed Dieter Berg of the Robert Bosch Stiftung as NEF’s new chair, taking over from Luc Tayart de Borms of the King Baudouin Foundation for the next …
Government contract proves undoing of Slovak community foundation
Prešov Community Foundation faces financial ruin and closure because the country’s Ministry of Education has reneged on a contract it made with them to deliver a programme, forcing them to foot the bill for virtually …
Interview – Emilio Rui Vilar
Poverty is like slavery, argued Emilio Rui Vilar of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and it too can be ended: by redistribution. These words were spoken at the opening plenary of this year’s European Foundation Centre …
Interview – Susan Bell
With the Copenhagen summit looming in December, does the economic crisis offer new opportunities for the fight against global warming? Of the foundations active in tackling climate change, the US’s William and Flora Hewlett Foundation …
Development strategies based on African views
The current economic climate creates a series of challenges for the development community. While Western economies are increasingly required to justify development spending, developing economies, particularly in Africa, are suffering as a result of lower …
Breaking with the past
Very few, if any, of the ideas in this issue are truly new. But together, they do sketch an urgent agenda for leaders who see the need to take philanthropy in a new – even …
First Alliance Essay Prize will focus on philanthropy and global warming
We are excited to announce the Alliance Essay Prize. In the run-up to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, we’ve decided to make climate change our first topic. In no more than …
First Alliance Essay Prize will focus on philanthropy and global warming
We are excited to announce the Alliance Essay Prize. In the run-up to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, we’ve decided to make climate change our first topic. In no more than …
Conferences in July, August and September 2009
6-9 July InterAction 25th Anniversary Forum: The next 25 years starts today InterAction Arlington, USA Contact http://interaction.org/forum 13-14 July IHRFG Semi-Annual Conference: Human rights and the global economic crisis International Human Rights Funders Group New …
New job for Kumi Naidoo
When someone leaves such a prominent job as Secretary General of CIVICUS after ten years, one naturally wonders what will come next. Reading the most recent issue of e-CIVICUS gave me the answer: in November …