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Scale of transition demands need to reimagine, reconstruct and revolutionise

Zibran Choudhury 30 August 2022

Last week, Philea hosted PEXforum 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey, and Alliance asked its readers what session they would like to hear about most in a poll. The winner was Indy Johar’s keynote on ‘Funding public ‘Good’ in …

Foundations and civil society: Time to assert yourself

Stefan Cibian 30 August 2022

PEX Forum 2022 took place in Istanbul between August 24-26, 2022. The Forum brought together a good mix of philanthropy professionals from the field, offering the occasion to re-connect after two on-line editions. A much-needed …

The best tweets from PEXForum 2022!

Alliance magazine 28 August 2022

Highlights from PEXForum 2022 – Driving (eco)systems change: Exploring the transformative power of collaboration in philanthropy This week, Istanbul is playing host to a community of philanthropy networks from all across Europe! Building bridges and …

Searching for keys to unlock cross-border giving in Asia

Birger Stamperdahl 23 August 2022

Asia is home to one-third of all billionaires. A new report examines why so much of their philanthropy stays domestic and how to unlock more cross-border giving. Over the past 30 years, Asia got rich. …

Which session at PEXForum 2022 would you most like to read about?

Alliance magazine 18 August 2022

PEXforum is the Europe-wide event which brings together a community that represents over 70+ regional, national, European and global philanthropy networks to collectively identify challenges and opportunities for the sector, share best practices, insights and …

From rhetoric to reality: practicing partnership in philanthropy

Anna Hirsch-Holland 16 August 2022

The rhetoric on the need for partnership to increase our impact is deafening, but what does it mean in practice? Philanthropists are increasingly recognising that they can only achieve innovation and impact by supporting and …

Laurence Tubiana has a message for European philanthropy

Elika Roohi 19 July 2022

It is the end of May, and southern Spain is experiencing a heatwave so dramatic that temperatures in some cities are 16 degrees Celsius above average. A spokesperson for AEMET, the country’s national weather agency, …

Philanthropy is ripe for change: I explore how on Philanthropisms podcast

Charles Keidan 12 July 2022

There is no typical career journey in philanthropy. Routes into and out of leadership roles are many and varied. I was reminded of that when I spoke recently to Rhodri Davies’s Philanthropisms podcast about my …

Working towards a West African philanthropy support ecosystem

Rouguiétou Khady Sow 9 July 2022

The African landscape of philanthropy is embedded in a particularly traditional historical context. In West Africa, in addition to tradition, the religious dimension of philanthropy is important in the sense that a very large proportion …

Reflections on strengthening the potential of European philanthropy

Axelle Davezac 7 July 2022

After two years of the global pandemic, this spring finally saw the opening of spaces again to meet with colleagues across philanthropy, civil society and academia. Against this backdrop, the European Academy of Strategic Philanthropy …