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News - 19 February 2025

European Commission 2025 work programme promises a European Civil Society Strategy

In a positive development for European civil society, the European Commission has announced that it will publish a European Civil Society Strategy in the third quarter…

News - 17 February 2025

Applications open for the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe 2025

Applications are now open for the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe, organised in partnership with the China Foundation Forum and with support from…

News - 12 February 2025

Philea publishes “2025 Democracy Briefer for Funders: What’s Happening to European Democracy and What Funders Can Do About It” exploring democratic backsliding, its causes and potential solutions

Philea has published “2025 Democracy Briefer for Funders: What’s Happening to European Democracy and What Funders Can Do About It”, an in-depth explainer, commissioned by the Democracy Network,…

News - 11 February 2025

ERNOP and Philea launch call for experts for ERNOP Research Notes on justice philanthropy

Philea and the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) are launching a call for experts to contribute to a special issue of ERNOP Research Notes on…

News - 3 February 2025

Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: What’s in it for philanthropy

At the beginning of 2025, Poland took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the upcoming six months. With a shifting political landscape and renewed focus…

News - 31 January 2025

Upcoming European Parliament reports question EU funding for NGOs that engage in advocacy

The EU institutions, most notably the European Parliament, but also the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors, are discussing the different contexts surrounding EU funding for civil society…

News - 30 January 2025

EU Member States urged to remove barriers to cross-border philanthropy before November 2025 deadline

EU Member States are under increasing pressure to remove barriers to cross-border philanthropy as the deadline to implement the Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions approaches in November…

News - 30 January 2025

Participants of ERSTE Foundation NGO Academy interrogated by authorities in Belgrade

Participants attending a capacity building workshop of the NGO Academy in Belgrade were interrogated by the Serbian authorities and then banned from Serbia as a “security…

News - 21 January 2025

Philea publishes “Climate Change and Philanthropy Infrastructure: Supporting the Ecosystem to Act” a directory of actors strengthening climate philanthropy

Philea has published “Climate Change and Philanthropy Infrastructure: Supporting the Ecosystem to Act”, a new report by the European Philanthropy Coalition for Climate highlighting the role of philanthropy…

News - 6 January 2025

Philea statement of solidarity with Georgian civil society and people

Philea is deeply concerned about developments in Georgia and wants to express its solidarity with Georgian civil society and philanthropy.

News - 3 December 2024

Philea releases first batch of 2024 update of legal and fiscal country profiles

Philea has published the first batch of countries of its 2024 update of the country profiles detailing the legal and fiscal environments for philanthropy across 40 countries in wider…

News - 5 November 2024

Philea re-appointed to European Commission Expert Group on the Social Economy and Social Enterprises (GECES)

Philea has been re-appointed as a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Social Economy and Social Enterprises (GECES), bringing the philanthropic perspective into…

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