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News - 21 April 2021

IKEA Foundation commits €1 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The IKEA Foundation has committed €1 billion to climate programmes over the next five years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

News - 20 April 2021

EFC publishes 5th edition of “Environmental funding by European foundations”

View “Environmental funding by European foundations” vol.5 Brussels, 20 April 2021 – Today the European Foundation Centre (EFC) launched the 5th edition of its environmental funding…

News - 16 April 2021

Ford Foundation expands BUILD programme to provide additional $1 billion in funding

The Ford Foundation has expanded its flagship BUILD programme to provide an additional $1 billion in grants to all of Ford’s programmatic…

News - 14 April 2021

A number of Danish foundations partner with Danish universities to establish artificial intelligence research centre in Denmark

A number of Danish foundations have entered into negotiations with a series of Danish universities to establish an artificial intelligence research centre in Denmark. The Danish…

News - 12 April 2021

The Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe explores crisis leadership and emerging practices through COVID-19

Read the highlights from the following session on 8 April The second edition of the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe, undertaken in partnership with the Vladimir Potanin…

News - 7 April 2021

Winners of the 37th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition announced

The winners of the 37th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition, which brought together cartoons and cartoonists from all over the world, have been announced. The…

News - 30 March 2021

“The Silk Road: A Living History” exhibition by Aga Khan Foundation opens 8 April

“The Silk Road: A Living History” exhibition, by the Aga Khan Foundation, celebrating the cultural diversity of the Silk Road, and comprising…

News - 29 March 2021

Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights: “Human rights have to be the golden thread, the infrastructure of the future of Europe. Civil society is a critical, non-negotiable dimension of this”.

Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) since 2015 has a rich experience in human rights. He was a professor of Applied Human Rights and Co-director…

News - 29 March 2021

Why do philanthropists need to worry about AMLCFT?

by Rupert G. Strachwitz Introduction Since 9/11, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AMLCFT) measures in general, and funding non-state actors that engage in terrorism in particular, have become major…

News - 29 March 2021

European Commission discusses new AML/CFT policy with the sector

How is the new EU Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing policy (AML/CFT policy) to be potentially adopted already in May this year moving ahead? What are potential implications on the…

News - 29 March 2021

FATF collects information on the incorrect implementation of its policy

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) launched a new project to study and mitigate the unintended consequences resulting from the incorrect implementation of the FATF Standards. The philanthropy sector and…

News - 25 March 2021

Ariadne releases the 2021 Ariadne Forecast for European Social Change and Human Rights Funders

Ariadne has released the 2021 Ariadne Forecast for European Social Change and Human Rights Funders, a report on the challenges and opportunities…

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