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Jim Cooke
Head of the Funders Collaborative Hub, Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
Opinions - 14 December 2021

The pandemic showed what foundations can achieve by working together. Now let’s think collaboratively about the future.

The pandemic showed what foundations can achieve by working together. Three key ingredients made this possible: relationships, tools and collaborative mindsets. Now it’s time for funders to think collaboratively about the future. The Funders Collaborative Hub has been developed to provide information and inspiration, helping funders achieve more together.
Patrice Schneider
Chief Strategy Officer, Media Development Investment Fund
Opinions - 13 December 2021

Blended capital funding for independent media: An innovation by European philanthropy

Media plurality gives a voice to minorities, free-thinkers and marginalised groups, but the time has come to explore the need for a plurality of capital that invests in this key democratic infrastructure. Patrice Schneider shares the story of Plūrālis, a Media Development Investment Fund that has partnered with a number of European foundations, news media companies and impact investors to provide independent media companies access to the right capital.
Katarzyna Słubik
President of the Board of the Polish Civil Society Association for Legal Intervention
Opinions - 5 December 2021

The migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border: It is not over yet. Views from the Polish civil society.

Katarzyna Słubik, President of the Board of the Polish Civil Society Association for Legal Intervention, explains the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border and highlights how the Polish civil society is responding to the needs of migrants and refugees.
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