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Birth of a new era: Corporations search for purpose

We are living through a major historical event. No, I am not talking about the pandemic. For the first time in modern (capitalist) history, people question why corporations exist and…

Rosalind McKenna

Acting Special Advisor, Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Opinions - 14 December 2021

Solidarity must catch up with science: The year ahead for Covid-19

With many countries on track to miss the World Health Organization’s target of 40% vaccination coverage by the end of 2021, philanthropy must play its part to drive global vaccine access in 2022. We need to see more effective, solidarity-based responses if the world is to meet vaccination targets in 2022 and end the pandemic.

Anne Monier

Research Fellow at the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair

Opinions - 14 December 2021

Being bold: What can philanthropy do differently to tackle climate change? And how can research help?

Anne Monier (ESSEC Philanthropy Chair) share her reflection on a climate philanthropy at the ERNOP conference 2021.

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.

Ayşegül Bayar Hildgen

Program Coordinator, Sabancı Foundation

Utku Demiryakan

Consultant, Sabancı Foundation

Opinions - 6 December 2021

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – From grantee to an accessibility partner

Sabancı Foundation carries out international work in order to follow global approaches in the field of civil society and philanthropy and to create dialogue opportunities between Turkey and other countries.

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.

Elizabeth Franchini

Program Officer, Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca

Opinions - 29 November 2021

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – Disability Inclusion Facilitators

Disability inclusion matters in all areas of life. It is guaranteed by human rights treaties – the most important being the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities…

Georgia Field

Opinions - 4 November 2021

Unseen People, Invisible Viruses and Blind States: Protecting Stateless Peoples as we Learn to Live with COVID-19

Cast your mind back to December 2019, before you had to queue for shops; before leaving your house to visit family and friends became illegal; and before words like lockdown,…

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Opinions

Birth of a new era: Corporations search for purpose

Solidarity must catch up with science: The year ahead for Covid-19

Being bold: What can philanthropy do differently to tackle climate change? And how can research help?

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

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – From grantee to an accessibility partner

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

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – A smile can change the world

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – Institutionalising change

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – Impact transfer

What if every foundation cared about climate?

Driving impact for persons with disabilities – Disability Inclusion Facilitators

Unseen People, Invisible Viruses and Blind States: Protecting Stateless Peoples as we Learn to Live with COVID-19