Pierre Calame Opinions - 15 July 2019 Philanthropy for the Twenty-first Century When in the early 1980s I became part of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH), then in 1986 its General Director, I had nearly 20…
Massimo Lapucci Opinions - 8 July 2019 A global strategy for a divided Europe: Philanthropy without borders During the 2019 EFC conference in Paris, French illustrator Plantu showed us a shrewd vignette with a clear message: “Before 1989 one could not even meet, today everything is…
Dawn Austwick Opinions - 24 June 2019 Philanthropy is a guest at other people’s tables … but is it time to play musical chairs? Are we doing enough? And are we doing enough of the right thing? Writing this blog, I began to reflect on the passage of time – how much changes, how…
Sara Llewellin Opinions - 17 June 2019 Solidarity through Diversity The blog below is based on the acceptance speech of Barrow Cadbury Trust’s CEO, Sara Llewellin, for the prestigious Compass Award at the 2019 European Foundation Centre (EFC) Annual General…
Lynda Mansson Opinions - 11 June 2019 Challenges in managing MAVA’s final chapter MAVA is reaching the half way point on its final strategy covering 2016-2022. As we enter our final chapter, there are some inherent challenges any foundation in such a situation…
Anna Talasniemi Opinions - 6 June 2019 Towards listening and learning My first concrete contact with the EFC occurred six years ago when I attended their Annual Conference and General Assembly in Copenhagen in 2013. At that point, I had been…
Carola Carazzone Opinions - 5 June 2019 Beyond membership, impact change In 1989, when the Berlin wall fell – and the EFC was created – I was 16. I belong to the first generation of Italian young people who became massively…
Göran Blomqvist Opinions - 4 June 2019 Capacity building – it’s in the EFC’s DNA Happy 30th Birthday EFC! Thirty years have passed since the start. Any signs of a 30-year crisis?? You know, doubts about the past, questions about the future, reflections on your…
Moira Sinclair Opinions - 3 June 2019 Philanthropy – past, present and future A version of this blog was published in the UK in April 2019 It may be a bit of a cliché to suggest that the world moves a…
Stephen Heintz Opinions - 29 May 2019 Championing collaboration in an era of isolation In February 2019, hundreds of diplomats, heads of state, cabinet ministers, parliamentarians, and high-ranking military officers gathered in Germany to discuss the fractured state of geopolitics and the daunting question…
Klaus Wehmeier Opinions - 28 May 2019 30 years, three remarks, and one fantastic gift At the EFC’s Annual General Assembly and Conference 2019, in Paris, Körber-Stiftung announced that they will gift their share of Philanthropy House to the EFC,…
Christopher Harris Opinions - 28 May 2019 A time to go up a level (or change the game itself)? I was asked to offer some reflections about what the 30th anniversary of the EFC represents. On the one hand, while I have worked in philanthropy for over 25 years,…