This post originally appeared on the Ford Foundation Equals Change blog in April 2016 Inequality is rising across the world, but it is perhaps most visible in cities, where the top one percent and those at bottom of the income spectrum live close together. Since … Read More
The EU integration and expansion process has failed to give rise to a community of destiny. There is a need for citizens to lead the way in reinventing Europe by embarking upon a deliberative process, first at local level, then at European level. Things have moved swiftly along since last… Read More
The Beginning of Life documents the lives of young children and their families across the world to help shine a light on the significance of the early years, and how a child’s environment during this formative stage can shape their cognitive, emotional and social development. The film… Read More
What is the project “Guess who’s coming to dinner?” The project, promoted and supported by Fondazione CRT, was created by the Rete Italiana di Cultura Popolare (Italian Network of Folk Culture) together with the migrant families who felt the desire to open up themselves and their homes to meeting and… Read More
Increasing the number of physically active adults in Denmark Nordea-fonden is a Danish commercial foundation that allocates funds from its returns and capital to support non-profit, public and charitable purposes. In 2016, we expect to donate DKK 560 mill. to support activities which promote good living in Denmark. Our focus… Read More
This post originally appeared on the Oxfam “From Poverty to Power” blog on 2 June. It’s almost always the same argument. Or excuse. Governments joining the accelerating global trend of restricting civil society at home like to claim that they are protecting their country against meddling… Read More
The Panama papers affair, just like with the previous Lux leaks or Snowden revelations, once again confirm the importance of the role of whistleblowers in defending public interest. Whistleblowers are at the centre of events as never before, holding governments and corporations to account for illegal activity, corruption, abuse in… Read More
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post on 8 March 2016 Galicia is a peripheral region in the north-west of Spain, a coastal area and the destination for pilgrims on the route known as the Way of Saint James. Over the past eleven centuries the route has… Read More
Part Two: There is nothing so stable as change In this series of blogs, I’m considering what it means to be a European foundation today: what are the issues and concerns that worry foundation colleagues? What are the legal and fiscal trends affecting our operating environments? What’s the… Read More
Part one: On diversity, adaptability and the art of acupuncture European foundations can be encapsulated in one word: diversity. They have diverse characteristics in terms of their origin, focus, size, decision-making and funding mechanisms, aptitude for change, appetite for collaboration and governance, among many other things. Trying to typify or… Read More