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News - 24 June 2022

The New European Bauhaus (NEB) and philanthropy

On 9 June, the European Commission kick-started The Festival of The New European Bauhaus (NEB): four days of webinars, debates, expert panels, and art exhibitions where the “…
News - 21 June 2022

European civil society calls for EU Strategy for Civil Society in letter to Ursula von der Leyen

Led and supported by Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum, more than 300 civil society organisations (CSOs), including Philea, have…
News - 9 June 2022

“Philanthropy United – The Time is Now” – the highlights from the Philea Forum 2022

The Philea Forum 2022 took place on 30 May - 1 June 2022 in Barcelona, hosted by "la Caixa" Foundation, exploring "Philanthropy United - The Time is Now".
News - 8 June 2022

How philanthropy can drive people-centred climate action

In all of the critical talk about fossil fuels and low carbon technologies, it is easy to forget that people are central to the climate change issue. People cause it, people suffer from it, people make policy good and bad, and to see real progress people have to be persuaded to prioritise climate change among their many other pressing concerns. Kat Wilcox, Climate Outreach, highlights some important considerations for philanthropy.
News - 20 May 2022

Conference on the Future of Europe: What’s in it for philanthropy?

If one thing has become clear during the Covid-19 pandemic and the recent Russian aggression against Ukraine, it is that there are real questions on the future of Europe. To…
News - 18 May 2022

Writing with Fire – film screening and panel discussion

MamaCash will host a film screening and panel discussion of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Writing With Fire on 22 May at the Tuschinski Theatre, Amsterdam.
News - 18 May 2022

Philanthropy and wider social economy make a strong case for co-shaping the future of Europe

Fundación ONCE, together with Philea staff, made a strong case for philanthropy and its important role in co-shaping the future of Europe alongside other social economy…
News - 29 April 2022

Civil society under populist rule: perspectives and hopes

Democracy and civil society have a two-way relationship.
News - 28 April 2022

History at War

When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, and thus started the first full-fledged war against an independent nation state in Europe since the end of WWII, another war had already been going on for a long time.
News - 6 April 2022

The Journalism Funders Forum calls for “public-benefit journalism” to be recognised as a public-benefit purpose in tax law

President von der Leyen announced in her 2021 State of the Union address that the European Commission would safeguard the pluralism and independence of the media in…