I read all the stories that were submitted to the EFC for our 30th anniversary blogs with delight. I am thrilled at the richness and sheer diversity of storytelling and…
News - 22 July 2019
Verena Ringler leads call for an #EUCitizenCommissioner
The European strategy expert, and proposed candidate for Austrian EU Commissioner by opposition party NEOS, Verena Ringler, has led a call for an EU Citizen Commissioner, to support citizen relations…
News - 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…
News - 14 June 2019
Mo Ibrahim Foundation issue a statement on the massacre in Khartoum
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has issued a statement on the massacre in Khartoum expressing its deep concern on the situation in Sudan. The foundation was established…
News - 7 June 2019
Webinar – ”Citizen Lobbying & Advocacy”
Citizens for Europe are organising a webinar on ”Citizen Lobbying & Advocacy”, in cooperation with The Good Lobby,…
News - 22 May 2019
Opening Plenary Paris 2019 – Liberté
‘’Are you a free man?’’ asked Laurence de Nervaux, the moderator of the Opening Plenary, to Plantu, the French cartoonist who had arrived at the conference with a bodyguard, a…
News - 20 May 2019
Philanthropy with a European purpose
It is 2019 and Europe is under attack. It would not be an exaggeration to describe these attacks as the Battle of Europe. The attacks are coming from inside and…
News - 7 May 2019
Webinar – EU elections 2019: Is a Eurosceptic sentiment a threat to philanthropy?
The joint DAFNE/EFC Philanthropy Advocacy initiative is hosting a webinar on ”EU elections 2019: Is a Eurosceptic sentiment a threat to…
News - 24 April 2019
EFC Grantmakers East Forum 2019 – Common actions for social change: mobilising people, creating spaces, using technologies
The EFC’s Grantmakers East Forum (GEF) will meet in 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia, hosted by the Europe Foundation, for the 24th annual meeting of…
News - 15 April 2019
Increasing impact and visibility through non-financial support
The crisis in Greece prompted us to fundamentally rethink our strategy and how we could best meet the growing social needs for the finite resources of the…