The 2020 EFC Annual General Assembly will take place online from 14:30-17:30 on the 20 May, 2020. Details on how to take part, timings and further information have been sent…
News - 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…
News - 24 May 2019
Paris – Cartooning for Peace
The exhibition ”Cartooning for Peace”, supplied by Cartooning for Peace, and supported by hosts of the conference, Fondation de France, showcased a…
News - 23 May 2019
Middle Plenary Paris 2019 – Égalité
Kicking off this session, which focused on the notion of “égalité” and philanthropy’s role in creating more equal societies, Zhora Moosa, Executive Director of MamaCash and plenary moderator, stressed that…
News - 23 May 2019
Reflection is important, projection is critical
A sector of apples and oranges… and the odd banana The philanthropic sector has been growing at a rapid pace right across Europe for at least two decades. Not…
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 - 21 May 2019
The Collide-o-scope of Philanthropy: Old Patterns shifting to meet new Challenges
So, just young enough to still be able to count the candles on the cake, but old enough to be slightly embarrassed about the “surprise party” planned. Happy birthday, bon…
News - 16 May 2019
What has (and hasn’t) changed in the EFC and the sector in the past 30 years?
The most striking change during the last three decades has been the growth of the sector. It is indeed a golden age for philanthropy. We see an increasing number of…
News - 15 May 2019
Philanthropy & the SDGs
The EFC is supporting the Philanthropy & the SDGs special event, co-organised by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and…
News - 14 May 2019
Back to the future: Questions for foundations
1989 – What a time to be alive! The Berlin Wall came down. The Cold War was pronounced over. It felt as if we had entered a bright new future,…