Civil Society under threat: why protecting and growing civil society globally is vital
This post originally appeared on the Barrow Cadbury Trust website The Barrow Cadbury Trust was set up by husband and wife, Barrow and Geraldine…
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UNLEASH: One thousand millennial disruptors tackle the planet’s most pressing problems
Young global thought leaders gathered from 13 – 21 August 2017 for the UNLEASH Innovation Lab, to co-create solutions related to the Sustainable Development Goals. From 13-21 August 2017, Denmark hosted…
Building bridges on the Afghan-Tajik border
On the 13th of July, the Aga Khan Foundation, the European Commission and the Government of Germany signed a new €20 million programme to build a…
Aga Khan Development Network project company – Pamir Energy – wins prestigious Ashden Award
We are honoured that an Aga Khan Development Network project company – Pamir Energy – established in 2002 with the Government of Tajikistan and the …
Communicating Philanthropy: who is listening?
I am taking the liberty to slightly rephrase the key question raised during the launch meeting of communications professionals in philanthropy, kindly hosted by the European Foundation Centre in Brussels…
May we all learn the true value of living and letting live
I am sitting in my office preparing for the closure of this year and thinking (rather than looking) forward to the beginning of the next and find little solace in…
Environmental funding – an overview
It is a pleasure for me to introduce the third EFC mapping of environmental funding by European foundations. In his forward to the mapping, European Commissioner for…
European Foundational Assembly : who is willing to join a citizens’ initiative?
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…