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News - 10 February 2019

Call for proposals from Fondation BNP Paribas – ”Climate and Biodiversity Initiative”

Fondation BNP Paribas have launched a 4th call for proposals for their ”Climate Initiative” program to support research on climate change and biodiversity. The program, now renamed…
News - 25 January 2019

Global Perspectives release follow-up paper on ”Potentials and the possible impact of Civil Society in strengthening and defending Multilateralism”

The Global Perspectives Initiative (GPI) have released a follow up paper to their workshop on ”Potentials and the possible impact of Civil Society in strengthening and defending Multilateralism”…
News - 9 January 2019

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund President has penned an open letter on division, diversity and democracy in the US.

The President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stephen Heintz has penned an open letter on division, diversity and democracy in the USA. The letter, published in the …
News - 14 December 2018

“Developing Foundation Thinking for Future Data Policy” the latest workshop from the EFC Research Forum

‘Developing Foundation Thinking for Future Data Policy’ was the topic of discussion at the latest EFC Research Forum workshop, hosted by the Wellcome Trust in…
News - 10 December 2018

2018 Grantmakers East Forum – Reframing Civil Society Actors, Values, Tools

The EFC’s 23rd annual Grantmakers East Forum (GEF) hosted by the Central European University in Budapest explored the role of foundations in confronting the new threats…
News - 30 August 2018

The Development Set and its role in perpetuating poverty

‘Although we move with the better classes, our thoughts are always with the masses.’ (Ross Coggins, 1976) In 1976, an exasperated development worker, Ross Coggins, attending his umpteenth futile meeting to discuss…
News - 16 April 2018

The role of foundations in the implementation of the World Urban Forum’s New Urban Agenda

When it comes to urban development, there is a clear proponent in the ranks: Latin America, which continues to be the most urbanised region in the world. Although this is…
News - 6 April 2018

PeaceNexus: supporting organisational change

As the European Foundation Centre’s newest member, we are grateful for this opportunity to introduce ourselves.  Please consider this Spotlight as an invitation to reach out to us. Who we are, what…
News - 21 February 2018

A missed opportunity to rebuild Europe on new foundations through a citizen foundational process

“Our societies, while deploring the crisis in representative democracy, are still finding it difficult to devise true citizen debating processes and even more difficult to admit that the revival of…
News - 5 February 2018

Cross-sector Partnerships Pursuing Transformative Change in Transatlantic Cities

Since 2008, over half of the global population lives in cities. In Europe and North America this number is closer to 80 percent. If we look at economic activity from…